...the name of God, and with the testimony of good consciences, by one uniform manner of writing nnder their hands and seals, and by their several oaths...or wrong construction, or interpretation to be made oí inferred of or upon the words or meaning thereof, be it declared and enacted, by the authority...

...taken, joined themselves together in one bond and association, to withstand and revenge to the^uttermost all such malicious actions and attempts against her...thereof, be it declared and enacted, by the authority of tiiis present parliament, that the same association, and every article and sentence therein contained,...

...which is thus recognised in the fourth clause of the statute for the surety of the queen's person : " And whereas of late many of her majesty's good and...attempts against her majesty's most royal person." The specific object of the Association was much more explicitly defined in the instrument to which...

...testimony of good consciences, by one uniform manner of writing under their hands and seals, and bv their several oaths voluntarily taken, joined themselves...attempts against her majesty's most royal person." The specific object of the Association was much more explicitly defined in the instrument to which...

...law. . . . IV. And whereas of late many of her Majesty's good and faithful subjects have, in the uame of God and with the testimony of good consciences,...and attempts against her Majesty's most royal person : ... be it enacted, That the same association and every article and sentence therein contained, as...

...England, for every Catholic could read what lay behind the phrases which bound the best blood of England to " withstand and revenge to the uttermost all such malicious actions . . . and never (to) desist from all manner of forcible pursuit of such persons to the utter destruction of such...