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 meaning 'I devote myself,’ or, as we commonly have it, 'I offer my head to such and such a penalty,’ because, far from having any power over your own head, you have none over even your hairs, to produce them, make them grow, or change their colour. Be therefore subject to God, and never speak as though you were able yourself to dispose of the smallest thing.