  Fell emphasizes that although Friends cannot in good conscience take an oath, “in Substance they perform that, which is true Allegiance to the King” (Fell 1710, 29–30). They express their allegiance by opposition to resistance and through denial of the Pope’s authority (Fell 1710, 31). In none of her works does Fell call for the subject’s right to rebel against tyrannical or irreligious political leaders.