 Formerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : ' I do promise to be true and faithful to the King and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of life, and limb, and terrene honour ; and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending...  Dictionary of dates, and universal reference - Page 17by Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1845 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - History - 1865 - 258 pages
...faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of life and limb and terrene honor ; and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." This was, in the primitive days of feudalism, the pledge of allegiance, when made to the sovereign,... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1866 - 906 pages
...help me God and all saints," concluded an oath until , . . 1550 The ancient oath of allegiance, which contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the...damage intended him without defending him therefrom," was modified, by James I. in 1605, ft declaration against the pope's authority being added. It was... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 520 pages
...undergone variation. Anciently, the party promised " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirfc, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene...damage intended him without defending him therefrom." The statutory oath, since the Revolution, has been more simple — as : " I do sincerely promise and... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 532 pages
...faithful to the king and his heirs. and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, ami not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him without defending him therefrom." The statutory oath, since the Revolution, has been more simple — as : " I do sincerely promise and... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...oath of allegiance, as administered for 'upwards of six huudred years (e), contained a promise [*368] "to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." J Upon which Sir 'Matthew Hale (/) makes this remark, that it was short and pbiii. not entangled with... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 878 pages
...were required to take to subject superiors : ' As administered for upwards of six hundred years, it contained a promise to be true and faithful to the...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.' — Blackstone, Kerr's edition, vol. i. 368. This oath being thought to favour too much the notion... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 876 pages
...subject superiors : ' As administered for upwards of six hundred years, it contained a promise to lie true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.' — Bl&ckstone, Kerr's edition, vol. i. 3C8. This oath being thought to favour too much the notion... | |
 | Law - 1868 - 538 pages
...the king and his heirs and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to hear of any ill or damage intended him without defending him therefrom," as to effect his death ; and the overt act in the one case was but equal to the mere imagination in... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 852 pages
...were required to take to subject superiors : ' As administered for upwards of six hundred years, it contained a promise to be true and faithful to the...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.' — Blackstono, Kerr's edition, vol. i. 3tiS. This oath being thought to favour too much the notion... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...as adminГ *368 1 i^red f°r *UP wards of six hundred years, (e) contained a promise " to 1 ' } -I be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." Upon which Sir Matthew Hale (/J makes this remark, that it was short and plain, not entangled with... | |
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