I doe heare sweare, and call God to witnes, that, being nowe an
inhabitant within the lymitts of this juridicc̄on of the
Massachusetts, I doe acknowledge myselfe lawfully subject to the
aucthoritie and gouerm^t there established, and doe accordingly
submitt my pson, family, and estate, to be ptected, ordered, &
gouerned by the lawes & constituc̄ons thereof, and doe faithfully
pmise to be from time to time obedient and conformeable therevnto,
and to the aucthoritie of the Goūn^r, and all other the Magistrates
there, and their success^rs, and to all such lawes, orders,
sentences, & decrees, as nowe are or hereafter shalbe lawfully made,
decreed, & published by them or their success^rs. And I will alwayes
indeav^r (as in duty I am bound) to advance the peace & wellfaire of
this body pollitique, and I will (to my best power & meanes) seeke
to devert & prevent whatsoeuer may tende to the ruine or damage
thereof, or of y^e Goūn^r, Deputy Goūn^r, or Assistants, or any of
them or their success^{rs}, and will giue speedy notice to them, or
some of them, of any sedic̄on, violence, treacherie, or oth^r hurte
or euill w^{ch} I shall knowe, heare, or vehemently suspect to be
plotted or intended against them or any of them, or against the said
Com̄on-wealth or goum^t established. Soe helpe mee God. [1634.]
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Att a Gen^rall Courte, holden att Boston, May 14th, 1634.
It was agreed & ordered, that the former oath of ffreemen shalbe
revoked, soe farr as it is dissonant from the oath of ffreemen
herevnder written, & that those that receaved the former oath shall
stand bound noe further thereby, to any intent or purpose, then this
newe oath tyes those that nowe takes y^e same.