You, A. B. being called and chosen vnto public employment, and the
office of ——, by the free vote and consent y^e Inhabitants of the
Province of Providence Plantations (now orderly met), do, in the
present Assemblie, engage yourself faithfully and truly to the
utmost of your power to execute the commission committed vnto you;
and do hereby promise to do neither more nor less in that respect
than that which the Colonie have or shall authorize you to do
according to the best of your understanding.