Rules to be laid before the ffrench Inhabitants to take the oath.
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The Board y.t the only Method to be used, was to Demonstrate to them first ye N ecessity of their So Doing, & Invite them thereunto by laymg before them ye Many Advantages & priviledges of English Subjects to which they by taking the Oath of :fidelity to His Majesty King George were as fully & freely Entitled to as if they were the Natural born Subjects of Great Britain, as also the free Exercise of their Religion Estates & fortunes, Otherwise they Must of Necsssity Retire Immediately out of the Province Conforme to His Majestys Directions for if Argument & promisses of kind Usage did not prevail, it would be to no purpose to pretend Compelling them by force further than telling them what they must Expect; And if thereby those who have
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