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Updated: May 26, 2025

All shareholders had to take an oath of fidelity and secrecy: 'I doe sweare to bee True and faithful to ye Comp'y of Adventurers: ye secrets of ye said Comp'y I will not disclose, nor trade to ye limitts of ye said Comp'y's charter. So help me God. Oaths of fidelity and bonds were required from all captains, traders, and servants.

Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut - The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay: A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada)