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Show The defcription ofEngland. Of Vniuerfities, Chap. 3. 2 i ere haue bette heretofore, MHante Bis nerfities fom: tunein England, } and at fundzie times , dinerfe = famous buiuerfitics in this Thedefcription ofEngland. Cantodunums, atcoabing fo the fame AN this is fain ontic(as ¥ thinke) to deface the memozie of Canta ber, abo comming from the W2igants,o2 ont of wih caic, called the faid towne after bis otpne and the naine of the region from tbence be came. Pectthor hath it bene arare thing for fhe Spaniards hereto, frandeth lot mb isnotfoayaranttoonrfight. that of Cambridge tas builoed (as thep faie)bpGure futhins,fometime bing of Battaine, but the other by thelosd Robert de Dilic,anobleman'tipidcame im * with theconquero2,abole twlfe Coithasa woman gt: nen fo no lee fuperfition thanevenulitie,began alfo the abbeie of Dieneteniere vnto the fame, bpona fond (but pet avare)occation,hich we will hereres fore tocome firff info Freland, and fromthenfe oner into Cngland,fith the chzonologte Mall veclare that ir hath bane often {ene , and that ont of SBr1tatne, land, amdthofe cuenin mY 45 thephaue cotter oucr allo into Sctthia, ad contra daies not altogither forgoty -yiquife:coatting Mill through Porkelhire , which of SU Arex? Aatonuerted into a monatteries notby Congelins (as fome teite) but bp Pelagtus the monke . Whe fecond at Carlheon bpon Tfke; necte tothe place tere the riner Doth fallinto the Heuertte, founded by king Arthur. The third at Dyer NdfO2, Lerein Were Goo fudents, inthe time of them alfo was called Brigantium, as bp gad telth monte agpeareth. DF thele tivo,that of Drford(thfch lieth fet and Opi by nosti-frontiLonbdon)itandeth moft pleafantlie,ber Leh dig thuftones tn maner round about twith wadson "Phe Hilles alott,and gabdlip riners in the bottoms am Hatties beneath, whore cburfes would bred no {mall commoditic to that citie and countric about, iffudy at Stanford,foypretted by Auguifine the monke;and fame, amd binderthe cariage which mright be made Ithetwife other th other places, as Salifbuvie ; Gre bono CricladeLachlade, Ueading,and Morthampton;albeit that the tivo lait rebearfen tuere not an: fhovifen , but onclie arofe to that name bythe depars ture cf the ffudents from Drford intimeof ciutil Bfllention bnfo the fafd tolwnes,there alfo thep con thither alfo ftom London. That of Cambstoge is dt fant from London about foxtie and fir miles noxth ada) and byeaffand ffandeth verte twell, fauing that tt ts Lai fomethat neere bnto the fens, therebythe fholes fomeneffe of the afre there is nota litle corrupted. Stis ercellentlic toll ferucd twtth all kinds of pre tinued buffoalittle feafon Whenthat of Salifyus uifien, but efpeciallie of frethwater fith and toils rie begail, 4 can notfell; but that it flourifhes mote | foule, by reatonofthe riuer that paffeth thereby; and ° buder Henrie the third, and Coward the fittt, 3nd 30 theretothe Ze of Clie, Ghtch is fo nerve at band, Thre bnis uerhties in €nglanv, gob teftimonic by the writers, asalto by the wetcoi® ~ Daliwedis the cheefe toant to {uch as ftupie thergs tabieh fell 1278, bettmeene the ehancello for the (or eherefore this kind of pzoutfion ts brought theme lers there on the one part, and William thearchoear "tyee from Cer, and other places thereabouts, asis Cononthe other, tiyereof pou hall fe more in the alfa their cole; 02 ofhertwife the neceffitic thereof is chronologic here following. Inmy time there are faplicd tofth gall (a battard Kind of Mirtus as 9 tabe * it) and feacole, thereof thep haue great plenticled® fhze noble tniuerfities tn Cngland, to wit, one at Drfor, the fecond at Cambydge and the third in ALondon; of tehich,the firit tio are the motk famous, BA meane Cambridge and Drfnd, for that in them the ble of the tongs. rhilofoyhic,and the ltberall (cient? ces,befives:the profound unites ofthe ciuill latu,thp ae ficke and theologie,are datlie faught aye ban: tere, as tn the later, the lats of the tedinte, te onlie rean and learned , by ud) as gine theft minds tnts the knotuledge of the fame. Inthe.firk there ate not Onelie dfuerfe qadlie houfes britlded fonre {quare for the mof part-of hard. freeftone'o2bzicke » with gteat numbers of lodgings and chambers in the fame fo? ftudente, after afumptuons fozt , though thither by the Grant. Wozcouer it hath not {uch tore of medotw ground as map {udice for the ovinarie erpentés of the totone and ontuerfitie,wherefore the inbabitants are tnforced int lite fozt to proutoe theit baie from other villages about, trbich minttter the fame bnito them in veric great aboundance. Drfordis tupotea tocontetne tn longitune eth 1 ferne degrees and eight and tiwentic minus, anbin o latitude one and fiftte Degrees and fiftie- minuts; ihereas that of Cambzinge ftanding moze northey lie, bath tventic degrees and twentie ririnuts in low gituve, and theretnts fiftie and tio degrees and theercerding liberalitic of kings, quenes, bifgops, 50 fiffene minuts in latitude, ag by exad fuppatation tseaffe to be found, noblemen and ladies of the tad + but alfo large If ihe colleges of Deford, fox eurfous toorkemmat uiNlgs and great reuenues beffotwed bpoitt hem (the fhip and prtuat Commodities, are much moze fate like thereof is nottobetene in ante other vegton, aS Peter Martyr did off affirme) fo the maintenance onelie of fach conuentent numbers of pare mens fonnes as the fencrall tipends befkow ied pponthe fatd bonfes are able to fugpoit. ite, magnificent, ¢ commodious thanfhote of Cant byfdges and therotnto the Hréets of the totwne forthe mfoft part mozelarge ano comelie.ut fo briffoml fieof batloing, o:cerlte chmpactfon, ana politthse 1t giment, the totune of Cambstoge, as the netet Then thefetine {choles fhonlo be fir ‘when the oni: buflten, herfities were € fio tes thetr original orkma nth{p,erceedeth that of DrforD(tehich ofr o fornders > AS petitis ti. jay! batloed bn= certei inife is and hath bene the greateroft ne: neuert heleff e, he as there is Gteatlifclibma 6 p mm Gerteine, niea folo (as ¥ gelle) although ¥ know tivo)b that Cambridge thas begun bp one dinett that e Cantaber a Spaniard (as Zhage noted in mp chrono logie ) fo Alftedis fatb to be fire beginnerof the oninerti. tic at Drfoyd,albeit that z fanhiot warrantth e fame to be fo pong, fith-3 finn by god author itie,that Zohn of Weuerleie Kudied in the nivertitie ball at Drs fob, hich toas long before Alfred twas either bone S2 gotten, Some are of te Pe {was notfo callen of Cantabver; tut m it Grant of the finither of the Mozke, 02 at the Le {feof the rt, ver that runneth bp the fante » AND afterivard by the Sarons Granteettor . Another (ort tiuetis better Iwritten Can ta than affirmre that the Granta,ge : but Lhic thenisnot the towne catten Cant a, Cantium,o3 ate of the contrarie opinion. This allo ts certeine, that thatloeuer the difference be in builoing of fotone frets, the totunetmen of both tre g1 then they map match and annie the frnven ietocying bpon their liberties, ano keepe themts,W? bart bpertreame fale of thet twares, frber eby mante themb ecome rich for a time, but afterinard fall # : Salhe into porert ic, bicaute fat gods euill gottet do feldome long indure, Caflels alto thep bane both,and f in my fodgemten tsbard to be fato,abether ofthem woul d be the ftrol Get, ifech were accoringlic tepared ; hotwbe tt of Cambzinge