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Terve-Flius. N �his therefore is an excellent ftatute, I wifl? I could fly that it was tolerably obferved 5 for of In:,: years tl?e tp:r:t of Gaming has no where preva:k.a more than in o?)'grd, and (what is more remark:. ble) amongft tl,efiniors of the univerfity. I cannot indeed fly that the univetfity has had very gre.?t !offes upon this account, becaufc I do not hear tint ?e complains. But if Gaming had no other fii ccnfequcnces than the fetting of a bad example to the youth there, it ought for that reafon only to bc reftrained; for according to the poet, $i d?.mnofa �enem jurat alta, ludit e3 k?e.? 13ullatus, parvogue eMem novat arma fritillo. The fame ttatute prohit;its them nifo from hun- ting deers? hares, or ionits, with dogs of any ferrets, nets, or toils; and from carrying gm:s ,or ero?3-bows, or ufinv hawks ? which is nifo frequent,y vi(?htecl; but thi?' does not give me half fo much die? uneafine? as the 13ox and ? for what fignifi�s a little t?oachi?, or the robbing of an hm.roofl now and then, to the infinite e?til$ which. Gaming is teen every day to produce ? To, conclude5 if any one will give, himfell the troub:e to look into ferjeant lVl?I.t.�us s account of' Camtutu?-, he will find, that the fame negle& of ?atutes is co.mphine? of there, and that the fame Rq?rmation ?s wifl?'d for by all impartial judge.-', ?nd true lovers of learning. TER-