gootl ftatutes, the young men are not the grate?' 0fi?nfiers herein. ?he laa (n) I?atute I ?all mention, and ?he bea of the whole cargoe, is that again? prohi- bi?d Gz?s? part of which I beg l?ve to quote in the very words. It ?gins in this ?dable manner: Statutum eft, uod thdar?s, cujufcun ue confii? tton?s, abfiineant ab omnt lufm gentre, ?ccunia concertatur, veluti a lufu talorum, & chartarum pi?arum, net n?n a lufu globorum tn privatis oppid,?,?o,.um areia, hortifqu? ; nec h?q?f. madi pablictx tucibm, per aatuta regni prohibith, terrier. In Engli?thus: It i? decreed that a? fchotars, of wh?tfoever con- - &ion, 3nil abfiai? from ? )rta of Game,, ?hich � are ?laf d)r Money, as Dic, and Cards b'om Bowls in the private bowling-greens or gardens 3 a? town men5 nor ?a? the be ?refint at any uch game?, a? are proh?b:td by th? lsws of the land. Such a ?atute as thi? ?ews the winore. of authors, ju?lt concluded, thae the' tol&radon of Gaming world be of the ut?o? ill eonrequence ' in a fimin?/of l?rning; tha? ?t wou?fi.mcourage the yaung ?en not only to mifpeM the? time, and: neele& the:r ?udies, but to fquander away their m0?ney, and pe?nps ?in themfelves? migh?(tho' fuch a thing is very ?likely) intice Come 0f the old ones to embezzle the publick money of the univ?fity, which is intruf?ed in their hands,. to ,gratify this def?ru&ive appetite. To fay that co?.l?:ience, or honour, or common honefly would reftrain them, is nonfenCe; .nothing can reftrain a thorough.bred Gametier; all ties and obligations give way to this agreeable itch of the elbo:?. F ,? Thi? (?) Tit. XV. $?&. 7'
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