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rerv ancient histories, poems, romances, Ac., all in the jWelsh lantruage. Among other curiosities of this ;college, are shown—the statutes of the society, mostbeautifully written on vellum ; the text is a kind of :Italian print; the heads of the statutes are in German jtext, and the beginning of each is most curiously il- |luminatcd; the writer was the rev. Mr. Parry, ofShipston-on-Stour, formerly a fellow; a curiousmetal watch, presented by Charles I. ; one of queenElizabeth’s enormous stirrups ; and a silver gilt bowl,that contains ten gallons, and weighs 278 ounces, thegift of sir Watkin Williams Wynn, in 1732. The ladlewhich accompanies this capacious bowl weighs thir-teen ounces and a half, and will hold half a pint. Inthe bursarv, which is a very handsome room, is a goodportrait of queen Elizabeth.

Lincoln College is situated between All Saints’Church and Exeter College, and consists of two qua-drangles. The first, the entrance to which is beneatha tower, forms a square of eighty feet: it contains therector’s lodgings on the south ; the library and com-mon room on the north ; the hall on the east; and onthe west lodgings for the members. The rector’slodgings were built at the expense of Beckynton,bishop of Bath and Wells; and his rebus, a beaconover a tun, yet appears on the walls. The smallercourt forms a square of seventy feet Since the erec-tion of these quadrangles, six sets of rooms have beenbuilt', and the expense of their erection was defrayedby the college.

The chapel, situated on the south of the inner court,erected at the expense of Dr. John Williams, bishopof Lincoln, and afterwards archbishop of York, wasconsecrated in 1631. It is a well-proportioned andelegant Gothic edifice, of sixty-two feet in length,and twenty-six in breadth, fitted up with a richlyornamented cedar roof, and wainscot; the screen,the pulpit, and eight fine carved figures, are also ofcedar, and very much admired. The windows, whichare of painted glass, and very remarkable for their an- jtiquitv and the brilliancy of their colours, wereprocured from Italy, by archbishop Williams, in j1629.

BaBol College is entered by a fine Gothic gateway,no which are the arms of the Baliol family. Thechapel of this college was completed in 1529. Thecast window, which represents in brilliant colours thePassion. Resurrection, and Ascension, was the gift ofDr. Stubbs. On a window, on the north side, arerepresented Philip and the Eunuch, executed by VanLinge, in the year 1637. A window on the southside contains the story of Hezekiah’s Sickness andRecovery, painted by the same artist, and pre- •seated by Dr. Wentworth, fellow of the college. In ithe other windows are portraits of saints, various !scriptural. subjects, and armorial bearings. This ;chapel contains marble monuments to the memory of j■any distinguished persons. ;

The library was finished in 1477, and refitted somerears since in a very neat and convenient manner,after designs by Mr. Wyatt. It contains a nlmUeof manuscripts, some of them bractifaftrftnsmted; anr early printed aad rue j

®b*s; a good eoBcctioa of books cm geueral ben-*nd several verr curious tracts, UTuetd asd jWuad ap in volantes. The windows of the library jare decorated with the arms, Ac- of the benefactors, .*hkh me fully described by Wood, in hk History jof Oxford.

The hall is on the west side of the quadrangle. Itsinterior is in the modern style.

Part of the ancient city wall was opposite thiscollege, the remains of which, in good preservation, arestill visible. Between this wall and the college ranso clear a stream, that it gave the name of Canditch(Candida fossa) to the street leading by it, and by thatname the spot was known in the time of AnthonyWood. The celebrated martyrs, Cranmer, Ridley,and Latimer, were confined in Bocardo prison, w hereNorth Gate stood, which gate was the strongest inthe city. Bocardo was near the church of St Michael,at the end of the Corn Market, and the prison is stillremembered by some aged inhabitants of Oxford.The prisoners remained there together but a shorttime, for Ridley was taken to the house of aldermanIrysh, and Latimer to that of one of the bailiffs ofthe city; Cranmer remained in Bocardo. On the16th of October, 1555, Ridley and Latimer werebrought to the place called Canditch, and were thereburnt. They suffered death with courage for thereligion they professed, in the presence of the chiefmagistrates of the university and city, and a multitudeof other spectators. Cranmer, being in Bocardo,ascended to the top thereof to see the spectacle, andkneeling down prayed to God to strengthen them.On the 21st of March following, Cranmer was broughtto the same place and there also burnt.

The members of the university may be divided intotwo classes; those on the foundation, commonlycalled dependent members; and those not on thefoundation, termed independent members. The formerderive emolument from the revenue of their societies,and on some of them the management and disciplineof the whole body devolve. The independent mem-bers consist of such persons as repair to the universityfor their education and degrees; but who, as theyhave no claim on the estate of the society to whichthey belong, so they possess no voice or authority inits management; and during their residence in acollege or hall they are supported at their ownexpense. The dependent members, or members onthe foundation, are as follow:—The head of thecollege; the fellows (called students at Christ Church);the scholars (called demies at Magdalen, and post-masters at Merton); and the chaplains and Bibleclerks. Under the head of members on the found-ation, may also be included the college officers, whoare chosen from among the fellows. The head of acollege (except in the instance of Christ church,where the dean is nominated by the crown; andWorcester, where the provost is appointed by thechancellor of the university), is chosen by the fellowsfrom those who are or have been members of thesociety. The qualifications for fellowships vary iaalmost every society. The fellows are, according tothe statutes of the college, or the will of the founder,elected from certain public schools, and admitted ontheir arrival in Oxford; or they are young men who,having studied in other colleges, offer themselves ateuufi^tts, and are selected by the votes of the St!-lows. la icat societies they are coafoed to theasuves of pxrticwiar c owa nt s, or elected fraw theschoim; him, ia others, the kindred of lie fcamderhave p e en fia r privileges. The follows, ia cajaaioawkh the head cff the college, are, ia all cases, thedirectors of the internal regulation of their society,and the managers of its property and estates; andfrom amcmer this body the church preferment attachedM 2