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Rh and chue it, adding a Grace, or Credit, or Authority, to his Dicoure.

But what Gracefulnes can there be in a Language, which none ue but the wild, unthinking, profligate Part of Mankind; and which gives great Offence and Uneaines to every ober and good Man; and I may add, a Language which is no where o common as among the meaner Sort, and in the mot unpolihed Converation.

And as to the gaining Credit or Belief to what he ays; it were well if he would at leat refrain from Oaths, till his Credit is called in Quetion: But where Swearing is grown into a Habit, it breaks out equally upon any Occaion, or no Occaion: and in Caes where there is mot Occaion; that is, when they cannot eaily make themelves believed, it tands them in no Stead; becaue none will believe him the more for Swearing, who is known to have lot all Reverence for an Oath. The bare Word of a ober erious Man has far more Weight than a thouand Oaths of the common Swearer. Nor