British Library, Harley MS 4931
I doe sweare before the Allmighty, & Everlasting
God, that I will beare a faithfull Allegiance to
my true, & undoubted Soveraigne Lord King
Charles, who is lawfull King of this Iland, & other
his Kingdomes, & Dominions both by Sea, & Land, both
by the Lawes of God, & man, & by lawfull Succes-
sion. And that I will most constantly, & cheerfully
even to the uttmost hazard of my life, & fortunes
constantly oppose all Seditions, Rebellions, Conspiracies,
Covenants, Conjurations, & Treasons whatsoever against
his royall dignity, Crowne, or Person, raised, or sett
up under what pretense, or colour soever, And if it
shall come vailed under pr
it more abominable before God, & men. And this
Oath I take voluntarily in the true faith of a good
Christian, & Loyall Subject w
or mentall reservation whatsoever. From w
power on earth can absolve me in any part./.
the North (Anno 1639) attending the king, when he went against the
Scotts; And my Lord Say, & my Lord Brookes only refused this
Oath at first, whose example drew on others.