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48 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
unto us. And wee, as our duety is, w'th the whole colony, shall always pray for his
ma'tie's long life and eternall felicity : from his royal hands this plantation must expect
her establishment and for whose honor God hath reserved so glorious a worke as the
p'fection thereof. Wee humbly take our leaves.
" Yo'r lord'shp's very humble serv'ts,
"SAM. MATHEWE,
"JOHN POTT,
"ROGER SMYTH,
"W. CLAYBOURNE."
As a loyal subject of the King of England, Lord Baltimore certainly did
not refuse to take the oath of " allegiance " to his benefactor, in return for
the many favors he had received from his hands. It was simply a promise
" to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to
bear of life and limb and terrene honor, and not to know or hear of any ill or
damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." The authorities
of Virginia knew, of course, that Lord Baltimore, as a conscientious Eoman
Catholic, and believing the Pope to be the supreme head of the Church on
earth, " in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes," could not take the
oath of "supremacy" which was tendered him; and probably when they did
so, they trusted that it would deter him from his proposed settlement among
them. Only three years before, in 1626, Pope Urban VIII. had issued a bull
to the Irish Catholics—and Baltimore was an Irish peer—in which "he
exhorted them rather to lose their lives than take that wicked.and pestilent oath of supremacy, whereby the sceptre of the Catholic Church was
wrested from the hand of the Vicar of God Almighty."x
The following is the " Oath of Supremacy," as prescribed by the statute
of 1st Elizabeth, chapter 1, section 19, which was tendered him:2
" I do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the Queen's [King's]
Highness is the only Supreme Governor of this realm, and of all other her [his] highness' dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as
temporal; and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, State or potentate hath or ought
to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preheminence or authority, ecclesiastical or
spiritual, within this realm ; and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign
jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise, that from henceforth
I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the Queen's [King's] highness, her [his] heirs
and lawful successors, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdiction, pre-
heminences, privileges and authorities granted or belonging to the Queen's [King's]
highness, her [his] heirs and successors, or united and annexed to the Imperial crown
of this realm. So help me God and by the contents of this book."
Upon Lord Baltimore's refusal to take the oath of supremacy, the Virginia Council told him that they dared not admit any man into their settlement
1 Bozman, p. 256. acy wee shall willingly take, if it be required of
2 That the oaths of supremacy and allegiance us, if that convenient satisfaction be not given
were distinct, is further shown by the Brieffe by our takeing the oath of allegiance."—Hazard,
Note of John Robinson and Wm. Brewster i., 365.
(1617), in which they say, " The oath of suprem-
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000073 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 48 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. unto us. And wee, as our duety is, w'th the whole colony, shall always pray for his ma'tie's long life and eternall felicity : from his royal hands this plantation must expect her establishment and for whose honor God hath reserved so glorious a worke as the p'fection thereof. Wee humbly take our leaves. " Yo'r lord'shp's very humble serv'ts, "SAM. MATHEWE, "JOHN POTT, "ROGER SMYTH, "W. CLAYBOURNE." As a loyal subject of the King of England, Lord Baltimore certainly did not refuse to take the oath of " allegiance " to his benefactor, in return for the many favors he had received from his hands. It was simply a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honor, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." The authorities of Virginia knew, of course, that Lord Baltimore, as a conscientious Eoman Catholic, and believing the Pope to be the supreme head of the Church on earth, " in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes," could not take the oath of "supremacy" which was tendered him; and probably when they did so, they trusted that it would deter him from his proposed settlement among them. Only three years before, in 1626, Pope Urban VIII. had issued a bull to the Irish Catholics—and Baltimore was an Irish peer—in which "he exhorted them rather to lose their lives than take that wicked.and pestilent oath of supremacy, whereby the sceptre of the Catholic Church was wrested from the hand of the Vicar of God Almighty."x The following is the " Oath of Supremacy," as prescribed by the statute of 1st Elizabeth, chapter 1, section 19, which was tendered him:2 " I do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the Queen's [King's] Highness is the only Supreme Governor of this realm, and of all other her [his] highness' dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal; and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, State or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preheminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm ; and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise, that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the Queen's [King's] highness, her [his] heirs and lawful successors, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdiction, pre- heminences, privileges and authorities granted or belonging to the Queen's [King's] highness, her [his] heirs and successors, or united and annexed to the Imperial crown of this realm. So help me God and by the contents of this book." Upon Lord Baltimore's refusal to take the oath of supremacy, the Virginia Council told him that they dared not admit any man into their settlement 1 Bozman, p. 256. acy wee shall willingly take, if it be required of 2 That the oaths of supremacy and allegiance us, if that convenient satisfaction be not given were distinct, is further shown by the Brieffe by our takeing the oath of allegiance."—Hazard, Note of John Robinson and Wm. Brewster i., 365. (1617), in which they say, " The oath of suprem- |
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