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His Excellency the' Governor then took the several Oaths
appointed to be taken by Act of Assembly of this Province,
as also the following Oath.
I Robert Eden do Swear that I will be true and faithful to
the Right Honourable Frederick Lord Baron of Baltimore, the
true and Absolute Lord and Proprietary of this Province of
Maryland, and his Heirs, and him and them, and his and their
Rights, Royal Jurisdictions, and Seigniories, all and every of
them, into and over this his Province of Maryland, the Islands
and Territories thereto belonging, I will, at all times, Defend
and Maintain to the utmost of my Power, and will never accept
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any Place, Office, or Employment within the said Province,
any ways concerning or relating to the Govarnment thereof,
from any Person or Authority but by from or under a Lawful
Authority derived or to be derived from his said Lordship
his Heirs and Assigns. I will faithfully serve his said Lord-
ship as his Governor, or Commander in Chief of the said Prov-
ince, and in all other Offices committed to my Charge by his
said Lordship's Commission, or Commissions to me, and will
willingly Yield up the said Commission or Commissions again,
and all Offices Powers and Authorities Granted or to be
granted by them or any of them into the Hands of his said
Lordship, his Heirs or Assigns or to such Person or Persons
as he or they shall appoint, whensoever he or they shall appoint
me so to do, and shall signify the same unto me, and will not
presume to put in Execution, or Attempt to Execute any Office
Power or Authority granted unto me by any of the said Com-
missions after that his said Lordship or his Heirs or Assigns
Lords and Proprietaries of the said Province shall repeal them
respectively, and that the said Repeals be published in this
Province; I will do equal Right to the Poor and to the Rich
within this Province, to the best of my Skill Judgment and
Power, according to the Laws and Ordinances of the said
Province, and in Default thereof, according to my Conscience
and best discretion, and to the Power Granted, or to be
granted unto me by his said Lordship's Commission or Com-
missions, I will not, for fear favour or affection or any other
Cause, hinder or delay Justice to any, but will truly Execute
the said Office and Offices respectively, according to his said
Lordship's Commission to me in that behalf, and to the true
Intent and meaning thereof, and not otherwise to the best of
my Understanding and Judgment. I will not know of any
Attempt against his said Lordship's Person, or his Right or
Dominion into or over the said Province, or the People therein,
but I will prevent resist or oppose it to the utmost of my
Power, and make the same known with all Convenient Speed
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