I do acknowledge the thirteen United States of America, namely, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New Jersey, Pensylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free Independent & Sovereign States; and declare that the People thereof owe no Allegiance or Obedience to George the third King of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any Al-legiance or Obedience to him. And I do Swear that I will to the utmost of my Power support, maintain, and defend the said United States, against the said George the third, King of Great Britain, and his heirs & Successors, and his and their Abettors, Assistants and Adherents.— So help me God.—