Section XIII Oath to be taken by Subscribers.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all and every person and persons who shall subscribe and pay in any Sum of money into the said Joynt Stock or shall have any Share or Interest in the said Joynt Stock shall be admitted gratis into the Freedom of the said Company and shall take the Oath of Admission into the same before the Governor or Deputy Governor or any Five of the Comittees for the time being who are hereby impowered to administer the same in words following viz

You swear that you will assist and with all your power support and maintaine the Company of Merchants of London tradeing to Greenland; The By Laws and Ordinancs which shall be made by authority of this Company which are not repugnant to the Laws of this Kingdom you shall according to your knowledge thereof uprightly and duely keep and obey. So help you God.