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Act 11. Jutice General, Admiral, Sheriffs, Conimiars, and their Deputes, and Clerks and all Magitrates and Council of Royal Burghs, at their Admiion to their everal Offices, and before they offer to exerce the ame, hall take and wear the Oath of Alleagiance, hereunto ubjoyned. And alo,that all other perons who hall be required by His Majeties Privy-Council, or any having Authority from them, hall be obliedged to take and wear the ame.

And ince all the troubles and mieries that have overpread this Kingdom, and almot detroyed all religious and civil, all publick and private interets, thee twenty years by-gone and upwards, have arien and prung from thee invaions, that have been made upon, and contempts done to the Royal Authority and Prerogative of the Crown, His Majety conceives Himelf obliedged, both for His own Royal interet, and for the publick interet and peace of His people, to be careful to prevent the like for the future. And therefore, His Majesty, with advice foreaid, Statutes and Ordains, that all perons, who are, or hall be called to any publick Trut, as aid is, hail, beide the taking of the Oath of Alleagiance, be obliedged before they enter to their Offices and Truts, to aert under their hand writing, His Majeties Royal Prerogative, as is expret in the Acts pat in this preent Parliament, and in the manner hereunto ubjoyned: Certifying all uch, as, being required, hall refue or delay to take the Oath of Alleagiance, they hall not only thereby render themelves uncapable of any publick Trut, but be lookt upon as perons di-affected to His Majeties Authority and Government; and uch as hall refue, or delay to aert His Majeties Prerogative, in manner under-written, hall from thenceforth be uncapable of any publick Trait within this Kingdom.

Follows the Oath of Alleagiance.

, For tetification of my faithful obedience to my mot gracious and redoubted Suveraign, CHARLES, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Affirm, tetifie and declare, by this my olemn Oath, That I acknowledge my aid Soveraign only upream Governour of this Kingdom, over all Perons and in all Caues; and that no Furraign Prince, Power, State or peron Civil or Eccleiaftick, hath any Juridiction, Power or Superiority over the ame: And therefore I do utterly renounce and forake all Forraign Powers, Juridictions and Authorities; and hall at my utmot power, defend, ait and maintain His Majeties Juridiction foreaid, againt, all deadly, and hall never decline His Majeties Power and Juridictfion, as hall anwerto GOD.

Follows the Acknowledgement of His MAJEtIES Prerogative.

Oramuch as the Etates of Parliament of this Kingdom, by their everal Acts of the eleventh and twenty fifth of January lat, have, from the ene of their humble duty, and in recocogniance of His Majeties jut Right, Declared, That it is an inherent Priviledge of the Crown.and an undoubted part of the Royal Prerogative of the Kings of this Kingdom, to have the ole choice and appointment of the Officers of Etate, Privy-Councellors, and Lords of Seion; That the power of calling, holding and diolving of Parliaments, and all Conventions, and Meetings of the Etates, doth oly reide in the Kings Majety, His Heirs and Succeors: and that as no Parliament can be lawfully kept, without the pecial warrand and preence of the Kings Majety, or His Commiioner; So, no Acts, nor Statutes, to be pat in any Parliament, can be binding on the people, or have the Authority and Force of Laws, without the pecial approbation of His Majety, or His Commiioner, interponed thereto at the making thereof; That the power of Armes, making of Peace and War, and making of Treaties and Leagues with Forreign Princes or States, or at borne by the Subjects among themelves doth properly reide in the Kings Majety, His heirs and Succeors, and is their undoubted Right, and their's alone; And that it is high Treaon in the Subjects of this Kingdom, or any number of them, upon whatoever ground, to rie or continue in Armes, to maintain any Forts, Garions or Strengths, to make Peace or War, or to make any Treaties or Leagues with Forreigners, or among themelves, without His Majeties Authority firt interponed thereto; That it is unlawfull to the Subjects, of whatoever quality or function, to convocate, conveen or aembie themelves, for holding of Councils, Conventions and Aemblies, to Treat, Conult and Determin in any matters of State, Civil or Eccleiaftick (except in the ordinary judgements) or to make Leagues, or Bonds, upon whatoever collour or pretence, without His Majeties pecial conent and approbation had thereunto; That the League and Covenant, and all Treaties following thereupon, and Acts or Deeds that do or may relate thereunto, are not obligatory, nor do infer any obligation upon this Kingdom, or the Subjects thereof, to meddle or interpoe by Armes, or any editious way, in any thing concerning the Religion and Goverment of the Churches in England and Ireland, or in what may concern the Adminitration of His Majeties Government there: and that none of His Majeties