the preſent ornaments of that univerſity; and eſpecially to Mr. Burton, Fellow of Corpus-Chriſti College, one of the Pro-protectors for the laſt and the preſent year; a Gentleman who bears ſuch a general good character, both as to Learning and Probity, that I will not endeavour to leſſen it, by any obnoxious praiſes which I can beſtow. I am, however, ſincerely glad to hear, that he has attempted this Change, without incurring upon himſelf that obloquy and clamour, which uſually attend ſuch Innovations, and that he lives in the general eſteem of all perſons there, excepting only ſome Pedants and Bigots to antiquity, whoſe praiſe or reproach is of equal weight.
Laſtly, as to thoſe perſonal matters, which are ſcattered up and down through theſe papers, and particularly with relation to a certain Head of a college, (whoſe name is grown nauſeous to the publick) I will only ſay, that I took all poſſible care to inform my ſelf aright in every particular, before I publiſhed it. I did, at that time, appeal to the world, as well as himſelf, for the truth of what I related; and having not yet been contradicted, I preſume that it proceeds from the notoriety and conſciouſneſs of his guilt. However, I do once more call upon him, in this publick manner, to do himſelf juſtice, if he thinks that he is injured; and promiſe, upon conviction of any
