Best for the present it were, O Glaucus, to do as thou wishest, Swearing an oath to prevail, and so to make prize of the money. Swear then- death is the lot e'en of those who never swear falsely. Yet hath the Oath-God a son who is nameless, footless, and handless; Mighty in strength he approaches to vengeance, and whelms in destruction, All who belong to the race, or the house of the man who is perjured. But oath- keeping men leave behind them a flourishing offspring.英文原著 · 《THE HISTORY》
[As he is going, he comes back.] Did not you also take the oath at Rootli? I heard your name, methinks. FISHER. Yes, I was there, And took the oath of confederacy. Then do me this one favour; speed to Burglen-- My wife is anxious at my absence--tell her That I am free, and in secure concealment. FISHER. But whither shall I tell her you have fled? You'll find her father with her, and some more, Who took the oath with you upon the Rootli; Bid them be resolute, and strong of heart,-- For Tell is free and master of his arm; They shall hear further news of me ere long.英文原著 · 《Wilhelm Tell》
"Thou shalt swear me an oath," said Robin, "On my bright brand, Thou shalt never awayte me scathe, By water ne by land; And if thou find any of my men, By night or by day, Upon thine oath thou shalt swear, To help them that thou may."英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
The landlord applauded noisily. 'It was well done,' he said. 'He did all that he could. He admitted he was wrong.' And then oath upon oath. He was no marquis-lover either, but he had a sense of justice in him, this proletarian host of ours.英文原著 · 《An Inland Voyage》
They exclude no scoundrels; they are appeals to superstition. Whenever an opportunity occurs for the abolition of an oath, the servant of God will seize it, but where the oath is unavoidable he will take it. The service of God is not to achieve a delicate consistency of statement; it is to do as much as one can of God's work.英文原著 · 《God The Invisible King》
Three days after the iron trial the ordeal was taken to proof, and the feet were found unburnt. Thereafter King Sigurd acknowledged Harald's relationship; but his son Magnus conceived a great hatred of him, and in this many chiefs followed Magnus. King Sigurd trusted so much to his favour with the whole people of the country, that he desired all men, under oath, to promise to accept Magnus after him as their king; and all the people took this oath.英文原著 · 《Heimskringla》