Page 131, The Oath of Allegiance
| The Oath of | ||||
| Allegiance | ||||
| This is taken standing | I. A.B. doe truely & sincerely acknowledge profess testify & | |||
| declare in my conscience before God & the world That our Sovereign | ||||
| Lord King Charles the second is lawfull King of this Realme & of a[ll] | ||||
| other his Matis Dominions & Countries; And that the Pope neither of | ||||
| himselfe nor by any authority of the Church or See of Rome o[r] | ||||
| any | ||||
| by any other meanes with ⁁ other hath any power or authority to de | ||||
| -pose the King or to dispose any of his Matis Kingdomes, or Dominions | ||||
| or to authorise any forreigne Prince to Invade or annoy him or | ||||
| his Countries, or to discharge any of his Subjects of their Allegiance | ||||
| & obedience to his Matie, or to give licence or leave to any of | ||||
| them to beare armes, raise tumults, or to offer any violence or ha[rm] | ||||
| to his Matis Royal person, State or Government, or to any of his M[atis] | ||||
| Subjects wthin his Matis Dominions. Also I doe sweare from my heart th[at] | ||||
| notwthstanding any declaration or sentence of excommunication or depra[va-] | ||||
| -tion made or granted or to bee made or granted by the Pope or his Sub[jects] | ||||
| ⁁ or any absolution of ye sd subjects | or by any authority derived or pretended to bee derived from him or [his] | |||
| from their obedience, I will beare | See against the sd King his heires or Successors ⁁* & him & them will de[fend] | |||
| faith & true allegiance to his Matie | to the utmost of my Power against all conspiracies & attempts. [???] | |||
| his heires & Successors | wch shall bee made against his or their psons their Crowne & [???] | |||
| by reason or colour of any such sentence or declaration or other [???] | ||||
| & will doe my best endeavour to disclose & make knowne to hi[m?] | ||||
| his heires & Successors all treasons & traiterous conspiracies wch I sh[???] | ||||
| or heare of to bee against him or any of them. And I doe further sw[eare] | ||||
| that I doe from my heart abhorre detest & abjure as Impious an[d] | ||||
| which | ||||
| hereticall this damnable doctrine & position That Princes |
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| bee excommunicated or deprived by the Pope may bee deposed or mur | ||||
| -thered* by their subjects or any other wtsoever. And I doe beleeve & in | ||||
| conscience am resolved that neither the Pope nor any pson wtsoever [hath] | ||||
| power to absolve me of this oath or any part therof wch I ackno[wledge] | ||||
| good & lawfull authority to bee lawfully administred unto mee, [de] | ||||
| -nounce all pardons & dispensations to the contrary. And all these [???] | ||||
| doe plainly & sincerely acknowledge & sweare according to the [???] | ||||
| words by mee spoken & according to ye plaine & comon sence & [use] | ||||
| evas[ion or] | ||||
| of ye same words wthout any equivocation, or mentall |
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| reservation wtsoever. And I doe make this recognition & a[cknowledge] | ||||
| heartily willingly & truely, upon ye true faith of a Christian | ||||
| So helpe mee God |
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