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EP.778.027
26 Dec 1778:42 (11)
A Curious Anecdote from the university of Zaragosa.
The Rector of the university of Zaragosa has his own
officers to arrest the scholars and punish them if they
commit any crime. Among their officers there was one called
Gaudalaxara, who was mighty officious and troublesome to the
collegians or students. . . [19 lines] The students that
were at the bottom had instruments of music, and put off
their cloaks to receive him in, and as he cried out, The
Devil, The Devil, the musicians answered him with the
instruments, repeating the same words he did pronounce
himself, and with this, gathering together great numbers of
scholars, they took him in the middle, continuing the music
and songs, to prevent, by this, the people's taking notice
of it, and every body believed that it was only a mere
scholastical diversion: So, with this melody and rejoicings,
they carried the troublesome Gaudalaxara out of the gates of
the city into the field. . .
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