And I will not at any tyme suffer or give Consent to any Counsell or Attempt that shalbe offered =or= given or Attempted for the impeachment of the sd Goverment or makinge any change or Alteratio of the same, contrary to the Lawes & =Customes= ordinances =of the same= thereof, but shall doe my vtmost endeavo^r to discover & oppose & hier all & everye such Counsells]
Att a Gen^rall Court, holden att Newe Towne [Cambridge]. March 4th, 1634.
It is further ordered that euy man of or above the age of sixteene yeares, whoe hath bene, or shall hereafter be, resident within this iurisdiccon by the space of sixe monethes, (as well servants as others,) & not infranchized, shall take the oath of residents before the Goun^r, Deputy Goun^r, or two of the nexte Assistants, whoe shall haue power to convent him for that purpose, & vpon his refuseall, to binde him ouer to the nexte Court of Assistants, & vpon his refuseall the second tyme, to be punished att the discrecon of the Court.
It is ordered that the ffreemens oath shalbe gyven to euy man of or above the age of 16 yeares, the clause for the eleccon of magistrates onely excepted.
At A Court holden att Boston, Aprill 1th, 1634.
It was further ordered, that euy man of or above the age of twenty yeares, whoe hath bene or shall hereafter be resident within this jurisdiccon by the space of sixe monethes, as an householder or soiorner, and not infranchised, shall take the oath herevnder written, before the Goun^r, or Deputy Goun^r, or some two of the nexte Assistants, whoe shall haue power to convent him for that purpose, and vpon his refuseall, to binde him ouer to the nexte Court of Assistants; and vpon his refuseall the second tyme, hee shalbe banished, except the Court shall see cause to giue him further respite.
I doe heare sweare, and call God to witnes, that, being nowe an inhabitant within the lymitts of this juridiccon 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 & constitucons thereof, and doe faithfully pmise to be from time to time obedient and conformeable therevnto, and to the aucthoritie of the Goun^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 Goun^r, Deputy Goun^r, or Assistants, or any of them or their success^{ rs}, and will giue speedy notice to them, or some of them, of any sedicon, 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 Comon-wealth or goum^t established. Soe helpe mee God. [1634.]
