Text for the Oaths Sworn to the Crown of Meridies

Oath of Fealty

I, (state your name), do swear
Fealty and service unto the Crown of Meridies –
To speak and to be silent, to do and to let be,
To come and to go, in need and in plenty,
In peace and in war, in living and in dying,
From this hour henceforth, until my Lord release me,
Death take me, or the world end.

By tradition in Meridies, the peerage and the kingdom officers are expected to swear fealty to the Crown, heralds are encouarged to do so, and the populace is invited to do so.

Additional Information For Your Edification

A professor named John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote a similar oath. In a book called "The Return of the King" (published in October 1955), a character named Pippin swears an oath to another character named Denethor. The SCA Kingdom of the West began using an oath of fealty nearly identical to Tolkien's version in January 1968 (A.S. 2). Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin "helped write the ceremonies, including the Oath of Fealty (borrowed mostly from Tolkien)."

Sword Oath (for Crown List entrants)

Those fighters who have entered Crown List and been found to be acceptable to the Crown
shall gather together before their Sovereign and recite the following oath:

I, (name), on my honor and by my sword,
do hereby swear that, by entering this Crown List,
I meet the requirements set forth in Corpora
and Meridien Kingdom law attendant thereto.
And that I shall, should I prove victorious or suffer defeat,
protect and defend the Kingdom of Meridies,
the Authority of the Crown,
the Prerogatives of the Nobility,
and the Rights of the People.

The Sovereign shall then respond:

And We accept your Oaths, binding you to them,
and bid you, for valor, honor, and the Crown of Meridies,
stand to your banners and prepare yourself for combat.

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