Now will I speak of oathës false and great A word or two, as oldë bookës treat. Great swearing is a thing abomináble, And false swearing is morë reprováble. The highë God forbade swearing at all; Witness on Matthew: 3588 but in special Of swearing saith the holy Jeremie, 3589 Thou shalt swear sooth thine oathës, and not lie: And swear in doom, 3590 and eke in righteousness; But idle swearing is a cursedness. 3591 Behold and see, there in the firstë table Of highë Goddë’s hestës 3592 honouráble, How that the second best of him is this, Take not my name in idle 3593 or amiss.