I A: B: &c: =beinge= beinge by the Allmightyes most wise despositiō become a member of this bodye consisting of the Governor +Deputye+ Assistants & Com̄onalty of the Mattachusetts in n: e: doe freely & sincerely acknowledge that I am iustlye & lawfully subiect to the Goverment =there= of the same +=both Civill & Ecclesiasticall=+ & doe accordingly submitt my ꝑson & estate to be protected ordered & governed by the Lawes & Constitutns therof: & doe faithfully promise to be from tyme to tyme obedient & conformable therevnto, & to the Authe of the sd Governor & Assistants & their successors, & to all such Lawes orders sentences & decrees as shalbe +lawfully+ made & published by them or their successors. And I will allwayes endeavo^r (as in dutye I am bounde) to advance the peace & wellfare of this bodye or Com: w: to my vttmost =power= +skill & ability.+ =&= And I will to my =vtmost power= best =ability= power & meanes seeke to deverte & prevent whatsoever may tende to the ruyne or damage thereof or of any the sd Governor Deputy Governor =&= +or+ Assistants or any of them or their successors: & will give spedye notice to them or some of them of any =evill= seditiō, violence, treacherye or other hurt or evill, wch I shall knowe, heare, or vehemently suspecte to be =intended or= plotted or intended ag^t them =sd= or ag^t the said =Goverment= Com: w: or the sd Goverm̄ established: 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 Alteratiō of the same, contrary to the Lawes & =Customes= ordinances =of the same= thereof, but shall doe my vtmost endeavo^r to discover & oppose & hīer all & everye such Counsells] * * * * * Att a Gen^rall Court, holden att Newe Towne [Cambridge]. March 4th, 1634. It is further ordered that eūy man of or above the age of sixteene yeares, whoe hath bene, or shall hereafter be, resident within this iurisdicc̄on by the space of sixe monethes, (as well servants as others,) & not infranchized, shall take the oath of residents before the Goūn^r, Deputy Goūn^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 discrec̄on of the Court. It is ordered that the ffreemens oath shalbe gyven to eūy man of or above the age of 16 yeares, the clause for the elecc̄on of magistrates onely excepted. * * * * * At A Court holden att Boston, Aprill 1th, 1634.