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was I reinvested with a doublet of white 
canuas, breeches and stockings that had 
not troubled the weauer with ouer 
muche pains, cassocke of. the same, 
blacke and graue, the band precise.and 
short, with a hat that might almost shad- 
dow all, and shooes correspondent. Thus 
accoutred, the rector delivered» me. to 
another student, to whom he gave the 
charge of shewing me the colledge, and 
comnnting me to Father Thunder to ap- 
point me a study and a chamber in the. 
Scarce Tracts, &e. 
563 
honoured with cap in hand I know no 
reason, unless they mean to pay them - 
with respect of bayes, for the disrespect 
they gine themselves; yet this may seem 
suflicient for those, all which, except Fa+ 
ther G. Kemp and Brother Browne, were 
neither born nor bred to deserue higher, 
being such as either misfortunes, debts, 
or misdeeds, had in ship wracke cast up- 
on coast, where only perpetuall serui- 
tude was their liberty, and misfortune 
their only fortune, Thus much for the 
dormitory, which was speedily done, and Obedience the students are bound to be- 
the next morning I was promoted to the 
first form, called the figures; there 1 had 
aiven me a schedule, which contained 
the duties and obseruances ef the house, 
which are as followes: first, and above ail, 
entire obseruance and duty to be perform- 
‘ed tothe rector asour vice-god; next to the 
vice-rector, as his minister; nextto the pra= 
fects, which aie overseers to the schooles. 
The first of these was Father Robert 
Drury, who had his eyes knocked out of 
his head with his braines at Black Fryers; 
the other Father Thunder, who appoints 
chambers and studies, makes them ren- 
der account of their studies, keépes houres 
of study and recreation, and exercises 
many of his claps vpon their breeches. 
The third is Father Darcy, of the Sodali- 
sium Beate Maria, and the refectory.. 
‘Then to all the rest of the fathers in the 
house, as Father John Flood, hee who 
is their champion to answer and write 
against the protestants a England, and 
Father Baker, bursar of the colledge, 
who keepes the bagge and prouides ne- 
cessaries. Besides, especial respect is 
due to the fue masters of the schooles, 
to Father Adrian, or Lush, which the stu- 
ceats called him, from his own mouth ; 
Father Lacy, the reader of poetry and 
master of the syntax; Father Henry 
Bently, and Father John Compton, of 
graminer; and Pather John Crater, of 
the figures; and Father Wilson, onerseer 
of the print-house ; and besides duty is 
to be given to the porter, who is the 
Lord Montagues brother, who hath not 
as yet beene higher promoted ;* to the 
_bursar, brewer, taylor, butler, baker, 
apothecary, shode maker, master of the 
infirmary, who ouerlookes the sicke, the 
clearke, and cook, which are all lays 
brothers, which why they should bee thus 
* He says (p. 29) that they had of him no 
Jess than 10,0001. ster]. but for his situation, 
he was to work miraciesafterdeath. He acils, 
chat they made a brother of Sir Gerard Kempe, 
oi whom they got, 2 or SOUCI. caterer to the 
gollege. © 
stow upon father Jesuites and lay-bro- 
thers. Let us new descend to the stu- 
dents: their chiefest quality isnoble blood 
for the most part, to make such a pro- 
Selyte the fathers compasse sea and 
land, perswading them that such a call 
addes to their nobility. Of others jess 
eminent hy birth, it is required they 
Should at least equall if not transcend in 
€ininency of parts and wits, in which 
time would purchase better portions then 
men more nobly descended would have 
aifoarded from inheritance. The number 
of the first ordinarily neither amounts 
above or under an 100, of the other 40. 
The obseruation of the distribution of 
the day is thus: every morning the fifth 
hoor summons them up, the first half is 
bestowed.in making up themselues and 
their beds ; the place where they sleep is 
called a dormitory, which containes three 
lony galleries topping the house: each of 
these is Furnished with some 50 beds, dise 
tanced only by a partition of boards: the 
next half houre the chappell doth chal- 
lenge their attendance, the masse their 
deuotion ; whwo-soever is absent shall he 
sure to haue the vnwelcome presence of 
Father Thunder. At six they go ail to 
study ina large hall under the first gal- 
lery, where according to order each takes 
bis seate, where they study one hour, 
and my the midst walks Father Thunder, 
and sees they all keep silence and he di- 
digent at their books ; al are bound to be 
there without budging; at seuen, which 
is their houre of breaktast, they go down 
two by two, with their bookes under their 
arms, and fizst, those in rhetoricke vnto 
the retectory, where euery one has for 
his part a peece of bread and butter, 
and beere, as pleaseth him. The loss of 
this breakfast is their punishment whose 
names had been given up to the prefect 
for having spoke English the day betore, 
but within a quarter of an’ hour, each 
boy quits the refectory, and repaires to 
the schonies ; from seven and an half un. 
zl nine and better they are exercised in 
repeating und shewiy what cOoposures 
they 
