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Show Quaint Oath Taken In Court. What Is regarded ns the quaintest oath still In use Is that taken by tho high court Judges in tho Isle of Man, tho terms of which are as follows: "By this book and tho contents there-ofr there-ofr and by tho wbndorful works that God hath miraculously wrought In tho heaven above and the earth beneath in six days and six nights, 1 do swear that I will, without respect of favor or .friendship, loss or gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or malice, executo tho laws of this fslo Justly botween party and party as Indifferently as the 'herring 'her-ring backbone doth Ho In tho midst of tho fish. So help mo God, and the contents of this, book." |