Liber II, cap. 5. De Jurejurando et SorteThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶11} Lev. v. 4, 5, 6. — …est quod servetur. Opponitur, 3tio. frequens dejeratio. Lev. v. 4, 5, 6. quum quispiam juraverit, effutiendo labiis suis, se male aut bene facturum, secundum omnia quæ effutire solet…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶11} Lev. v. 4, 5. — …her of war or of social life. Thirdly, common swearing. Lev. v. 4, 5. if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce…