A svvoord agaynst swearyng conteyning these principall poyntes. 1 That there is a lawful vse of an oth, contrary to the assertion of the Manichees & Anabaptistes. 2 Howe great a sinne it is to swear falsly, vaynely, rashly, or customably. 3 That common or vsual swearing leadeth vnto periurie. 4 Examples of Gods iuste and visible punishment vpon blasphemers, periurers, and suche as haue procured Gods wrath by cursing and bannyng, which we cal execration - Bicknoll, Edmond (Printed by Richarde Watkins, dwelling in Paules Churchyard, 1579)
"The epistle dedicatorie" signed: Edmond Bicknoll. - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - STC (2nd ed.), 3048