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<HEAD>To the right VVor&s;hipful the Heads of the re&s;pective Colleges and Halls in the VNIVERSITY of <HI>OXFORD.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sirs,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_YOu are de&s;ired to &s;ignify to your Societies, that whereas on Friday morning next there is in|tended to be held a Convocation in the <HI>Theater,</HI> for the &V;niver&s;ity's being inve&s;ted in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it: All per&s;ons under the Degree of Ma&s;ters of Art, are to forbear to pre&s;&s;e, and thereby make di&s;turbance.</P>
<P>Withall you are de&s;ired to enform them whom it may concern, that the ri&s;ing Semicircle of the Hou&s;e, is re&s;erved for the Doctors and Noble men; and the whole Area for the Ma&s;ters of Art.</P>
<P>You are farther de&s;ired to let them know, that in the After-noon of the &s;ame day, there will be held the Encoenia or Dedication of the Hou&s;e; where, as at all times during the whole Act: the afore&s;aid Semicircle, will be the place of the Doctors, Noble men, and Inceptors in the &s;uperior faculties. The Enclo&s;ure within the Rail, the place of 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;tward is re&s;erved for the <HI>Cambridge</HI> men: That Ea&s;tward for Strangers. The Galleries in the Front for La|dies and Gentlewomen. The &V;pper Gallery above the Ma&s;ters, is appointed for the Gentlemen Commoners and Bachelors. Tho&s;e above the <HI>Cambridge</HI> men and Strangers, for Commoners. That above the Ladies for performances of Mu&s;ick: The Area for Per&s;ons of promi&s;cuous Quality.</P>
<P>For pre&s;erving of Order, there are, be&s;ides the Curators of the <HI>Theater,</HI> appionted &s;everal Proctors of it; who, according to the Statute made in that behalf, are to take care that the publick Peace be kept undi&s;turb'd; and that all per&s;ons be placed in their afore&s;aid Stations; for who&s;e a&s;&s;i&s;tance, there are a&s;sign'd &s;everal Officers and door-keepers, to be &s;ub&s;ervient to them, and execute 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 &V;ndergraduates, and Bachelors of Arts comport them&s;elves with that Sobriety and Mode&s;ty as may tend to the Reputation and Honor of the &V;niver&s;ity, upon pain of being enter'd in|to the black Book, and otherwi&s;e proceeded again&s;t as the exigence of their faults &s;hall require.</P>
<P>Withall it is required, that no per&s;on below the condition of a Gentleman or Fellow-Commoner, &s;hall pre&s;ume to wear a Silk Cap; or pretend to a place beyond that which really belongs to him.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, it is Ordered that no Scholar re&s;ident in the &V;niver&s;ity, of what condition &s;oever, &s;hall be admitted upon any pretence into the <HI>Theater,</HI> who is not in his Gown and Cap.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>JOHN FELL</HI> Vice-Chan: of OXFORD.</SIGNED>
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<HEAD>The Names of the Curators &amp; Proctors for the <HI>Theater,</HI> in the following Act.</HEAD>
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<HEAD> Curators.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Yates,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dr. <HI>Iron&s;ides</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>PROCTERS.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Pullen</HI> of <HI>Magd: Hall,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Her&s;ent</HI> of <HI>New Col.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Hal&s;ted</HI> of <HI>Bra&s;eno&s;e,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Fletcher</HI> of <HI>Corp: Ch:</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Martin</HI> of <HI>Chri&s;t Ch:</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Huntington</HI> of <HI>Merton,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Hobbs</HI> of <HI>Magdalen,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Robin&s;on</HI> of <HI>Queens,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Whalley</HI> of <HI>Wadham,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Field</HI> of <HI>Trinity.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Edwards</HI> of <HI>Je&s;us,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Colliber</HI> of <HI>Exeter,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Clerk</HI> of <HI>Lincolne,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Thomas</HI> of <HI>Univer&s;:</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Frampton</HI> of <HI>Pemb.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>Workman</HI> of <HI>Al&s;oules,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. <HI>A&s;gill</HI> of <HI>S^t Johns.</HI></ITEM>
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<P><HI>OX<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">FORD,</HI> Printed by <HI>H. Hall</HI> printer to the <HI>Univer&s;ity.</HI> 1669.</P>
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