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not_o custo_n mable_n in_o thy_o mouth_n that_o be_v to_o swear_v by_o his_o name_n in_o vain_a either_o false_a eâ—…_n there_o for_o a_o evylle_n end_n and_o be_v thou_o not_o medlid_a with_o y_fw-fr e_fw-la namis_fw-la of_o seynt_n that_o be_v to_o swear_v by_o seyntis_fw-la for_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v guiltless_a of_o they_o here_o lordys_n and_o prelatys_n moune_n see_v how_o theye_v do_v openne_n idolatry_n when_o they_o gessen_v to_o honour_n seyntis_n and_o here_o open_a dedis_n of_o idolatry_n be_v open_a bokis_n of_o idolatrye_a and_o blasphemye_n to_o here_o sogetâ—…s_v therefore_o as_o gregory_n seyth_v in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o pastorallis_n the_o fifte_a chapter_n â–ª_o prelatis_fw-la bene_fw-la worthy_a so_o many_o death_n how_o many_o ensample_n of_o perdision_n theye_n senden_fw-ge to_o sogettis_a and_o in_o the_o fyve_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o numerâ—…_n god_n bid_v more_n say_v hang_v all_o the_o pryncy_n in_o jebat_n ayen_n the_o sun_n for_o the_o 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