is the bigher, both for maner of balVv bing and fituation of ground , th Brfurie onli Bfutded by dfftance of place,amd not in frendite confent arid overs . Yn freaking therefore of the one,Fcanritotdie oefertbethe other;andin conintens dation ofthe firff/9 cat not but ertoll thé latter; ana fo much the rather, for that thep are both fo vere bite fo nie, as that J ranit resbilie tell onto whether of them Fowe the mot gon ti': CatonlD'toGoo itp member, thought bebetive thy purpote, fo the end Hnotwlebye inerétucy, ds Hatiwither of them nrighé that the teater map fe how readie the imple people ° Hane caufe tobe athased of their puptil; 02 my potys of that time tuere to be abufeo by the pracife of tie er fo Great; hat F might worthilie requite them both sleargic. Xt happened oa time as thisladte walked fos thote nraniifold hindnetles that Z bane recetticn aboutthe fieldsnérebnto the aforefaid caftell,tores of thent, Bur to leatié thefe' things, and proted sreate bit felfe with certeine of bir niaivens,thata number ofpies Cat chattering bpon the clmes,tbicty badbeene planted inthe heagerotwes , andin fine fo froublen bir twith theitnotle, that thewithen theny all further off ovelfe bie felfeathomeagainesand: onedKond ometine king of that region. The fourth », impediments were remoucd as greatlie annote the to be the bovie of onetell orvered common toda, with other motetonientent for inp puepote she" ranner to litte th ‘thefe' onitittiities , is not ‘as tH forte othet' of fortet cowmtriés ine fee allie fo Dape pent, bere the Havents ateinfor ced fo2 inantoffach' -hotifes, to diveil in common tines , and tatters, this bagpened diuerte times.gn theendbeing twearie' without all‘orber oy bileipliitey Wat hi thete dtr col: of bit twalke;the demandedof hit chapleine the cante 20 leges te line it ftich exact adder; and briderfo précife therfore thete pies nino mole everebir. Dymar! _rtiles of qeneriientent , as that the' fantotis learhea dam (Catth be) the wilt pie of all, thefeatena pies man Bralmus of Roterodamé being here aindna es but foules impurgatosie that crane relefe, Andisit? 50 perespaffed,, did notlet tecompate the trabesin fo it Ded quoth her Now De pardiéwx,tf old Robert liuing of ffidentsin thefe tipo places,eucn with the Will gine meleane, Z twill ow Hhat Jcan tobjing -_beriernlesand orders of the ancient monks:'affrs thete foules ta ref. t9evedpon the contultéo, crauen, ining mozéouer in flat voids, our o2dcrs to be fudh Wept atv became iniportunate with bir bufbad, ag not onliecarite neére tnto,but rather far eveened that be toned toith bir sand thep both began that fp» all the tionaffical inftitntis that ever toete dette, nagog 1120,bfeh afterward prouen to be a notable Jui mof of ourcolleges there are alfo great num: den. Fi that church ald licth this lavie buried with 30 bets of fudents, of txhtch manic are foun bp the rez bicimage,baning anheartin bir hand coucded bp, nennesofthe houfes , and other bp the puructances on thefaite,inthe habit ofa votwelle, mdpettobe and helpe of theit rich frends; thereby in fome one feene,ercept the Weather baue one out the memos college youthall have tive bundzcd feholet's; it a+ tiall. Wut to proceed tofth my purpote, thers an hundzed andfittie , in ntuerte'a Hundzedand An each of thele bniuerfities alfo ts hketwite a fortie, and in the teft leffe humbers; as the capacitie church devicated to the virgin Maric, aherein once of the fato houtes is able to receite: f that at this in the peare,to twit, it Zulie, the (cholers are boloen, prefent, of one fort and other', ‘there are about: thre and in fihid) fach as baue beette eatlen to ante peqree thoufitd fadents nourithen in them both (as bp a int the peare precedent , dw there receiue the accom late ftrtete it mantfeltlie apeared.) Thep were ex plihment of thefaine, in folemne and fumptuons 40 rectedbythetr founders at the firtt , onelie for poze maner, Jn Drforo this olemnitie is called an Act, mens fons, thole parents were not able to being but in Cambzioge thep bfe the French two. Con them bp onto learning : but noip thep bane the menfement; and fuch refozt is made pearelie onto leaft benefit of them, by reafonthe rich de fo incroch fhe fame from all parts of the land by the frends of bpon them. And fo farre' hath this incontenience thofe tthich dm proceed, that all the totonets hardlie fpacad it felfe , that ttis in mptime an bard matter able torecetue and longe thofe gefts. When ann by fo) a pote mans child to come by a felotothfp(thougl nbome the churches aforefaty tere butlocd 33 baue hebencuer fo gma (cholee ¢ wanthic of that rome, ) elfeabere made relation. Lhat of Drfor alfo was Such packing alfois bled at elections » that not be tepared inthe time of Cotwardthe fourth, and ery tebich bett deferueth,but he that bath mot friends, rie the fenenth,tuben dodo Fits Jamesa great hel- 5° though be be the wazt fcholer > ts altvates fureft to perin that to2rke toas twarden of Merton college, {peed; tbich will turne in the end tothe ouerth:otw of but per long afterit twas fintthen , one tempett ina learning . Zhat fome gentlemen alfo, thofe frienns night defaced thefame , that it lett few pinactes baue beene in times patk benefactors to certeine of ftanding about the churd) and feple, thich fince thofe houles, dw intrude tito the difpofition of their that time bane neuer beene repared. Zhere were eftatcs,tithoutall refpedt of order 02 efatutes dent fometime foure and ttventie parith churches in the fed bythe founders, onelie therebp to place &home totwne and fuburbes, but notu there are fcartelic firs thep thinke gwd(andinot twithont fome hope of gaine) tene.Zhere baue bene allo 1 200 burgefies,ofthich the cafe tstm tw evident : and thetr at tempt toonlo 400Divelled in the faburbes, and fo manie ftudents fone take place,if thetr (apertozs oid not proutde to werethere in the time of Benvie the third, that be 60bridle thetr invenois . Jn fome grammar {choles allolved them twentie miles compaffe about the liketffe, hich fend fcholers to thefe bniuerfities,it ig totpne,fo2 their prouifionof bittels, lamentable to fee that brtberie ts bled; for per the Zhe common{choles of Cambzloge alfo are farre (choler can be preferred, fucy beibage is made, that moze beautifnll than thofe of Drford,onelie the diuts pore mens dilozen ate commontie fhut ont, and the Nitie {hale at Drford ercepten,abich for fine and ers richer fort receiued( tho in time pat thought it nithocellent twozkemanthip , commeth nert the mold no; fo liue as it were tpon almes) and pet being pla: of the kings chapel in Cambzinge , than the hich ced, moft of them fupdie little other than biffoztes,ta» tipo twith the chapelthat king Wenvie the feancnty bles, dice, ann trifies, as menthat make not the It bid butlo at Weftmintter, there are not(in mine opie uing bp their ude the envof thetr parpofes > thicy mion) mabdeoflimes ftone thre mote notable piles js a lamentable hearing. Wefine this , being for the ; twtthin the compaffe of Europe. moft part either gentlemen , 02 rich mens fonnes, 3n all other tings there is fo great equalitie bethey off bring the bniucrfities into much fanver, For Ctwene thefe tino vituerfities , asnomancan tma flanding bpon thefr reputation ano Itbertie > thep gin bow to (et botone anp greater;fo that they{ere tufe and roift it out, exceeding in apparel, and bane ting 2. Y. |