Tidwell: Do you mean to say that I would swear falsely?
Nay, dear lord, for I have sworn Not to swear falsely twice.
"Mis-fortune and the Sea's curse claim me should I swear falsely."
He learned the oath from a knight, who swore to something that was not true, yet did not swear falsely.
It was inconceivable to her that he, a Gray, in no matter how disastrous a day, could swear falsely.
That was why she was willing to swear falsely by Jesus' name.
The wife would then falsely swear to a carefully tailored version of these facts in court (thereby committing perjury).
"You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God."
If he denied it, and in so doing swore falsely, there would be no salvation for him.
If you swear falsely, will you be damned?