Note 39 — Ballads of the Revolution.[1]
Reading edition
“Colden pleaded his oath ... that ... the Act should be observed, ... the contempt into which the government would fall by concession.”—Idem., p. 357. “In Connecticut, Dyer ... entreated Fitch (the governor) not to take an oath ... contrary to that of the governor to maintain the rights of the colonies.”—Idem., p. 351.