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S^r.

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

S^r.

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