¶The forme of the othe.
I Promyse & swere to endeuoure my selfe faythefully for the de∣fence of the towne, & in no case to forsake it in the time of necessity.
Item to be continually readie and prest to beare armes against the ene∣mies,
The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills.
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- The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills.
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- Geneva (Switzerland)
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- Printed at London :: By Rouland Hall [and Thomas Hacket], dwellyng in Gutter Lane, at the sygne of the halfe Egle and the Keye,
- 1562.
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- Church discipline -- Early works to 1800.
- Ecclesiastical law -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Early works to 1800.
- Church and state -- Switzerland -- Early works to 1800.
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"The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01594.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.
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whensoeuer I shalbe appointed by my superiors.
Item to maintaine and kepe peace and tranquilitie amōge the burge••es and habitantes of the towne: and to staye and let with al my power al se∣dicion, strife, fighting, or chiding.
Item to make no euell conspiracie or enterprise, but the contrarie, resis∣ting all those which doe it, and to re∣ueale them to my superiours.
Item to stope all dyssolucyons and outrages, and in generall all whiche shalbe contrarye to the order and pol∣licie of the towne.