...will be faithful, and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King William the Third. So help me God. I, AB, do swear, that I do, from my heart, abhor, detest,...deprived by the Pope or any authority of the See of Rome, maybe deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever ; and I do declare, that no foreign...

...the anti-papal oath was especially humiliating to Roman Catholics for it read as follows: "I, —, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and...princes ex-communicated or deprived by the Pope, or any other authority of the See of Rome may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever."...

...Abjure, as Impious and hereticall, that Damnable Doctrine and posic[i]on, that princes Excomunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See...Murdered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever, And wee do Declare, That no Foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate, hath or ought to have...

...p. 145. t From Bishop Perry's "History of the Episcopalian Church in North America." "I, James Read, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and...abjure as impious and heretical that damnable doctrine that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed...

...fac-fimile copy of the original document is prefented upon the oppofite page. I Doe Swear, that I doe from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious...that -damnable doctrine and position that princes cxcomunicat or deprived by the pope, or any authority of ye see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered...

...pledge of allegiance to King William and Queen Mary—and, as well, a declaration of their abhorrence of that "damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes...any Authority of the See of Rome may be Deposed or Murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever." In practice, if not all that clearly, certain...

...allegiance to King William and Queen Mary — and, as well, a declaration of their abhorrence ofthat "damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes Excommunicated...any Authority of the See of Rome may be Deposed or Murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever." In practice, if not all that clearly, certain...

...Donne's birthplace (he was then abroad). It included words at which any Roman Catholic would blink: 'I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious and heretical this damnable doctrine and position, that princes which be excommunicated and deprived by the Pope...

...I AB doe sweare that I doe from my heart abhorr, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical! this damnable doctrine and position that Princes excommunicated...by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I doe declare that noe forreigne prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have,...

...oath abjuring any Stuart title to the throne; (3) an oath of supremacy ("I, AB, do swear that I do ... abjure as impious and heretical that damnable doctrine...that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope . . . may be deposed or murdered by their subjects. . . . And I do declare that no foreign Prince,...