"Each keeper shall take an oath to observe all these
regulations when they enter upon the charge of the books.
And the recipients of any book or books shall thereupon
swear that they will not use the book or books for any
other purpose but that of inspection or study, and that
they will not take or permit to be taken it or them beyond
the town and suburbs of Oxford.
"Moreover, every year the aforesaid keepers shall render
an account to the Master of the House and two of his
scholars whom he shall associate with himself, or if he
shall not be at leisure, he shall appoint three inspectors,
other than the keepers, who shall peruse the catalogue of
books, and see that they have them all, either in the
volumes themselves or at least as represented by deposits.
And the more fitting season for rendering this account we
believe to be from the first of July until the festival of
the Translation of the Glorious Martyr S. Thomas next
following.
"We add this further provision, that anyone to whom
a book has been lent, shall once a year exhibit it to the
keepers, and shall, if he wishes it, see his pledge. Moreover,
if it chances that a book is lost by death, theft, fraud,
or carelessness, he who has lost it or his representative or
executor shall pay the value of the book and receive back
his deposit.
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