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I now in the presence of the Almighty God, the blessed virgin
Fix this textMary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John
Fix this textthe Baptist... and my ghostly father, the superior general
Fix this textof the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, do by
Fix this textthe womb of the Virgin . . . swear that His Holiness the Pope
Fix this textis Christ’s vice-regent, and is the true and only Head of the
Fix this textCatholic or Universal Church ... I do now renounce and dis-
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Fix this textthe same- Ido further promise and declare that, notwithstand
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Fix this textdeclare that 1 will, when opportunity presents, make and wage
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Fix this textof the earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex, or condition,
Fix this textand that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury
Fix this textalive those infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs
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Fix this textin my determination may my brethren and fellow-soldiers of the
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Fix this textIn testimony thereof I take this most holy and blessed sacrament
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