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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<P>_PAUL HOOD, <HI>Doctor</HI> of <HI>Divinity,</HI> Rector of <HI>Lincoln</HI> Colledge, and <HI>Vice-Chancellour</HI> of the Vniver&s;ity of <HI>Oxford,</HI> to all whom it may concerne, Greeting. Where|as the Statutes of the Univer&s;ity require certaine Scho|la&s;ticall, and decent Habits, befitting every Per&s;on in his &s;everall Degree to be u&s;ed, and put on, when he &s;hall appear in Publick, e&s;pecially at Sermons &amp; other Schola&s;tical Exerci&s;es. And whereas for divers years la&s;t pa&s;t, there hath been almo&s;t a totall neglect, throughout the whole Univer&s;ity herein, contrary to the Statues, and good Di&s;cipline of the &s;ame. We therefore (con&s;idering the di&s;honour that may redound to the Univer&s;ity, by this apparent neglect; and that many inconveniences may en&s;ue thereupon, if We &s;hall not with all &s;e|verity uphold that Laudable U&s;e and Cu&s;tome) doe Peremptorily, and expre&s;sly Require and Command Every <HI>Graduate</HI> to appear in his <HI>Forma|lities,</HI> at Sermons, and el&s;ewhere, according to the Statutes therein pro|vided. As al&s;o <HI>&V;nder Graduates</HI> to wear &s;uch <HI>Gowns</HI> and <HI>Caps,</HI> as are limited, and expre&s;&s;ed for their condition. And that the&s;e commands may work the &s;peedier redre&s;&s;e; VVe profe&s;&s;e to Execute the rigour of the Statues upon &s;uch as &s;hall offend therein.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my Hand <DATE>this Eight day of <HI>October</HI> 1660.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>PAUL HOOD,</HI> Vice-Chan.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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