UPDATE: I'm now convinced the word is indeed "recede," and have updated the transcript accordingly. While we no longer speak of a singular person as "receding"

UPDATE: I'm now convinced the word is indeed "recede," and have updated the transcript accordingly. While we no longer speak of a singular person as "receding" from a position or principle, that was apparently a set phrase in the 17th and 18th centuries: https://archive.org/search?query=%22recede+from+these+principles%22&sin=TXT https://archive.org/search?query=%22recede+from+these+princi...