# Linen Cloth Act 1663, Section II: Foreigners using any of the said Trades for Three Years, and taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, to be considered as natural-born Subjects.


And all Forreigners that shall really and bona fide sett up and use any of the Trades and Manufactures aforesaid by the space of three yeares in this Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede shall from thenceforth takeing the Oathes of Alleigiance and Supremacy before two Justices of the Peace neare unto their dwellings who are hereby authorized to administer the same enjoy all Priviledges whatsoever as the Naturall borne Subjects of this Kingdome.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/15/15/section/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/linen-cloth-act-1663/section-II
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