"'Madam, is your Majesty willing to take the oath?'
"The Queen answered, 'I am willing.'
"The Archbishop then ministered these questions; and the Queen answered each question severally, as follows:—
"Archbishop.—Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective laws and customs of the same?
"Queen.—I solemnly promise so to do.
"Archbishop.—Will you to the utmost of your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all your judgments?
"Queen.—I will.
"Archbishop.—Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland, and the territories thereunto belonging? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of England and Ireland, and to the churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them, or any of them?
"Queen.—All this I promise to do.
"The Queen then proceeded to the altar, attended by the various functionaries, who had taken up their stations about her, and kneeling before it, laid her right hand on the great Bible, and, in the sight of her people, took a solemn oath, to observe the promises which she had made, saying—