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lions, we have many marvellous anecdotesrecorded; which, with fober antiquaries, arenot intitled to the fmalleft credit,

CafTivellaun, the Britifh Prince of the Tri-nobantes, is reprefented as its Patron; Jofeph,of Arimathea, as its Apoftle; and Arthur,the early pride of Britain, as one who hadendowed it with fuperior privileges.

That it was ruined in the Danifh invafion,and lay long neglefted, is pretty clear; aswell as that it did not thoroughly recover it-fe \f, till the Norman government was efta-bltfhed.

The firft charter of privileges to the Uni-veriity, is faid to remain among the recordsin the Tower, dated 1231, the fifteenth yearOf Henry the Third. And, perhaps, onegreat reafon why our notices of its earliefthiftory are fo few and indiftindt, is, that al-though Houfes of Learning, and Inns, andHalls, for Scholars , were founded, they wereevery one without endowments. Before theeftablifhment of the prefent fixteen Collegesand Halls, Cambridge had upwards of thirtyInns, or Hoftels, where Students lived and

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