Varia ad Schultensios pertinentia, praesertim ad Henricum Albertum, vol 8 BPL 245: VIIIb: Bijlagen tot het Dagboek van Hendrik Albert Schultens nopens zijn verblijf in Engeland
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I beg You to be assured, that I shallwith great readiness & pleasure use mybest endeavours to promote the successof your present pursuit: but You mustgive me leave to lay before you freelymy objections to the Rector of Exeter’s proposal.Be pleased to observe, that as Bp. of Oxford I have no sort of connexionwith the University; nor, as such, theleast pretension to any authority or in:[:]fluence there: my particular situationtherefore only makes me the more cautiousof interposing in any concerns of theUniversity; which I make it a rulenot to do, any otherwise than as anyother indifferent person might.I will give You an instance in thisvery case: the University of Oxfordhas often with great propriety honoured