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;