Section VIII Proviso for Quakers who may make Declaration of Fidelity of 1 W. & M. Sess. 1. c. 18.

Provided neverthelesse that whereas certain persons Dissenters from the Church of England com[m]only called Quakers and now knowne to be such do scruple the taking any Oath It shall be sufficient for every such person to make and subscribe the Declarations of Fidelity contained in Act made in the last Parliament entituled An Act for exempting Their Majesties Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws which Declaration any Two or more of the Com[m]issioners appointed for the execuc[i]on of this Act are hereby impowered and required to take And every such person so doeing shall not be liable to or chargeable with any of the double rates aforesaid.