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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>When th'Ancients made a solemne League or Vow,<lb/>
                                Their Custome was to ratifie it, thus;<lb/>
                                Before their Idoll God, they slew a Sow,<lb/>
                                And sayd aloud; So be it unto us.<lb/>
                                Implying, that, if otherwise they did<lb/>
                                Then had been vow'd; or, if within their Brest<lb/>
                                A Fraudulent-Intention had beene hid,<lb/>
                                They merited such Vsage, as that Beast.<lb/>
                                For, by the Swine that they had slaughtred so,<lb/>
                                (Which, during Life, was helpefull unto none)<lb/>
                                Of Life deprived by a sudden blow,<lb/>
                                And, then, cast out, that none might feed thereon;<lb/>
                                They, mystically did inferre; that, he<lb/>
                                Who falsify'd that Oath which he had sworne,<lb/>
                                Deserv'd, by Sudden-Death, cut off to be;<lb/>
                                And, as a Beast uncleane, to lye forlorne.<lb/>
                                That Heathenish Hieroglyphicke, doth implye<lb/>
                                This Christian Doctrine; that, we should in Vowes,<lb/>
                                In Leagues, and Oathes, assume no Liberty,<lb/>
                                But, what sincerest Honesty allowes.<lb/>
                                By Swine, the babbling Sophisters are meant,<lb/>
                                In Hieroglyphicall Signification;<lb/>
                                Which wee doe Sacrifice, when our intent<lb/>
                                Is free from Falsehood, and Aequivocation.<lb/>
                                And, this, let ev'ry Man endeavour for,<lb/>
                                Who loves the Blessings, for just men prepar'd;<lb/>
                                Or, if the Sinne he doe not much abhorre,<lb/>
                                At least, the Danger let him well regard:<lb/>
                                For, to pursue him, Vengeance never leaves,<lb/>
                                That falsely Sweares, or willingly Deceives.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A hand from the clouds is about to break the skull of a pig with a stone
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac038
MOTTO_LA <p>SI SCIENS FALLO.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25D12
; 25H113
; 25I2
; 25I3
; 26A
; 31A2245(+933)
; 31A2711
; 46C513
; 47I2122(+94591)
; 47I2122(+9621)
; 57A6142(+4)
; 57A62(+4)
; 57AA621(+4)
; 86(SI SCIENS FALLO)
; 98(+9)
MOTTO_EN <p>A sudden Death, with Shame, is due<lb/>
                                To him, that, sweares What is untrue.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic038.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem038
MOTTO_LA_NORM Si sciens fallo
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0