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An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

Thomas Southerne

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Thomas Southerne
Age: 86 †
Born: 1660
Born: January 1
Died: 1746
Died: May 26
Dramatist
Playwright
Scandinavian Homestead
Crime
Heaven
Indictment
Plead
Binding
Courts
Oath
Crimes
Court

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