secretly as he could, gott him to his
Chamber; where (after he had been longe sought for abroad in the
Towne, and at home in the Colledge, haste and desire out runinge it
self, and seekinge there last where it might first finde) he was in a
manner surprised, and more by violence than any will of his owne,
taken upp & with continuall & joyfull outcries, carried about the
Hall, and so backe to his Chamber, as his owne request was, where for
that night he rested, dismissinge the Company and desiringe some time
to think of their loves and goodwill, and to consider of his owne
charge and place.

"About 3 or 4 dayes after, on the 5 of November the Lord Elect with
the Batchelours, and some of the Senior Under-graduates came into the
Hall where every man beinge seated in his order, many speaches were
made by diverse of diverse matters, some commendinge a monarchicall
state of Governmente, and the sometimes suddayne necessitye of
Dictators, others discommendinge both. Some again extollinge sportes &
revells, others mainely disallowinge them, all of them drawinge some
conclusion concerninge the like or dislike of the government newly
begune, and like for a little space to continue amongst them. In the
ende the Lord Elect himselfe, to conclude all, delivered his owne
minde in manner followinge:--

"Quae beneficia (Viri Electores clarissimi) plus difficultatis atque,
oneris apportant collacata, qu[=a] debite administrata; poterunt honoris,
caute magis primo in limine credo excipienda qu[=a] aut imensae dignitatis
expectatione appetenda auide, aut boni incogniti coeco appetitu
app'hendenda temere. Quor[=u] in albo (Electores conscripti) c[=u] semper
dignitates istiusmodi serio retulerim, Vos (pace dic[=a] vestrae
diligentiae) non tam mihi videmini gratias debere expectare, qua ipse istud
onus suscepturus videor promereri. N[=a] illud demum gratijs excipitur
benefici[=u] (pro tempor[=u] ratione loquor) quod nec sollicitudo vrget nec
offici[=u]--Infinitae autem adeo sunt anxietates, quae vel istam dominatus
[Greek: anatyposin] circumcingunt, vt pauci velint ipsas c[=u] dominatu
lubenter amplecti, nulli possint euitare, nulli sustinere. N[=a] vbi veri
imperij facies est repraesentanda expectanda semper est aliqua curar[=u]
proportio. Veru cum dignitas Electoria, amicitia suffragatoria, populi
applausus, [=o]ni[=u] consensus Democratiae tollendae causa ad primatum
euocauerint, lubens animi nostri strenuae renuentis temperabo impet[=u]