Source: W. W. Hening, Statutes at Large (Richmond: George Cochran, 1823), IX:109–119. A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and
William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619 (New York:
Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia (c. 1610) First, since we owe our highest and supreme duty—our greatest, and all our allegiance—to Him,
