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<HEAD>To the Right VVor&s;hipful The Heads of the re&s;pective Colleges and Halls OF THE Univer&s;ity of Oxford.</HEAD>
<P>YOU are de&s;ired to &s;ignifie to your Societies, and remind them, That during the Solemnity now approaching, on the &s;eventh day of July, All Doctors are to wear their Scarlet Gowns, and that the Exerci&s;es will begin at one of the clock in the After-noon, after the ringing of the little Bell at St. Maries.</P>
<P>You are farther de&s;ired to let them know, That the ri&s;ing Semicircle of the Theater is re&s;erved for Doctors and Noble-men; and that the enclo&s;ure within the Rail, is the place for Inceptors in Arts. The Gallery beyond the Doctors, in the Circular part of the <HI>Theater,</HI> will be the place of Ma&s;ters. The &s;ide Gallery We&s;t-ward, is re&s;erved for the <HI>Cambridge</HI> men: That Ea&s;t-ward for Strangers. The Galleries in the Front for Ladies and Gentlewomen. The upper Gallery above the Ma&s;ters, is appointed for Gentlemen-Commoners and Batchelors. Tho&s;e above the <HI>Cambridge</HI> men and Strangers, for Under-Graduate Scholars of Hou&s;es and Commoners. That above the Ladies for the performances of <HI>Mu&s;ic.</HI> The <HI>Area,</HI> for Batlers, Servitors, and per&s;ons of promi|&s;cuous quality.</P>
<P>For pre&s;erving of Order, there are be&s;ide the Curators of the <HI>Theater,</HI> appointed &s;everal Pro|ctors of it; who according to the Statute in that behalf, are to take care the public peace be kept undi&s;turb'd; and that all per&s;ons be plac'd in their afore&s;aid Stations, for who&s;e a&s;&s;i&s;tance there are a&s;&s;igned &s;everall Officers and Door-keepers, to be &s;ub&s;ervient to them, and excute their Commands.</P>
<P>It is &s;trictly required that during the time of the Act, All per&s;ons do appear in their Gowns and Caps: and particularly, all Under-graduates, and Batchelors of Arts, comport them&s;elves with that &s;obriety and mode&s;ty, as may tend to the reputation and honor of the Univer&s;ity, up|on pain of being put in the Black Book, and otherwi&s;e proceeded again&s;t, as the exigence of their faults &s;hall requrie.</P>
<P>Withal it is required, That no per&s;on below the condition of a Gentleman or Fellow-Com|moner, &s;hall pre&s;ume to wear a &s;ilk Cap; and that none pretend to a place beyond that which really belongs to him.</P>
<P>And it is farther ordered, That no Scholar re&s;ident in the Univer&s;ity of what Condition &s;oe|ver, &s;hall be admitted into the <HI>Theater,</HI> who is not in his Gown and Cap.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>The Names of the Curators and Proctors for this following Act.
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<HEAD>C&V;RATORS</HEAD>
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<ITEM><HI>John</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Oxford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>In te ab&s;ence of S^r <HI>Chri&s;topher Wren,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Mar&s;hal</HI> Rector of Lincoln.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>PROCTORS.</HEAD>
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<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Pullen <HI>of</HI> Magd. Hall.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Bateman <HI>of</HI> Magd. Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Ford <HI>of</HI> New Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Hulton <HI>of</HI> Bra&s;en-no&s;e Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Boi&s;e <HI>of</HI> Corpus Chri&s;ti.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Mo&s;tyn <HI>of</HI> Chri&s;t Church.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Connant <HI>of</HI> Mert. Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Tun&s;tall <HI>of</HI> Queens Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Piggot <HI>of</HI> Wadham Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Hunt <HI>of</HI> Trin. Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Jenkins <HI>of</HI> Je&s;us Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Adams <HI>of</HI> Exeter Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Farrow <HI>of</HI> Lin. Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Bennet <HI>of</HI> Univer&s;ity Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Downs <HI>of</HI> Pembrok Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Walrond <HI>of</HI> All Souls.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Harding <HI>of</HI> St. Johns.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> Heicroft <HI>of</HI> Baliol Coll.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr.</HI> De&s;ma&s;ter <HI>of</HI> Oriel Coll.</ITEM>
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<P><HI>The Proctors are de&s;ired to meet during the Act, punctually at one of the Clock, in the</HI> Apodyterium <HI>of the Convocation Hou&s;e.</HI></P>
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