The
Honourable
Visitours
appointed
by
both
●ouses
of
Parliament
for
the
regulating
and
reforming
of
the
Vniversity
of
Oxford
.
Petition
of
your
Friends
and
Servants
in
the
said
Vniversity
.
●●mbly
Sheweth
,
THat
divers
learned
and
civill
men
have
been
much
importuned
,
and
some
of
them
seduced
(
under
pretence
of
maintaining
the
old
Prelacy
and
Liturgy
)
to
enter
into
a
kinde
of
Confederacy
〈◊〉
Doctor
Fell
,
and
his
Delegates
,
to
oppose
all
Reformers
,
both
the
●●rliament
,
and
Visitours
,
and
hinder
a
just
and
necessary
Reforma●●●
.
We
doe
not
deny
that
some
of
us
are
exercised
with
doubts
,
but
〈◊〉
desire
to
communicate
our
speciall
scruples
to
you
in
an
humble
and
private
way
;
We
will
not
conspire
together
to
excuse
the
errours
,
and
outages
of
other
men
,
who
are
as
yet
(
to
the
great
dishonour
and
prejudice
of
our
Common-Mother
the
Vniversity
)
of
the
same
body
with
us
.
We
consider
that
to
oppose
you
our
much
honour'd
Visitours
,
is
to
rebell
against
the
Houses
:
to
maintaine
Prelacy
is
to
uphold
Tyranny
:
and
to
contend
for
the
Common-Prayer-Booke
is
to
contend
for
a
false
Translation
of
the
Canonicall
Scriptures
,
to
magnifie
those
bookes
that
are
not
Canonicall
,
and
justifie
the
Court
of
Rome
,
not
onely
in
admitting
dangerous
Ceremonies
to
corrupt
the
purity
,
but
in
submitting
to
the
Roman
Order
,
which
would
overthrow
the
piety
of
our
Common
and
publique
service
.
We
are
bold
therefore
to
remonstrate
that
whatever
is
propounded
and
delivered
by
the
pretended
Delegates
aforesaid
,
as
the
sence
of
the
whole
Vniversity
contrary
to
this
Petition
,
is
contrary
both
to
our
sence
and
consciences
;
And
our
humble
request
is
,
that
you
judge
not
of
this
Vniversity
by
the
rage
and
confederacy
of
some
Malignants
in
it
,
who
would
endanger
the
whole
body
to
save
themselves
,
and
have
therefore
conspired
to
set
up
this
Delegacy
to
seduce
and
corrupt
the
unsetled
,
to
oppose
the
Visitation
,
and
hinder
the
Reformation
of
this
place
.
Be
pleased
to
command
every
man
to
plead
his
owne
cause
,
and
speake
for
himselfe
,
onely
punish
the
Heads
and
Ringleaders
of
this
Rebellious
conspiracy
,
and
pardon
all
seduced
Schollers
,
who
upon
better
information
,
and
more
mature
deliberation
,
shew
that
they
have
erred
out
of
meere
simplicity
,
and
doe
not
hate
to
be
reformed
.
And
we
shall
pray
,
&c.
Iune
2.
1647.
The
Protestation
of
the
Well-affected
against
the
Dis-affected
Delegacy
.
WEe
the
Masters
,
Schollers
,
and
other
Officers
of
the
Vniversitie
of
Oxford
(
understanding
that
there
is
a
Delegacy
set
up
here
in
Oxford
without
any
Right
authori●●
for
the
upholding
of
the
old
English
Prelacy
and
Liturgy
in
〈◊〉
position
to
the
Parliament
)
doe
by
these
presents
solemnly
pr●●test
against
the
said
Delegacy
and
their
pretended
Vice-Chancellour
Doctor
Fell
,
because
he
is
neither
deputed
by
our
lawfu●●●●●
Chancellour
the
Earle
of
Pembroke
,
nor
elected
by
this
Vnive●sity
for
to
governe
it
for
this
yeare
,
and
therefore
is
no
way
authorized
to
call
or
hold
a
Convocation
as
Vice-Chancellour
〈◊〉
Oxford
.
And
the
Delegacy
chosen
by
the
Assembly
of
Doctor
and
Masters
upon
the
first
of
Iune
last
,
is
not
to
be
reputed
a
st●●tuable
Delegacy
,
they
being
not
orderly
called
or
legally
enable
to
plead
as
Delegates
in
the
behalfe
of
the
whole
Vniversity
:
〈◊〉
witnesse
whereof
we
subscribe
our
names
this
third
day
of
Iune
,
1647.
MARCH
31.
1648.
At
the
Committee
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
for
th●●
Reformation
of
the
Vniversity
of
Oxford
.
Ordered
,
THat
for
an
Effectuall
Remedy
none
of
those
that
have
beene
shall
be
convicted
to
have
denied
or
resisted
the
Power
and
Authority
of
Parliament
in
the
Visitation
of
the
Vniversity
of
Oxford
,
shall
be
admitted
to
vote
,
or
to
give
voice
in
the
Convocation
Congregation
of
that
Vniversity
.
Francis
Rou●