Doe promise =to be= at all tymes hereafter Dureinge my abode in America +to be+ obedyent to all lawes orders constitutions & comaunds wch by the =s b= said Governo^r Deputy Governo^r and assistants +for the tyme being+ or the greater ꝑte of them shall be +lawfully+ made or given—forth & shall come to my =k= heareinge, And to be true and faith full to them & their governemt, And I likewise promise that if I shall know +heare of =or heare of= or suspect+ =of= any hurt or losse intended against any of them I will reveale the same to one or more of them wth all convenyent—speede, And to bind my selfe to the faithfull ꝑformance of this promise, I sweare by the name of the onely true God the lover of truth & the avenger of falshood] [Illustration: The oath of a man +free or+ to be made free. I. N. N. vt supra. and +=being=+ =having likewise heard and vnderstoode= said. N.N. =of= being now by the said Governo^r & assistants to be made a free man of the said plantac̄on & +thereby enabled+ to have a voice in the choise of the said. 20. Deputed ꝑsones soe aucthorised as aforesaid as =the sai= any of their places are or shalbe voide =and I shalbe therevnto called in a lawfull assembly, doe hereby promise vt supra= I doe promise that =when I s= at all tymes when I shalbe there vnto lawfully called by the said Governem^t, to give my voice for the electing of such ꝑsone =therevnto= & ꝑsones vnto such voide places as I =the= shall =und= thinke to be =the wisest godliest & ablest for the discharg= men of wisedome & courage—feareinge God & hateing covetousnes all ꝑtyalyty =& by= sett aside, and to bind &c vt supra.] [Illustration: The Oath of ffreemen: