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the offer, to speak by his own confession was not true: it was
very ridiculous in him to affirm it so seriously as he
did: besides there is a Rumour there will be no Encaenia
this Year after all: Dr Neblett Warden of All-
-Souls told a Gentleman of this College, that a letter
had been reced from the Chancellor, desiring
the Encaenia might be put off if possibley till next
Year: as soon as there is any certainty about it, I will
let you know. Yesterday being Thanksgiving day we
had very grand doings here: The Vice-Chancellor read
prayers, in the Course of which we had Purcell's Dewm
perforrm'd by a band of Musick in the Organ-loft.
as well as the other Services: after which we had
an excellent Discourse from (you may guess whom,
when you Iare inform'd that the Vice-Chancellor had
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