I, EDWARD, do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other Saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever, and without any dispensation already granted me for this purpose by the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning. II. _Oath with regard to the Church of Scotland, taken by the King at his first Council, on 23rd January, 1901._ I, EDWARD VII., King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, do faithfully Promise and Swear that I shall inviolably maintain and preserve the settlement of the true Protestant Religion, with the Government, Worship, Discipline, Rights and Privileges of the Church of Scotland as established by the Laws made there in prosecution of the Claim of Right, and particularly by an Act, intituled An Act for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government, and by the Acts passed in the Parliament of both Kingdoms for Union of the two Kingdoms. SO HELP ME GOD. EMPIRE OF GERMANY. There is no provision in the constitution of the German Empire for an oath regarding the constitution on the part of the German Emperor; nor does the constitution contain provisions respecting the making of a promise on oath or of other solemn declarations by the Emperor. On the other hand, the King of Prussia, in accordance with Article 54 of the Charter of the Constitution for the State of Prussia, in the presence of the United Chambers of the Prussian Diet, makes a promise on oath “to keep the constitution of the Kingdom fixed and inviolable, and to govern in accordance with it and with the laws.” UNITED STATES. The oath or Affirmation taken by the President of the United States before the entrance upon the execution of his office is prescribed by the Constitution of the United States (Article II., section 1), and is as follows:--