It would, beyond all doubt, have been a violation of this covenant to require that a lawyer or a physician, who had been within the walls of Limerick during the siege, should take the Oath of Supremacy and subscribe the Declaration against Transubstantiation, before he could receive fees.

Holt was consulted, and was directed to prepare clauses in conformity with the terms of the capitulation.
The bill, as amended by Holt, was sent back to the Commons.

They at first rejected the amendment, and demanded a conference.

The conference was granted.

Rochester, in the Painted Chamber, delivered to the managers of the Lower House a copy of the Treaty of Limerick, and earnestly represented the importance of preserving the public faith inviolate.