A. D. 1 701.' Anno decmio tertio Gulielmi III. C. 6. 83
- Duchefs Dowager of Hanover, Daughter of the moft excellent Princefs Elizabeth late Queen of
- Bohemia, Daughter of our late Sovereigh Lord King James the Plrft, and the Heirs of the body of
' the faid Princefs Sophia, being Proteftants : And whereas the French King, in Hopes of difturbing ' the Peace and Repofe of your Majefty and your Kingdoms, and creating Divifions therein, hath,
- fince the making the faid Aft, caufed the pretended Prince of Wales to be proclaimed in your Ma-
' jefty's faid Kingdom oi France, by the Name, Stile and Title of James the Third, King of England, ' Scotland, and Ireland, whereupon the faid pretended Prince hath affumed the faid Stile and Title, ' ' in open Defiance of the Provifions made for the Eftablifliment of the Title and Succeffion of the ' Crown, by the faid feveral Ads of Parliament ; on which faid Afts the Safety of your Majefty's ' Royal Perfon and Government, the Continuance of the Monarchy of England, the Prefervation of the
- Proteftant Religion, the Maintenance of the Church of England as by Law eftabliflied, the Security
' of the ancient and undoubted Rights and Liberties, and the future Peace and Tranquillity of this ' Kingdom, do (under God) entirely depend:' To the Intent therefore that the faid Adls may be for ever inviolably preferved, and that all future Queftions and Divifions by Reafon of any pretended Titles to the Crown may be prevented ; we your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, do humbly befeech your moft Ex- cellent Majefty that it may be enafted ; and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by Authority of the fame. That all and every Perfon and Perfons, as well All Perfons ha- Peers as Commoners, that fliall bear any Office or Offices, Civil or Military, or (hall receive any Pay, "S ^"y Offi':«» Salary, Fee or Wages, by Pveafon of any Patent or Grant from his Majefty, or ftiall have Command ^^^i""" '*' or Place of Truft from or under his Majefty, or from any of his Majefty's Predeceffors, or by his or their Authority, or by Authority derived from him or them, within the Realm of E?tgland, Do- in England, &c. minion of /!^^/«, or Town oi Berwick upon Tweed, or in his Majefty's Navy, or in the feveral Iflands of Jerfey and Giiirnfcy, or fliall be of the Houfliold or in the Service or Employment of his Majefty, or of his Royal Highiiefs Prince George, or her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Anne of Z)^OTHOT-/f, and <"• i" the Service all Ecclefiaftical Perfons, all Members of Colleges and Hcdls in either Univerfity, that are or ftiall be °f J'l"f^ ^^"'i" of the Foundation (being of the Age of eighteen Years) and all Perfons teaching Pupils in either Uni-^^i^^^"^^"" ^U verfity, or elfewliere, and all Schoolmafters and Ufhers, and all Preachers and Teachers of feparate Ecclefiaftical Congregations, and every Perfon that fliall aft as a Serjeant at Law, Counfellor at Law, Barrifter, Ad-Perfonsj &c. vocate. Attorney, Solicitor, Proftor, Clerk, or Notary, by praftifing in any Manner as fuch in any P^aflifers of the Court or Courts whatfoever, who fliall inhabit, refide, or be within the Cities of London or Wejlminjhr, *; ^'^: , or within thirty Miles Diftant from the fame, on the fir ft Day of £■(?/?«■ Term, which fliall be in the ^^^ '^^'^^1°"',, Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and two, or at any Time during the faid Term, fliall one'ofthcCou'rts perfonally appear before the End of the faid Term, or oi Trinity Term next following, in his Ma- of Weftminfter, jefty's High Court oi Chancery, or in his Majefty's Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, "^^^^^"'^"'"i and there in publick and open Court, between the Hours of nine of the Clock and twelve in the tore- ^ noon, take the Oath herein after mentioned : that is to fay, take the follow- icg Oath, viz, ' "t A. B. do truly and fincerely acknowledge, profefs, teftify and declare, in my Confcience before God ' J. and the World, That our Sovereign Lord King Williar^ is lawful and rightful King of this Realm, ' and of all other his Majefty's Dominions and Countries thereunto belonging. And I do folemnly and ' fincerely declare. That I do believe in my Confcience, that the Perfon pretended to be Prince of iPales, ' during the Life of the late King James, and fince his Deceafe pretending to be and taking upon himfelf ' the Stile and Title of King of England, by the Name of James the Third, hath not any Right or Title
- whatfoever to the Crown of this Realm, or any other the Dominions thereto belonging : And I do re-
- nounce, refufe, and abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him. And I do fwear, That I will bear Faith
' and true Allegiance to his ^yIaj^fty King William, and him will defend to the utmoft of my Power, ' againft all traiterous Confpiracies and Attempts whatfoever, which fliall be made againft his Perfon, Crown, ' or Dignity. And I will do my beft Endeavour to difclofe and make known to his Majefty and his Suc- ' ceflbrs all Treafons and traiterous Confpiracies, v/hich I fliall know to be againft him or any of them. ' And I do faithfully^ promife, to the utmoft of my Power, to fupport, maintain and Defend the Limita- ' tion and Succeffion of the Crown, againft him the faid James, and all other Perfons whatfoever, as the ' fame is and ftands limited (by an Aft intituled. An J£i declaring the Rights and Liberties of the SubjeSi, ahd ' fettling the Succeffion of the Crown) to his I4ajefty during his Majefty's Life, and after his Majefty's De- ' ceafe, to the Princefs Anne of Den/nark, and the Heirs of her Body, being Proteftants ; and for Default ' of fuch Iflue, to the Heirs of the Body of his Majefty, being Proteftants : And as the fame by one other ' Aft intituled. An ASi for the further Limitation of the Crovjn, and better f curing the Rights and Liber- ' ties of the Subject, is and ftands limited after the Deceafe of his Majefty, and the Princefs Anne of Den- ' mark, and for Default of Iflue of the faid Princefs, and of his Majefty refpeftivly, to the Princefs ' Sophia, Eleftrefs and Duchefs Dowagor of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body, being Proteftants. ' And all thefe Things I do plainly and fincerely acknowledge and fwear, according to thefe exprefs Words b); me fpoken, and according to the plain and common Senfe and Underftanding of the fam^e Words, v/ithout any Equivocation, mental Evafion, or fecret Refervation v/hatfoever. And I do make this ' Recognition, Acknowledgment, Abjui^tion, Renunciation and Promife, heartily, willingly and truly, ^/,£„ji^ , ' upon the true Faith of a Chriftian.' So help me God. St. i. c. 22! [ Ann. . and farther i>y 5 AtjUt t. t, ylrt, 22, andhy 6 .4m, c. 7, §. 20, and c, 141 and fee farther 8 Ann, c. J5. M 3 II. Unto
