By whom such Oaths are to be administered.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That every Governor Deputy Governor and Co[m]mittees of the said Company besides the said Oaths already appointed to be taken by them respectively shall alsoe take the [X1Oath] appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance by a late Act of Parliament [X2mad] in the First yeare of their Majesties Reigne entituled An Act for abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and appointing other Oaths And that the said first Governor to be elected shall take the said Oaths hereby appointed to be taken by the Governor of the said Company for the time being before the [X3said] persons herein before named or any nine of them who are hereby impowered to administer the same And the first Deputy Governor shall take the said Oaths hereby appointed to be taken by the Deputy Governor of the said Company for the time being before the said first Governor who is hereby impowered to administer the same And the said first Sixteen Co[m]mittees shall each of them severally take the said Oaths appointed to be taken by the said Sixteen Co[m]mittees for the time being before the said first Governor or the said Deputy Governour who are hereby impowered to administer the same And that every succeeding Governor shall take the Oaths appointed to be taken by the said Governour of the Company for the time being before the last preceding Governor or any Five or more of the last preceding Co[m]mittees who are hereby impowered to administer the same And every succeeding Deputy Governour shall take the Oaths appointed to be taken by the Deputy Governor of the said Company for the time being before the Governor or in case of his death or absence before any Five of the last preceding Co[m]mittees who are hereby impowered to administer the same And every Member of the succeeding Co[m]mittees for the time being shall take the said Oaths appointed to be respectively taken by the Sixteen Co[m]mittees of the said Company for the time being before the Governour or Deputy Governor for the time being or any Five or more of the preceding Committees who are hereby impowered to administer the same.
Editorial Information
X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Oaths. O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
X2Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: made O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
X3interlined on the Roll.