ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE

Similar counsel is added "against the horrible vice of swearing":

"In vain take not the name of God;

Swear not at all for fear of his rod.

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Seneca doth counsel thee all swearing to refrain,

Although great profit by it thou might gain;

Pericles, whose words are manifest and plain,

From swearing admonisheth thee to abstain;