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Formula Gradus dandi.

Eadem nos authoritate,
Reges memoriæ beatæ,
Pontifices & papœ lœti,
Nam alii sunt a nobis spreti,
Quam quondam nobis indulserunt,
Quæ privilegia semper erunt,
Collegio nostro safe and sound,
As long's the earth and cups go round,
Te Bogsæum hic creamus,
Statutmus & proclamamus,
Artium magistrum & doctorem,
Si libet etiam professorem;
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Tibique damus potestatem
Potandi ad hilaritatem,
Ludendi porro & jocandi,
Et mæstos vino medicandi;
Docendi vera, commentandi,
Ad risum etiam fabulandi;
In promissionis tuæ signum,
Caput, honore tanto dignum,
Hoc cyatho condecoramus,
Ut tibi felix sit, oramus;
Præterea in manum damus
Hunc calicem, ex quo potamus,
Spumantem generoso vino,
Ut bibas more Palatino.
Sir, pull it off, and on your thumb
Cernamus supernaculum,
Ut specimen Ingenii
Post Studia decennii.
While he is drinking, the Chorus sings
En calicem spumantem,
Falerni epotantem,
En calicem spumantem,
Io, Io, Io.
After he has drunk, and turn'd the glass on his thumb, they embrace him, and sing again.
Laudamus hunc doctorem,
Et fidum compotorem,
Laudamus hunc doctorem,
Io, Io, Io.
 

Here he was crown'd with the Punch-bowl.

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