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For his own promises, he puts them into the 

 same bottomless bag, which, the poets say, 

 Jupiter made for lovers' asseverations : his 

 word is as good as his oath ; for they are both 

 trifles, as it is in Plautus. 



A bargain shall no bargain be. 

 If I can no advantage see ; 

 A bargain shall a bargain be. 

 If it with my designs agree.*" 



It was he that first invented that useful dis- 

 tinction of a lip-oath, and a heart-oath; you 

 may find him in Euripides. 



I with my tongue can swear. 

 And with my heart forbear .f 



He makes good use of that in Plutarch, that 

 children are to be cozened with rattles, and 

 men wath oaths.;}: 



It is an huge advantage, that man hath in a 

 credulous world, that can easily say and swear 

 to any thing ; and yet, withal, so palliate his 

 falsifications and perjuries, as to hide them from 

 the cognizance of most ; the politician must be 

 furnished witb handsome refuges, that may 



* Pactum noij pactum est, non pactum pactum est, cum iilis 

 lubet. Aulular. 



t Jurata lingua est, mente juravi nihil. 



o^jioK Apoph. 



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