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Sr.
I beg You to be assured, that I shall
with great readiness & pleasure use my
best endeavours to promote the success
of your present pursuit: but You must
give me leave to lay before you freely
my objections to the Rector of Exeter’s
proposal.
Be pleased to observe, that as Bp.
of Oxford I have no sort of connexion
with the University; nor, as such, the
least pretension to any authority or in:
[:]fluence there: my particular situation
therefore only makes me the more cautious
of interposing in any concerns of the
University; which I make it a rule
not to do, any otherwise than as any
other indifferent person might.
I will give You an instance in this
very case: the University of Oxford
has often with great propriety honoured
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Lowth uses long s but only in words with double s, as in assured and success. Long s has not been transcribed. Instances can easily be found by searching for such words: Lowth is extremely consistent in his spelling habits, to the extent that it can almost be predicted when he uses a particular feature.
Lowth's spelling consistency is also evident from his use of . after an abbreviated word, as in Sr.. The dot always appears under the abbreviated part (this cannot be rendered here).
Lowth breaks off words at the end of the line by using a double colon, one at the end of the line and one at the beginning of the next.
It is sometimes hard to distinguished capitalised You from non-capitalised you. Decision taken: when the descender in You starts at the top, You is capitalised.
Unfortunately, indents at starting a new paragraph cannot be rendered in the transcriptions. This won't matter because the image can be consulted for comparison.