y, &c.), of reading,
disputing, and performing all the other duties which belong to the
position of a Doctor (or Master) in that same faculty, when the
requirements of the statutes have been complied with, in the Name of
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.')

This venerable form goes back (p. 26) to the beginning of the fifteenth
century, and is probably much older; the only change in it is the
omission at the beginning of 'et Beatae Mariae Virginis'. Modern
toleration has provided a modified form for use in cases of candidates
for whom the full form is theologically inappropriate, but this is
rarely used.

[Sidenote: Change of Gowns.]

The ceremony of the licence is now complete; but before the B.A.s are
admitted, the Doctors first, and then the Masters in their turn, retire
outside, and don 'their appropriate gowns and hoods'. They receive these
from those who were once their college servants, and the right of thus
bringing gown and hood is strictly claimed; nor is this surprising, as
unwritten custom prescribes that the gratuity must be of gold. The newly
created Doctors or Masters then come back, with the Bedel leading the
procession, and 'make a bow' to the Vice-Chancellor, who usually shakes
hands with the new Doctors; they are then conducted to a place in the
raised seats behind and around his chair, from which they can watch the
rest of the proceedings. The M.A.s either leave the house or join their
friends among the spectators.

The ceremony of admitting B.A.s is much simpler. As in the case of the
Masters, they are presented by their college Dean; the form of
presentation is:

'Insignissime Vice-Cancellarie, vosque egregii Procuratores,
praesento vobis hunc meum scholarem (_vel_ hos meos scholares) in
facultate Artium, ut admittatur (_vel_ admittantur) ad gradum
Baccalaurei in Artibus.'

The charge is then given by the Junior Proctor (see pp. 12 and 13).
After this the candidates are, without kneeling, admitted by the
Vice-Chancellor, in the following words:

'Domine (_vel_ Domini), ego admitto te (_vel_ vos) ad gradum
Baccalaurei in Artibus; insuper auctoritate mea et totius
Universitatis, do tibi (_vel_ vobis) potestatem legendi, et reliqua
omnia faciendi quae ad eundem gradum spectant.'

This form also is old, but has been cut down from its former fullness;
e.g. in the Laudian Statutes the candidate was admitted, among other
things, to 'read a certain book