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ration & was also Sworn to his Office of Deputy SlierilT 

 of the County of Essex. 



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I A. B. Do truly niid sincerely Acknowledge, Profess, 

 Test! tie and Declare in my Conscience, before GOD and 

 the World, That Our .Sovereign Lord KING GEORGE 

 is Lawful and Kightful KING of the Realm of Great 

 BrUahi and of all other His Majesties Dominions and 

 Countries thereunto belonging; ( And I do solenudy and 

 sincerely Declare, That I do believe in my Conscience, 

 that the Person pretended to be Prince of Wales during 

 the Life of the Late- King James^ and since his decease 

 *|jretending to be, and taking upon himself the Stile and 

 Title of King of Ewjhind, by the name of James the 

 Third, hath not any Right or Title whatsoever to the 

 Crown of the Realm of Great Britain, or any other the 

 Dominions there-to belonging ; And 1 do Renounce, Re- 

 fuse and AI)jure any Allegiance or Obedience to him. ) 

 And I do Swear, That I will bear Faith and true Alle- 

 giance to KING GEORGE, and Ilini will Defend to 

 the utmost of my Power, against all Traiterons Conspira- 

 cies and Attempts whatsoever against His Person, Crown,* 

 or Dignity ; And I will do my utmost endeavor to dis- 

 close or make know^n to His Majesty and His Successors, 

 all Treasons and Traiterons Conspiracies which I shall 

 know to be against Him or any of them ; And I do faith- 

 fully promise to the utmost of my Power, to Support, 

 Maintain and Defend the Limitation and Succession of 

 the Crown ( against him the said James, and all other 

 Persons whatsoever ) as the same ( by an Act, Intituled, 

 An Act for the farther Limifation of the Grown, and 

 belter Securing the Ri'jhts and Liberties of the Subject) 

 is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Eleclress 

 and Dutchess-Dowager of Jlanover, and the Heirs of Her 

 Body, l)eing Protestants. And all these Things I do 

 plainly and sincerely Acknowledge* and Swear, according 

 to these express words by me Spoken, and acconling to 

 the Plain an(b Connnon Sense and rnderstanding of the 



