...of oaths is not yet many years old in Great Britain. Each of the hishops of 1688 had sworn, " I do promise to be true and faithful to the king and his...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." They were thus bound to be faithful, not only to King James, but to his heirs ; and though the convention...

...abjuration oath, with alterations. The oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred rought by any person who, at the rime at which his...any land or rent shall have first accrued, shall See Mirr. c. 3. §35; Fleta, 3, 16; Britt. c. 29; 7 Rep. Calvin's Ca. 6. Upon which Sir M. Hale makes...

..." to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and lirnb and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him without defending therefrom." These were the exact words also of the oath of allegiance in Scotland, and the clause in...

...faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life, and limb, and terrene liunour, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, with"iit defending him therefrom." Upon which Sir Matthew Hale remarks, iliai it was short and plain,...

...territorial. And the oath of allegiance, as adminis[ *368 ] tered for 'upwards of six hundred years (e), contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." Upon which Sir Matthew Hale (f) makes this remark, that it was short and plain, not entangled with...

...allegiance to his Majesty KING GKOHCE." Fonnerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : " I do promise to tie true and faithful, to the king and his heirs, and...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom :" and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. So that the present oath is a relaxation...

...GEORGE." Formerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : " I do promise to lie true and faithful, to tlie king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom :" and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. So that the present oath is a relaxation...

...simply and merely territorial. And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise " to be true and faithful...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." Upon which sir Mi tthew Hale makes this remark ; that it was short and plain, not entangled with long...

...do so, after the one which they had taken to James VII. This oath had been as follows : — " I do promise to be true and faithful to the king and his...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." William, because the Scottish bishops would not violate this oath by transferring their allegiance...

...of allegiance, as administered for 'upwards of six hundred years (e), contained a promise [*368] " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." Upon which Sir Matthew Hale (/) makes this remark, that it was short and plain, not entangled with...