shall be pileati (i. e. of the first rank), and that his election shall be made by scrutiny, in this form: two rectors, together with one monastic senior in divinity, when the election is performed by the regents alone; otherwise together with one non-regent and divine elected by the non-regents, shall be deputed scrutators, who shall specially swear before the congregation that they will perform the act of election without deceit. And that this oath shall be administered by another senior divine, together with the oaths of each person who has a vote in the said election. Then the votes of the scrutators shall first be investigated among themselves, every two investigating the vote of the third, until each of them have told the other two his vote. No master after he has given his vote shall be able afterwards to alter it, unless for a necessary cause the scrutiny is required to be held again. But when the scrutiny and private comparison of votes by the scrutators amongst themselves, are performed according to the form of the statute, one of the proctors shall proclaim the election to the whole congregation, in these words: I, the proctor, or rector, in the place of the greater and more discreet part of the regents and non-regents of this University (if by chance they concur in the election), elect to be chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and I proclaim to you his election, according to the statute and usages of this University.

(v.) Of the oath and obedience of the chancellor.

Let the chancellor, when he shall have been elected, bet bound to hold an early congregation of all the regents; and first the same chancellor in the presence of the whole congregation shall take his corporal oath (sacramentum corporale), that he will diligently and faithfully perform all things belonging to his office. Which oath shall be administered by one of the proctors to the same chancellor. And when this oath shall have been taken, the same proctor

shall immediately deliver to the same chancellor the seal of the chancellorship, together with the key of the common chest.

(VI.) Of the duty of the chancellor not to make any innovation. The chancellor shall not presume to establish anything new, without the consent of the greater and more discreet part of the regents, and of the greater and more discreet part of the non-regents, but he shall apply himself to preserve in force the statutes which have been already made.

(VII.) Of the manner of committing causes.

We e enact, that neither the chancellor, nor any ordinary judge, shall commit any cause to any person, unless that person shall have first sworn in the presence of the chancellor and rectors, to observe the statutes and usages [of the University] in his management of the cause before him.

(VIII.) How long the chancellor may be absent from the town, and of the vice-chancellor.

Let the chancellor also be allowed, in order to lessen the weight of his official duties, lawfully to entrust his office for a time to some one worthy of confidence, who has taken the oath to observe the statutes, customs, and privileges of this University, with regard to certain causes, or to causes in general, unless it be a cause which of its own nature is such as not to admit of a delegation, as in the case of enormous crimes which deserve expulsion or imprisonment. But the causes of the regents and non-regents, whether they be defendants or plaintiffs, and concerning rent, and the right of inhabiting houses, shall not be committed to, nor by any means transacted before, any one else. And whereas under pretext of enormous crime, regent masters are defrauded or deprived by their courts, it is enacted that those who alledge accusations that are not serious, as if they were serious, and

fail in the proof at the trial, shall be fined twelve-pence to be given to the common chest. Nor shall it be allowed to the chancellor, during the lectures of the masters, to absent himself from the University for more than a month. But the chancellor, when about to be absent upwards of fifteen days, shall have none for deputy but one in whom the majority of the regents shall agree, to whom he shall be bound by virtue of this statute to entrust his jurisdiction.

(IX.) Of the power of the chancellor.

The chancellor (or his deputy appointed in manner aforesaid) may by himself, (if he will,) hear and decide all scholars' suits, unless the enormity of the case, or the disturbance of the public peace, require the meeting and assent of the masters.

(x.) Of those who resist the chancellor.

If any member of the University, despising the authority of the chancellor, shall deliberately, or after a certain interval of time, avenge an injury done to himself or any one else, by making an assault upon the person or the lodging house (hospitium) of him who he says is in fault, or by beating or ill-treating him; and if, after being admonished, he shall refuse to give effectually the satisfaction adjudged by the chancellor or by the University, let him within three days, be expelled from the University, and suffer as a malefactor the other penalties which, according to the privileges, customs, and statutes of the University, are to be inflicted upon malefactors. And we will that these punishments extend not only to the delinquents themselves, but also to their abettors or defenders, without respect of persons. Moreover, those who contend against the prohibition of the chancellor, and in other respects are disobedient and contumacious towards him, when they have been convicted of such fault, in the usual form of the University, they shall, without

discrimination of persons, be subjected to a similar penalty, if the obstinacy of the contumacious persons merits it. But if the regent masters, or any one of them, shall contend against the chancellor, or be otherwise disobedient, their cause shall be tried and judged by persons elected by the other regents in the election of which persons (to avoid all fear of subornation) both the chancellor and the person thus resisting shall be absent. Also, that all who have incurred imprisonment shall be imprisoned in the gaol of our lord the king in the town. Also, it is declared that in castigations the rectors or the proctors are to sit by the chancellor or his commissary, so that they may be forewarned concerning the place and time, if they should wish to attend; and this declaration shall remain for ever unshaken. Also, in the inflicting of castigations, if it happen that the punishment inflicted upon any one be converted into a pecuniary fine, we enact that this fine must be received by the proctors, or by one of them.

(XI.) Of the chancellor's power in holding convocations.

All the regents, must, on being summoned by the chancellor, be present at all inceptions and public resumptions [of regencies] and must not depart thence, without leave, until the said inception or resumption be fully completed. Moreover, on being summoned by the chancellor for other certain causes to be treated of at other times, as the said chancellor shall think expedient for the University, all the regent masters shall assemble, and also, if it be requisite, the non-regents, to discuss in common concerning the general utility and public tranquillity or other affairs relating to the University, in which case no one shall presume to absent himself without a reasonable excuse for his absence. And on the days when there is a general congregation, either of the regents alone or of the regents and non-regents, no disputation shall take place.

(XII.) of the time of duration of the chancellor's office.

It is also enacted that the chancellor for the time being shall not enjoy his office for more than two years continuously; but it shall be allowed to the major part of the regents, towards the end of the second year, to order it in such a manner that he may be able to remain in the said office only for the year following.

(XIII.) That no one be chancellor in the University and [at the same time] official of a bishop.

It is also enacted that no chancellor of the said University shall in any manner have or hold the office of chancellor of the aforesaid University at the same time with the office of official of a bishop, The chancellor shall be bound to execute the decisions of the masters, when they shall have been announced to him by the same masters.

(XIV.) Of the inquisition to be made concerning the revealing of secrets.

It is likewise enacted that every the chancellor of the University, or the president (præsidens) of the same, shall, by duty of his office, be bound in each term to execute the statute against revealing the secrets of the congregations of the masters, which was lately enacted by the said masters, by means of an active inquisition to be made amongst the said masters, and in a full convocation of them. Also, that the chancellor, or other president, together with another deputed by the major part of the regents, shall, about the middle of each term, secretly make inquiry of each of the regent masters, upon their oaths, if any one be accounted to be with probability suspected of revealing the secrets,-meaning by suspected with probability,' being known or believed to be suspected by two or more persons: against whom thus found to be suspected, the chancellor or president, by duty of his oath, shall, within