design incorporating Scottish thistle, French fleur-de-lis, and Tudor rose  
ASSOCIATION Begun to be Subscribed at Edinburgh, April 10. 1696.  
WE the Lords and others of His Majesty's Privy Council, with the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others Undersubscribing, Considering that there has been a Horrid and Detestable Conspiracy Form and Carried on by Papists and other Wicked and Traitorous Persons, for Assassinating His Majesty's Sacred Person, in Order to Usher in, and Facilitat a Formidable and Cruel Invasion from France, to the Ruin and Extirpation of Our Religion, Laws and Liberties: Do Therefore, Hearty, Sincerely and Solemnly Profess, Testify and Declare, that his present Majesty KING WILLIAM, is Rightful and Lawful King of this Realm; And we do mutually Promise, and Solemnly Engage and Oblige ourselves, to Stand by, and Assist one another to the outmost of our Power in the Support and Defence of his Majesty's most Sacred Person and Government, and of the true Protestant Religion, against the late King James, and the pretended Prince of Scotland, commonly called the pretended Prince of Wales, and all their Adherents, and against all Foreign Invasions, or Intestine Insurrections that shall be Attempted or made to Disturb His Majesty's Right and Possession; and in case His Majesty come to any violent or untimely Death, (which God of his infinite Mercy Avert) We do hereby further Freely and unanimously oblige ourselves to Unite, Associate, and Stand by each other in Revenging the same upon all His Majesty's Enemies and their Adherents, and in Supporting and Defending the Succession of the Crown, according to the Declaration of the Estates of this Kingdom.   

THe Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council do hereby Allow the above Association Subscribed by their Lordships this Day to be Printed and publicly Sold, and Appoints the said Association when Signed by any other Persons, to bear this Title, BOND of ASSOCIATION  
Subscribed by the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, by His Majesty's Special Allowance, and now Subscribed by