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tblJs: "! do promise f!) ~ true and fa.ithfL! ~o the Kin~
and his heir'~ a.71Q trutn anl faith to ~r1 of- liie~ anrl
li;n~, and ~er.t:ne honour; and not to iL"ow or hea;­
of ;L'Y}~" 1J~ ;: r (~~!f!~~e j!llencit~ IJim, u-:thout defend-
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1(;2" n:7il i.i1 -;'r:rc-m : 311G \\~;:,S ait~red at t •• t' e~!J1U-
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nOil to t-f)l! p"',-~n! iorm. ;j.3 illCit: tce p~esefit 02tG
i$ a relaxariGn of t1:~· old one. And as the oath \\-as
intended tv as!:LTtd:n, not ~o much the extent of tii{:
scb!-_cfs G~!alCe, a~ the person to whom i: '~-as
dUe' ... the )~gi'iaiure ~r.1S t~ ha\"e ~r.apped up Its
meaning upt_.n toe fonner point, in a word purpc~d::
made {"hoice of fcr ih ge!l-~ral and L,determinare sigm.~carion;
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~. ·.1 De T!1~1 COj)VeP.i~t to coa"J eT~ bn.t, w ar
the oath excil!des, as inc~·nsi~(ent mlh it: secondly ., ~
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-~ h.2t Ii v(:rmlr~.
r j. The oath exdud~ all mten!ion t~ support the
-~iaim or praensions of any other p«:rson or person~~
to the craWl} and gOl"'ernmenr. tban the reigning
fG,-ercig1!. J A JIlL~hite,; ~-hc is pt"rsl1arlcd of the Pr£t£nder's
right to the Cr(1wr.~ a~J ,,-htl moreover de­
~~ns to j:)in with the adhert'n~s cof that CaU5f', to a~5ert
this rig-tit, whene,~er a pr(Jper ("·?r~Flt!nity~ v.-ith a­
r~onable prospei.t of EU(CeS~~ prt-ser.ts itselt~ cannot
take the O:!til of aIJeg-ianc(~; or, if !!e ccuJd~ the oath
or ab~uralion f(,J)o\\-:;~ l\-nich Ct:infains an express re­
DunclarirJn of ail ol:ini('!ls in iivour of t}!e claim o~
the exii::d fan111y.
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(2- The oaih excludes aH Je~j_i:;n at tb~ time, of attemptipg
to depoH' the n'if!:J:~n~ prince, for any reason
,;..-h~te\'er. J L':t tiH~ j~::-licc (if the Re\'olution bt:
,~/t1at it \\~Otjld.. ·ii{~ 11{~11t:~t 11"!2Il (JulJ ha,·(; taken
c\-en the prLS(-nt r/ath of al1et:i~lJ:ce
to J:unes the Se~­
!)::Jd. \V111J clltert~iin(·(i ;~t ihe ti!11C of i2kin!! it, a ce-
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si~n !..:f loiJ1ing- ill tIle nlC;J~tl:·~S \\-!lich \\:erc cJltcred
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to tCJ (lt~t h rorl\.~ Jl i nl.
r s. The o/lth t~)rbids the takin h up of arms against
the reignin~ prince, wit h \'i~:ws of private 3lh-anctmerIt,
or fr('nl 1110ti\'cS (;{" 1)l'r~0nal re~cl1tIl1Cilt or dislike.
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