DURHAM OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
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81 in the presence of the Greater OF
five thousand worlds with all the SAINTS
therein five large rivers, a2d five hundred
small, the seas and all therein; call all the
saints and angels in Heaven and Earth to
bear me witness, that wish to be true and
faithful subject to the King of Ava May
God grant that if should desert his SER
vice, I may not pass in safety by water, but
that the fishes of the ocean may devour and
tear me to pieces. May God grant that if
should desert his service, may not pass
in safety by land, but be devoured by wild
beasts Of the earth. May God grant that
if / should not keep this oath, ever to rebel
against my king and country, the above
may happen to me: that may be afflicted
with the scourges of the Almighty, and die
an isnominous DEATH"


The oath having been taken, and thrice
repeated, the paper on which it is inscribed
is burnt, and the ashes put into bowl OF
water, when the party laying down the
book, is presented by the priest with a bowl,
in which the muzzle of musket, and the
points of sabre and lance being dipped, he
repeats as follows -" May these weapons
become the Instruments of my destruction
if / ever swervc from the oath have just
taken" After which he drinks the Wa
ter.