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 Allegiance 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