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1560 ‘ TRAVELS
where he réccived his education fo many additional privileges,
and endowed it fo liberally, that he has been juftly called its fe-
cond founder. Befides erecting a large building at his own ex-
pence, he fettled on the univerfity his patrimonial eftate of Vafa,
by which donation the falaries of the profeffors were augmented,
and one hundred and fifty ftudents maintained. His example
was followed by his fucceffors, as well as by private individuals ;
and as the funds have become more confiderable, the number of
{cholars fupported by them has encreafed in proportion. It ree
flects great credit upon this univerfity, that the profeffors faithfully
apply the revenues to the objects of their original deftination, viz.
the improvement and diffufion of knowledge. At the head of the
univerfity is a chancellor, who is always a perfon of the firft
rank and confequence, and generally one of the royal family. The
dignity is conferred by the election of the profeffors, and confirmed
by his majefty. The chancellor regulates and explains the fta-
tutes, compofes any material differences or difputes that may
happen, and delivers all petitions and meflages from the univerfity
to the king. In his abfence, his place is fupplied by the arch-
bifhop of Upfala. From the body of the profeffors, or from thofe of
them that are capable of the office from their fituation in the uni-
verfity,* is annually chofen a rector magnificus, who is a {pecies of
magiftrate that can punifh the ftudents for {mall delinquencies by
fine or imprifonment, and whofe jurifdi@ion over them extends
fix leagues around the city. The profeffors are exceedingly nu-
* Thefe are called viri rectorales.
merous.
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