3-S C.13 1 . /.; Anrib primo' GeoegFi Regis. • S.ta't. 2. A, XX 17 14. . - i ■ - . • •■ ViV'"l '■ I " " •. ' TJ I j ■ ■ ' . : ' j£ 5. do fwear, That I do from my Heart abhor, deteft, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that _ damnable Doctrine arid Pofition,' That Princes excommunicated Or deprived by the Pope, or any
- Authority of the See of Rome, may be depofed or. murthered by their Subjects, or any other whatfoever.
6 AndT do declare, That no Fm^ign Prince, Perfon, Prelate, State, or Potentate hath, or ought to have ' any Jurifdiction, Power, Superiority, Pre-eminence, or Authority, Ecclefiaftical or Spiritual, within 1 this Realm. ... So help me God. A. B. do truly and fincerely acknowledge, profefs, terrify and declare in, my Confidence, before God and the World, That our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King ofvtbis Realm, ""■ and all other his Majefty's Dominions and Countries thereunto belonging. And I do folemnly and lin- '"cerely declare,. That if do believe in my Gonfcience, that the Perfon .pretended ito be 'Prince of lVaks~, ' during the Life of the late. King James, and fintchis- Deceafe, pretending to be, and taking, upon-! him-
- felf the Stile and Title of King oi/Enghmd, by the Name, of James the Third, or of Seat/and,' by the
' Name of 'James the Eighth, -or the Stile and Title;of King of Great. Britain,' hath not- any Right or Ti- ' tie whatfoever to the Crown of this Realm, or: any other the Dominions thereto belonging; and I do ' renounce, refufe, and abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him. And I do: fwear, That i will- bear ' Faith and true Allegiance to his Majefty King' George, and him will -defend- to the utmolt of my Pow- ' er, againft all traiterous Confpiracies and Attempts whatfoever, which fhaJl b.e made againlt his Perfon, ' Crown or Dignity. ; ; And I will do my, utmoft Endeavour to dilcJofe.and make known to his Majefty, ' and his Succdfors, all Treafons and traiterous- Confpiracies 'whie-h I ihall know to be againft him, :or ' any 'of them.- And I do faithfully promife,, to the utmoft of my Pgwer^'o fupport, maintain and: ■defend'
- the'Succeffion of the Crown againft himlthe. faid James, arid alLot.bbr; Perfons whatfoever, which Suc-
- ceffion, by an. A<£t, intituled, Aa Aft for the fuilhe? Limitation of the' Crbivn, and better fecuring the
' Rights and Liberties of the Subjeft, is and Hands limited to -the Princefs Sophia, Eledtorefs and Ducbefs
- Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body, being Protectants.' And -all- thefe Things I doiplain-
' ly and fincerely acknowledge and fwear, according to thefe, exprefs Words by. me fpoken, and ac- '• cording, to the plain and common: Senfe and Underftanding of the fame Words, : without any Equ : - ' vocation, mental Evaiion or fecret Refervation .whatfoever. And I; do make this Recognition, Ac- ' knowledgment, Abjuration, Renunciation and promife heartily, willingly and truly;, upon the- true
- Faith of a Chriftian. . . , '
So help me God. And lui.fcribe Unto which Oaths fo taken, every fuch Perfon fo taking the fame, mall fubfe'ribe. his Name, or if he the ijmj. cannot write, fhall make his Mark, and during the Time of taking the faid Oaths, all Pleas and Pro-, ceedirigs in the-faid refpective Courts fhall ceafe ; and all and every ihe.faid rtfpeciive h'erfons.and Officers, not having taken the faid. Oaths, and fubferibed die fame, as aforefaid;, , fhall on or before the twenty-third Or in the Qnar- Day of January -next, at tire General or Quarter Seffions for that County, Riding, Liberty, City, Bo- tt.-.Ser.'imsYor ■ rough, ' Town-corporate or Place, where he or they lhalL be, inhabit or rtiide.on the;firft Day of December the County, next, take the faid Oaths in open Court, between the- faid Hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the &c. where they forenoon, and .fubferibe his Name, or if he cannot write, make his Mark under the fame. AllVei-foris who -II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons that b f. re ihe icth fhall be admitted, entred, placed or taken, into any Office or Offices, Civil or Military, or fn. dl receive, of Aug. 1 7 1 5 . any 'Pay, Salary, Fee or Wages, by reafon of any Patent or Grant from his Majefty, or fhall have C6m- fm be admit- miirK i or pl aee f Truft fr jtii or under his Majefty, or by his-Authority, or by Authority derived from fice'"*?/ fliall him, within that Part of Great Britain called England, or in his Majefty's Navy, or in the feveral Iilands within three of Jerfey and Guernfey, or that fhall be admitted into any Service or Imployment in his Majefty's Houf- Montlis take fhold or Family, or of his Royal Highnefs George Prince of Wales, or of her Royal Highnefs the Princefs the i'jme Oath i jp r aks, or their IiTue, and all Ecclefiaftical Perfons, Heads or Governors, of what Deno v. ination foever, aC s^ft^ns^o" anc ' ^H other Members of Colleges and Halls in any Univerfity, that are or ihall be of the Foundation, or ■ , -,! u »ty that do or mall enjoy any Exhibition, being of, or as foon as they Ihall attain the Age of eighteen Years,. where they re- and all Perfons teaching or reading to Pupils in any Univerfity, or elfewhere, and all Schoolmafters and fide. Ufhe 12 & 13 W. 3. c, 2. P- Jfhers, and all Preachers and Teachers of feparate Congregations, High or Chief Conftables, and every 3 erfgn who. Ihall act. as. Seriearit at Law, Counfellor at Law, Barrifter, Advocate, Attorney, Solicitor, Proctor, Clerk or Notary, by practifing in any Manner as fuch in any Court or Courts whatfoever, with- in that Part of Great Britain called England, who fhall, at any Time after the Tenth Day of Auguft one RcpeSK-d by ' thoufand lev en hundred and fifteen, be admitted into, or enter upon any of the befor -mentioned Prefer-' 2 c.eo. z. c 31. men ts, Benefices, Offices or Places, or fliall come into any fuch Capacity, or fhall take upon him or them' '£ ni J"~ anydksh Practice, Imployment, or Bufmefs, as aforefaid,' fliall within three Months after he or they fhall rclatingtareto, be admitted into,' or enter upon any fuch Preferment, Benefice, Office or Place, or come into fuch Ca-. >Geo. 1. c.26. pacity, or take upon him or them fuch Practice, Imployment, or Bufmefs, as aforefaid, tike and fub- fcribe the fame Oaths in one of the faid Courts at WejhninJler, or at the General Quarter-Seilions of the fount". Citvy or Place, where he or they Ihall refide. 3 HI.
