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Neither rope-dancers nor players (who go on the stage for gain's sake), nor sword-matches, or sword players are to be permitted within the University of Oxford. All stage-players, rope-dancers and fencers transgressing are to be incarcerated.

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— William Laud, Chancellor of the University and Archbishop of Canterbury, from his University Statutes of 1636

Source

Morris, Jan (2009) [1978]. The Oxford Book of Oxford. Oxford University Press. p. 78. ISBN 9780192804075.