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man_n ought_v not_o to_o swear_v stob._n serm._n 3_o vi_o solon_n the_o famous_a lawgiver_n of_o athens_n and_o one_o of_o those_o seven_o sage_n exhort_v the_o people_n to_o observe_v honesty_n more_o strict_o than_o a_o oath_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v honesty_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o swear_v as_o another_o say_v of_o his_o import_v a_o good_a man_n shall_v have_v that_o repute_n as_o not_o to_o need_v a_o oath_n it_o be_v a_o diminution_n to_o his_o credit_n to_o be_v put_v to_o swear_v bp._n gaud._n of_o oath_n p._n 41._o theognis_n ver_fw-la 660._o year_n vii_o theognis_n the_o greek_a poet_n write_v of_o a_o person_n swear_v say_v neither_o ought_v he_o to_o swear_v this_o or_o any_o thing_n this_o thing_n or_o swear_v it_o self_n shall_v not_o be_v what_o be_v this_o less_o then_o swear_v not_o at_o
all_o valer._n max._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 18._o laert._n hermip_n &_o orig._n contr_n cell_n ezekiel_n viii_o pythagoras_n a_o grave_a and_o virtuous_a person_n be_v earnest_o entreat_v of_o the_o crotonian-senator_n for_o his_o advice_n in_o thing_n relate_v to_o the_o government_n do_v in_o his_o â—raâ—ion_n among_o other_o excellent_a sentence_n with_o more_o than_o ordinary_a emphasis_n lay_v this_o down_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o maxim_n let_v no_o man_n attest_v god_n by_o a_o oath_n though_o in_o court_n of_o judicature_n but_o use_v to_o speak_v such_o thing_n as_o that_o he_o may_v be_v credit_v without_o a_o oath_n h._n grot._n on_o mat._n 5.34_o ix_o clineas_n a_o just_a greek_a year_n and_o follower_n of_o pythagoras_n out_o of_o love_n to_o truth_n and_o respect_v he_o bear_v his_o master_n doctrine_n that_o enjoin_v he_o to_o fear_v and_o shun_v a_o oath_n choose_v to_o pay_v three_o talent_n which_o amount_v to_o about_o three_o hundred_o pound_n rather_o than_o he_o will_v take_v any_o oath_n who_o example_n basilius_n magnus_n upbraid_v the_o christian_n of_o his_o time_n with_o that_o be_v then_o learning_n to_o swear_v hierocles_n comment_n in_o carm._n pythag._n p._n 28._o x._o hierocles_n testify_v that_o pythagoras_n 4._o in_o enjoin_v they_o to_o revere_v a_o oath_n not_o only_o prohibit_v forswear_n but_o require_v they_o also_o to_o abstain_v from_o swear_v and_o aeshilus_fw-la make_v a_o sincere_a beckon_v to_o a_o matter_n a_o firm_a oath_n stobaus_n serm._n 114._o xi_o socrates_n that_o worthy_a gentile_a zachariah_n and_o great_a promoter_n of_o virtue_n among_o the_o athenian_n among_o many_o excellent_a sentence_n deliver_v this_o that_o good_a man_n must_v let_v the_o world_n see_v how_o that_o their_o manner_n or_o deal_n be_v more_o firm_a than_o a_o oath_n which_o both_o prove_v that_o he_o see_v a_o more_o excellent_a righteousness_n then_o swear_v truth_n itself_o and_o believe_v it_o attainable_a for_o he_o manifest_o 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himself_o that_o none_o require_v a_o oath_n of_o another_o he_o speak_v there_o how_o rhadamanthus_n bring_v in_o swear_v by_o the_o god_n but_o that_o his_o art_n therein_o be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o that_o time_n it_o seem_v he_o account_v it_o a_o art_n of_o policy_n but_o that_o in_o all_o action_n or_o cause_n law_n which_o be_v make_v with_o understanding_n shall_v take_v away_o swear_v from_o both_o adversary_n for_o say_v he_o it_o be_v a_o horrible_a thing_n that_o when_o many_o judgement_n be_v do_v in_o a_o city_n well_o near_o half_a the_o people_n be_v forswear_v in_o they_o therefore_o let_v the_o precedent_n of_o judgement_n not_o permit_v any_o to_o swear_v in_o action_n not_o even_o for_o persuasion_n sake_n but_o that_o he_o persevere_v in_o that_o which_o be_v just_o with_o a_o fit_a speech_n etc._n etc._n valer._n max._n 10._o cic._n pro_fw-la corn._n balb._n diog._n laert._n in_o vit_fw-mi xenocr_n xv._n xenocrates_n be_v so_o renown_v at_o athens_n year_n for_o his_o virtuous_a life_n and_o great_a integrity_n that_o be_v call_v to_o give_v his_o evidence_n by_o oath_n all_o the_o judge_n stand_v up_o and_o forbid_v the_o tender_a because_o they_o will_v not_o have_v it_o think_v that_o truth_n depend_v more_o upon_o a_o oath_n than_o the_o word_n of_o a_o honest_a man._n menander_n xvi_o menander_n the_o greek_a poet_n sai_z year_n flee_v a_o oath_n though_o thou_o shall_v swear_v just_o cherillus_n in_o perseid_n xvii_o cherillus_n say_v oath_n bring_v not_o credit_n to_o the_o man_n but_o the_o man_n must_v bring_v credit_n to_o the_o oath_n what_o serve_v they_o for_o then_o to_o deceive_v it_o seem_v by_o this_o that_o credit_n be_v better_a than_o a_o oath_n for_o it_o be_v the_o credit_n that_o be_v the_o security_n not_o the_o oath_n stobaeus_n in_o jur._n c._n 27._o xviii_o alexide_n in_o olynth_n say_v a_o wise_a man_n ought_v always_o to_o give_v credit_n not_o to_o swearer_n but_o to_o the_o thing_n themselves_o then_o oath_n be_v 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69._o in_o cant._n de_fw-fr more_fw-it bene_fw-la vivendi_fw-la serm._n 32._o lxxiv_o albertus_n magnus_n on_o mat._n 5._o swear_v be_v by_o indulgence_n thomas_n aquinas_n cite_v rabanus_n on_o mat._n 5._o lxxv_o alex._n de_fw-fr alice_n cit_v hug_v cardinal_z say_v the_o lord_n forbid_v swear_v lest_o any_o shall_v desire_v to_o swear_v as_o a_o good_a thing_n 59_o also_o that_o none_o may_v fall_v into_o perjury_n lxxvi_o remigius_n on_o rom._n 1._o who_o never_o swear_v never_o forswear_v lxxvii_o ruffinus_n on_o psal_n 14._o not_o to_o swear_v at_o all_o be_v of_o perfect_a men._n see_v also_o smaragdus_n on_o mat._n 5._o titelmannus_n on_o psal_n 14._o brugensis_n on_o mat._n 5._o ludolphus_n carthusianus_n vita_fw-la christi_fw-la part_n 2._o cap._n 12._o rupertus_n de_fw-fr
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