Come one you here this fellow in the selleredge Consent tosweare Hor.
Then wee'l shift for grownd, Come hither Gentlemen, And lay your hands againe vpon my sword, Neuer to speake of this that you haue heard: Sweare by my Sword Gho.
Helen, I loue thee, by my life I doe; I sweare by that which I will lose for thee, To proue him false, that saies I loue thee not Dem.
I pray thee gentle mortall, sing againe, Mine eare is much enamored of thy note; On the first view to say, to sweare I loue thee.
The first Folio has: 'Come hither Gentlemen, And lay your hands again upon my sword, Neuer to speake of this that you have heard: Sweare by my Sword.
Neuer to speake what you haue seene to night, Sweare by my sword.
The second Quarto followed substantially by the rest reads thus: 'Come hether Gentlemen, And lay your hands againe vpon my sword, Sweare by my sword Neuer to speak of this that you haue heard.
For I swearevnto you by the Goddesse Venus, that neuer man gaue me so little, but that I had more than I looked for, and the double of that which I could demaund.
Giue me thy hand: I willsweare to the Prince, thou art as honest a true Fellow as any is in Bohemia Shep.
Most true, if euer Truth were pregnant by Circumstance: That which you heare, you'le sweare you see, there is such vnitie in the proofes.
It shall be possible: Sweare by this Sword Thou wilt performe my bidding Antig.
Let Boores and Francklins say it, Ile sweare it Shep.
Will you sweare Neuer to marry, but by my free leaue?
I sweare to doe this: though a present death Had beene more mercifull.
Some his streight fingers, whilst a fist doth sweare his verry breath yet smelleth of the mirre.
Vnto his brother Iohn he assigned the crowne of England, and all other his lands and dominions, causing the Nobles there present to sweare fealtie vnto him.
Where manie kings and princes beyond the seas blame Richard king of England of the marques his death, I sweare by the lord that reigneth euerlastinglie, and by the law which we hold, that he was not in fault for his death.
Sir, I would speake with you: Ile see if I can get my husbands ring Which I did make him sweare to keepe for euer Por.
There came diuers of Anthonios creditors in my company to Venice, that sweare hee cannot choose but breake Shy.
In such a night Did young Lorenzo sweare he lou'd her well, Stealing her soule with many vowes of faith, And nere a true one Loren.
To these iniunctions euery one doth sweare That comes to hazard for my worthlesse selfe Ar.
You must take your chance, And either not attempt to choose at all, Or sweare before you choose, if you choose wrong Neuer to speake to Ladie afterward In way of marriage, therefore be aduis'd Mor.
By yonder Moone I sweare you do me wrong, Infaith I gaue it to the Iudges Clearke, Would he were gelt that had it for my part, Since you do take it Loue so much at hart Por.
Pardon this fault, and by my soule I sweare I neuer more will breake an oath with thee Anth.
In both my eyes he doubly sees himselfe: In each eye one, sweare by your double selfe, And there's an oath of credit Bas.
And other of such vineger aspect, That they'll not shew their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swearethe iest be laughable.
Portia, forgiue me this enforced wrong, And in the hearing of these manie friends I sweare to thee, euen by thine owne faire eyes Wherein I see my selfe Por.
I doe confes I was bewytcht with fate But will redeeme myne error; synce I knowe He loves me nowe more then he did before, I will deserv't so bravely you shall call And sweare I am a noble instrument.
Charitably concluded, though farre short of that love I wood have showen to any friend of yours, Neece, I sweare to you.
Take truce with passyon: I dare bouldlye sweare There is some other mysterye.
I say and sweare by all dyvinitie That can rewarde or punyshe, tys most true That with a summe of goulde and further hopes Of future honors he did wynne my promysse To poyson the greate Palladyne.
Yet since my friend injoynes me to this taske, Take courage, Ile both speake, plead, woo for thee, And when I want fit words to move her mind Ile draw my sword and sweare she must be kind.
