The Papists Oath of Secrecy, Administred to those who Engage in the present Plot: Discovered by Mr. Robert Bolron, since his Conversion from the Romish Religion, (to whom William Rushton, A Popish Priest had given it, 2d. Febr. 1676/7. at Barmbow-Hall in Yorkshire, out of whose Breviary he then Transcribed it.)
I Robert Bolron, being in the Presence of Almighty God, the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, the blessed Michael the Arch-Angel, the Blessed St. John Baptist, the Holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the Saints in Heaven, and to you my Ghostly Father; Do declare, and in my Heart believe the Pope, Christ's Vicar General, to be the True, and only Head of CHRISTS CHURCH here on Earth, and that by Vertue of the Keyes of Binding and Loosing, given his Holiness by our SAVIOUR CHRIST, he hath Power to Depose all Heretical KINGS and PRINCES, and cause them to be Killed. Therefore, to the utmost of my Power, I will defend this Doctrin, and his Holinesses Rights, against all Usurpers whatever; especially against the now pretended KING of England, in regard that he hath Broke his Vows with his Holinesses Agents beyond Seas, and not performed his Promises in bringing into England, the Holy Roman-Catholick Religion.
I do Renounce, and Disown any Allegiance as due to the said pretended KING of England, or Obedience to any of his Inferiour Officers and Magistrates; but do believe the Protestant Doctrine to be Heretical and Damnable, and that all are Damn'd which do not Forsake the same; and to the best of my power, will help his Holinesses Agents here in England, to Extirpate and Root Out the said Protestant Doctrine, and to Destroy the said pretended KING of England, and all such of his Subjects, as will not Adhere to the Holy See of Rome, and the Religion there Professed.
I further do promise and declare, That I will keep Secret and Private, and not Divulge directly or indirectly, by Word, Writing, or Circumstance, whatever shall be proposed, given in charge, or discovered to me, by You my Ghostly Father, or any Other Engaged in the promoting of this Pious and Holy Designe; and that I will be Active, and not Desist from the Carrying of it on: And that no hopes of Rewards, Threats or Punishments, shall make me Discover the rest concerned in so Pious a Work; And if Discovered, shall never Confess any Accessaries with my self concerned in this Designe.
All which I do Swear by the Blessed Trinity, and by the Blessed Sacrament, which I now purpose to Receive, to perform, and on my part, to keep Inviolable: And do call all the Angels and Saints in Heaven, to Witness my real Intention to keep This Oath.
In Testimony whereof, I do Receive this most Holy and Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist.
ORdered, That Mr. Robert Bolron have Liberty from This House, to Print and Publish the said OATH OF SECRECY and LETANY.
Both which Oath of Secrecy, and Letany of Intercession for England, with the manner of taking the same; as also a Copy from an Original Paper found, and Subscribed by Two and Forty Jesuites, at a Consult about the Plot, which was found in the Closet of Edward Cottam a Jesuite, in the House of Richard Sherbourne of Stonyburst, in the County of Lancaster Esq together with other Informations touching the Plot, Carried on in the North; and somewhat in Relation to the Murther of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey, Price Six-Pence. Likewise,
An Abstract of several Examinations taken upon Oath, in the County of Monmouth, and Hereford, by John Arnold, and John Scudamore Esquires, and Reported to the House of Commons, by Sir John Trevor, Price Six-Pence.
The Informations of William Lewis Gentleman, Delivered at the Bar of the House of Commons, Confirming the Popish Plot, the Justice of the Executions of Grove, Pickering, and the Jesuites, Discovering also the Papists Design of throwing the Guilt of the whole Plot, on His Majesties Protestant Subjects called Presbyterians, Price Twelve-Pence.
The Tryal of John Giles, for a Barbarous and Inhumane Attempt, to Assassinate and Murther, John Arnold Esq one of the Justices of Peace, for the County of Monmouth, and now a Member of the Honourable House of Commons, Price Eighteen-Pence.
The Narrative of Signior Francisco de Faria, Interpreter, & Secretary of Languages, unto the late Portugal Ambassador, Containing matters relating to the Plot in general, and several particulars, viz. The Evil Practises of the said Ambassador, the Design against His Majesties Life, the Murther of Justice Arnold, the Saving of Sir George Wakeman, the Endeavours to Save the Jesuits, to Destroy the Duke of Buckingham, and the Earl of Shaftsbury, with other very Considerable Matters, Price Twelve-Pence.
The Informations of Hubert Bourke, and John Macnamara, of the Plot in Ireland, for the Delivering up of that Kingdom to the French King, and to Establish therein the Popish Religion, and to Massacree the Protestants, Price of each Twelve-Pence.
All Printed by Order of Parliament, and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor, near Stationers-Hall, 1680.