Article 6, Clause 3

Document 1

An Act for the Well-Governing and Regulating of Corporations 13 Chas. 2, st. 2, cl. 1, sec. 3 (1661)

"I, A.B. do declare and believe that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the King; and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him. . . ."

The Founders' Constitution
Volume 4, Article 6, Clause 3, Document 1
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