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An Oath Sworn at an Altar

— from the Plays of Plautus

(Deus/Dea) testem te testor mihi, si..., tum ego, dico, (Deus/Dea), ut tu audias... dato. Illaec advorsum si quid pecasso, (Deus/Dea), veneror te ut miser(us/a ego esse)

(God/dess), I call on you to witness that if..., then I - I speak, God/dess, that you may hear - I will give... And if I do anything to violate this, In pray that I shall suffer misfortune) (Rudens, 1338-49)

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