No more; He that perswades me from thys loved embrace Is my most mortall enemye, and here I sweare Ile hate hym to destructyon.
Madame, I sweare the Ladie is my love; Therefore your highnesse cannot charge my father With any wrong to your high woorth in her.
The whole parish where I was borne will sweare that since the raigne of Charlemain there was not a better face bred or brought up amongst them.
A man I am, & sweare by gods above I cannot yett find in my heart to love.
Sir John Barley-corne fought in a Boule, who wonne the victorie; And made them all to fume and sweare that Barley-corne should die.
There be many Batchelors that to beguile Beleeving kind Lasses, use many a wile, They all sweare that they love, when they meane nothing so, And boast of these tricks but I know &c.
But though his Necromantick Dogge, his Mephistophiles, was slaine, yet he seemes he made a shift to get secure into Yorke, and there to sweare the Townesmen into an opinion of his Victory.
But by your gratious fauours grant me this, To sweare vpon your sword to do me right.
Gods blest Mother, I sweare he is true-hearted, and a soule None better in my Kingdome.
How you doe talke; I sweare againe, I would not be a Queene, For all the world Old.
Secondly, whereas you were wont to sweare men on a pantofle to bee true to your puissaunt order, you shall sweeare them on nothing but this Chronicle of the King of Pages henceforward.
For thy sake will I sweare and forsweare, renounce my baptisme, and all the interest I haue in any other sacrament.
That whereas he had promised for my sake to sweare and forsweare, and commit Iulian-like violence on the highest seales of religion: if he would but thus farre satisfie me he should bee dismist from my furie.
What is there in Fraunce to be learnd more than in England, but falshood in fellowship, perfect slouenrie, to loue no man but for my pleasure, to sweare Ah par la mort Dieu when a mans hammes are scabd.
Otherwise I will sweare vpon an English Chronicle, neuer to bee outlandish Chronicler more while I liue.
I sweare vnto you I thought his companie the better by a thousande crownes, because he had discarded those nice tearmes of chastitie and continencie.
That I may sweare Beauty doth beauty lacke, If that she learne not of her eye to looke: No face is faire that is not full so blacke Kin.
I will sweare by it that you loue mee, and I will make him eat it that sayes I loue not you Beat.
Why, he hackt it with his Dagger, and said, hee would sweare truth out of England, but hee would make you beleeue it was done in fight, and perswaded vs to doe the like Bard.
I am afraid hee would proue the better counterfeit: therefore Ile make him sure: yea, and Ile sweare I kill'd him.
And when I am a horsebacke, I will sweare I loue thee infinitely.
Yea, and to tickle our Noses with Spear-grasse, to make them bleed, and then to beslubber our garments with it, and sweare it was the blood of true men.
Thy body, I sweare by the holye rood, Shall hang on the gallows tree.
Then called he forth his stout pinnace; "Fetch backe yond pedlars nowe to mee: I sweare by the masse, yon English churles Shall all hang att my maine-mast tree.
But why did hee sweare hee would come this morning, and comes not?
I sweareto thee youth, by the white hand of Rosalind, I am that he, that vnfortunate he Ros.
No trulie: for the truest poetrie is the most faining, and Louers are giuen to Poetrie: and what theysweare in Poetrie, may be said as Louers, they do feigne Aud.
Stand you both forth now: stroke your chinnes, and sweare by your beards that I am a knaue Cel.
But for your servant, I dare sweare him guiltlesse.
Then crave I now your pardon and my fathers, 285 And sweare your presence does me so much good That all I have it bindes to your requitall.
But love me, and performe a wifes part yet, With all my love before, I sweare forgivenesse.
I sweare to your Grace, all that I can conjecture touching my lady, your neece, is a strong affection she beares to the English Mylor.
Now let us call my father, whom I sweare 45 I could extreamly chide, but that I feare To make him so suspicious of my love, Of which (sweet servant) doe not let him know For all the world.
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