n the Art, discovered by his Master by his private
Examination, all the Physicians and Commonalty of the Place were summoned
to be present at the taking of his Oath in the publick Physick-School,
which served in lieu of making Free to Practise, or taking his Degree; the
Form of which, as remarkable as it is ancient, the Oath was as followeth.

"I Swear by [1]_Apollo_ the Physician, and [2]_AEsculapius_, and by
[3]_Hygea_, and [3]_Panacea_, and I do call to witness all the Gods,
and likewise all the Goddesses, that according to my Power and
Judgment I will entirely keep this Oath and this Covenant; That I
will esteem this Master that taught me this Art, give him his Diet,
and with a thankful Spirit, impart to him whatever he wants; and
those that are born of him I will esteem them as my Male Brethren,
and teach them this Art, if they will learn it, without Hire or
Agreement; I will make Partakers of the Teaching, Hearing, and of all
the whole Discipline, my own and my Master's Sons, and the rest of
the Disciples, if they were bound before by Writing, and were obliged
by the Physicians Oath, no other besides; I will, according to my
Capacity and Judgment, prescribe a Manner of Diet suitable to the
Sick, free from all Hurt or Injury; neither will I, through any
bodies Intercession, offer Poison to any, neither will I give Counsel
to any such Thing; neither will I give a Woman a Pessary to destroy
her Conception: Moreover, I will exercise my Art, and lead the rest
of my Life chastly and holily; neither will I cut those that are
troubled with the Stone, but give them over to Artists that profess
this Art; and whatever Houses I shall come into, I will enter for the
Benefit of the Sick; and I will abstain from doing any voluntary
Injury, from all Corruption, and chiefly from that which is venereal,
whether I should happen to have in Cure the Bodies either of Women or
of Men, or of free-born Men or Servants; and whatever I shall chance
to see or hear in curing, or to know in the common Life of Men; if
it be better not to utter it, I will conceal, and keep by me as
Secrets: That as I entirely keep and do not confound this Oath, it
may happen to me to enjoy my Life and my Art happily, and celebrate
my Glory among all Men to all Perpetuity; but if transgressing and
forswearing, that th