 And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any ill...  The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy - Page 144by William Paley - 1801 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1886 - 856 pages
...allegiance, and was couched almost in the same terms with that of fealty, and contained the promise 'i to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs," and to defend him from " all ill or damage intended him." As " ill or damage " to the king and his heirs... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1890 - 902 pages
...And v:ie oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years,8 contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, [sasj " without defending him therefrom." Upon which sir Matthew Hale' makes this remark ; that it... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1891 - 1052 pages
...oath of a vassal to hi» lord : ' I (Д. jj.) do promise to be trno and faithful to the king and Inn heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb...and terrene honour, and» not to know or hear of any \\\ or damage intended him without defending him therefrom.' The oath remained in force above 600 years.... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1893 - 558 pages
...allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise " to be true aud faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." But, at the revolution, the terms of this oath being thought perhaps to favor too much the notion of... | |
 | Sidney James Mark Low, Sir Sidney Low - 1896 - 1142 pages
...statute on all persons holding office until the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the promise then being " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...damage intended him without defending him therefrom." This oath might be exactod when necessary from all persona over the age ef twelve. James I. also imposed... | |
 | William Blackstone (Sir) - 1897 - 838 pages
...Allegiance. The oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise to be " true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...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."... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 1018 pages
...required to take to subject superiors : "As administered for upwards of 800 years, it contained a promise to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...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."... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 570 pages
...territorial. And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise "to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." But, at the revolution, the terms of this oath being thought perhaps to favor too much the notion of... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1902 - 1004 pages
...required to take to their landlords. As administered for upward of 600 years, it contained a promise "to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs,...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."... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - 1902 - 554 pages
...help me God and all saints," concluded an oath until 1550 Ancieui oath of allegiance in England. " to be true and faithful to the King and his heirs,...truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honor ; and not to know or hear of any 111 or damage intended him without defending him therefrom,"... | |
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