Note 606 — Chapter XXII
Reading edition
Hist. of the University of Cambridge, 233. "The Colleges have already sent to the King £6,000, and are now about to send their plate to make shrines for Diane's temple. Magdalene College plate, beginning the march, was seized on by Parliament authority, and is deposited in the Mayor's custody. St. John's College conceived a better secrecy by water, and that way conveyed their plate; but having intelligence of discovery, they landed it in the night into a dung-cart, and returned it to the College. It is said now they expect a convoy of horse. King's College refused to send plate, the Master affirming that it is directly against their oath, binding them in express words, not to alienate the plate of the College. If he be not deceived in his judgment, it will be a problem for the rest of the masters."—Tanner MSS. 63, p. 116. Sanford's Illustrations, 514.