I. THat all Persons (except Foreigners) be prohibited the use of the Publick Library unless they first take the following Oath.

‘Jurabis quod in Bibliothecam publicam admissus nihil quod ad ipsam pertinuerit sciens volens corrumpes, aut imminues, nullum librum per mutabis, auferèsve, aut ipse per te, aut per alium quemvis, nisi eo modo, iìsque conditionibus, quae per Ʋniversitatis decreta requiruntur: Quòdque sis jure isto tuo sincerè, & bona fide usurus, atque omnino ita ut (quantum in Te est) nihil inde accrescat Bibliothecae damni, Ita te Deus adjuvet & haec sancta Dei Evangelia.’

II. That no Person (except such as are at present members of the Senate, or shall be at the next Commencement, or except such as are actually Batchelours of Law or Physick, or shall be at the next Commencement) be admitted to the said Oath, unless a Grace first pass the House for his admittance to the Library.

III. That none under the Degree of Masters of Arts, Batchelours of Law or Physick be permitted to put up such Grace.

IV. That no Foreigner be permitted the use of the Library without such a Sponsor as the Vice-chancellour for the time being shall allow of.

V. That no one shall borrow any Book without express le [...] [...]w vice-Chancellour for the time being, or his Lawfull Deputy, and a note under his own [...]ing the name of the Book or Books so borrowed. The Books so lent to be return'd within[?] [...]Month; the under Library-keeper or some other Person to bring the Note to the Vice-Chancellour for that purpose.

VI. That the Library-keepers shall have a Book wherein they shall set down the names of what Books are lent out, and to whom, and for how long.

VII. That the Vice-Chancellour, or his Deputy with others that he shall call to his assistance, do every Year (or oftner if he shall think fit) in the long Vacation visit and survey all the Books in the Library, by the Classical Catalogue: And in case they find any to be wanting, to deduct so much out of the Library-keepers Salary as will be sufficient to purchase the like again for the Library: according to a Decree of the University made in the Year 1667.

VIII. That every one who in the Opinion of the Library-keeper shall return any Book considerably soil'd, blotted or defac'd, stand oblig'd to buy a new Book of the same kind, or else to pay double the value of such Book, and if he refuse to do so, that he be ipso facto depriv'd of the use of the Library for ever, by the Vice-Chancellour's declaring him so to be at the next Congregation.