I, A.B. of my own free will and accord, in presence of Almighty God and this worshipful lodge of free and accepted masons, dedicated to God and held forth to the holy order of St. John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any part, or parts, art, or arts, point, or points of the secret arts and mysteries of ancient freemasonry, which I have received, am about to receive, or may hereafter be instructed in, to any person, or persons in the known world, except it be to a true and lawful brother mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge, of such; and not unto him, nor unto them who I shall hear so to be, but unto him and them only whom I shall find so to be after strict trial and due examination, or lawful information. Furthermore, do I promise and swear that I will not write, print, stamp, stain, hugh, cut, carve, indent, paint, or engrave it on any thing moveable or immoveable, under the whole canopy of Heaven, whereby, or whereon the least letter, figure, character, mark, stain, shadow, or resemblance of the same may become legible or intelligible to myself or any other person in the known world, whereby the secrets of masonry may be unlawfully obtained through my unworthiness. To all which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self evasion of mind in me whatever; binding myself under no less penalty, than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours; so help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same.

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To all which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least hesitation, mental reservation, or self evasion of mind in me whatever, binding myself under no less penalty than to have my left breast torn open, and my heart and vitals taken from thence and thrown over my left shoulder and carried into the valley of Jehosaphat, there to become a prey to the wild beasts of the field and vultures of the air, if ever I should prove wilfully guilt of violating any part of this my solemn oath or obligation of a Fellow-Craft Mason; so keep me God, and keep me stedfast in the due performance of the same.

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To all which I do most solemnly, and sincerely promise and swear, with a fixed and steady purpose of mind in me to keep and perform the same, binding myself under no less penalty, than to have my body severed in two in the midst, and divided to the North and South, my bowels burnt to ashes in the centre, and the ashes scattered before the four winds of heaven, that there might not the least track or trace of remembrance remain among men or Masons of so vile and perjured a wretch as I should be, were I ever to prove wilfully guilty of violating any part of this my solemn oath or obligation of a Master Mason. So help me God; and keep me stedfast in the due performance of the same.