all forraine jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall beare faith and true allegiance to the Queens Highnesse, hir heires, and lawfull successours, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdictions, pri∣viledges, preheminences, and authorities, granted or belonging to the Queens Highnesse, hir heires, and successours, or united and annexed to the imperiall crowne of this Realme; so helpe me God and the con∣tents [Answer. 1] of this booke. They answer, first, that this Statute was made to exclude a forraine power, and therefore all that can be collected out of it is that the Queene was above all forreiners, but not above the two houses. It is no matter wherefore the Statute was made, [Reply.] the Queene is there positively de∣clared to be the onely supreame governour of the Realme, the wordes of a Statute, whatsoever the end was, are the law, and are pleadable in their usuall and grammatcall sence to all purposes. But was the oath framed onely to exclude a forraine power, are they sure of that? When God shall make inquisi∣tion for blood, and call the reverent Divines, the fuller Answerer, the Treatiser, and the rest of their Complices, to account for all the murders, oppres∣sion, and injustice, whereof they have been the authours and abettors by stirring up the people to rebellion, and teaching them lies, they will be found to have broken the oath of alleagiance, now his Majesties rights have beene invaded by the two