[Appendix C(55) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]

APPENDIX (C.) N° 55

ThE OATH ADMNISTERED TO THE GOVERNOR PRIOR TO THE REVESTMENT.

The Oath administered unto the Governors of this Isle.

YOUR allegiance to the King's Majesty of Great Britain reserved; You shall bear true faith and fidelity to his Grace James Duke of Atholl, Lord of Mlann and the Isles, and his heirs, during your life.

You shall not reveale the secretts of this Isle, nor houses or garrisons therein, to any foreigner or stranger.

You shall truly and uprightly deale between the Lord and his people, and as indifferently betwixt party and party as this staff now standeth, so far as in you lyeth.

You shall take the advice and consent of the rest of the Lords Couneill of the said Isle, or so many of them as shall be present within the Isle, in all matters that concern the State and Government of the said Isle and houses.

'these and all other things appertaining to the Governor of this Isle, his office and place, you shall, according to the purport and extent of your commission, and the laws of the said Isle do and perform, so far as in you lyeth.

So God you help, and by the contents of this Book.

Examined by
JOAN QUAYLE, C.R.