...direct, viz. that the person taking it " would be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and not know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." But although the literal meaning of this oath was so obvious, an immense majority, both in Church and...

...when required, and as it was administered for upwards of six hundred years, containing a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...intended him, without " defending him therefrom." But, at the Revolution, the terms of this oath being thought to favour too much the notion of nonresistance,...

...liegeman, according to the old feudal custom, came into court and pledged himself, by oath, "to be faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of life and limb and terrene honor ; and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom."...

...saints," concluded an oath until , . . 1550 The ancient oath of allegiance, which contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...damage intended him without defending him therefrom," was modified, by James I. in 1605, ft declaration against the pope's authority being added. It was...

...undergone variation. Anciently, the party promised " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirfc, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene...damage intended him without defending him therefrom." The statutory oath, since the Revolution, has been more simple — as : " I do sincerely promise and...

...exacted from natural-bom subjects ; but it« form has undergone variation. Anciently, the party promised "to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs....faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, ami not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him without defending him therefrom." The statutory...

...AbLEGORÎSTS [ . Ад administered, яяуя Blackstone, for upwards oí 600 years, it contained a promise "to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any Ш or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." After the Gunpowder Plot, an act was passed...

...take to subject superiors : ' As administered for upwards of six hundred years, it contained a promise to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.' — Blackstone, Kerr's edition, vol. i. 368. This oath being thought to favour too much the notion...

...subject superiors : ' As administered for upwards of six hundred years, it contained a promise to lie true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.' — Bl&ckstone, Kerr's edition, vol. i. 3C8. This oath being thought to favour too much the notion...

...no harm was intended against hie person, was not eo glaring a violation of the oath of allegiance " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs...bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to hear of any ill or damage intended him without defending him therefrom," as to effect his death ; and...