Library oath

Ego,…, sancte coram Deo promitto, et juro, me quoties in Bibliothecam hujus Collegii venire contigerit, libros caeteramque supellectilem sic tractaturum, ut superesse quam diutissime possint. Juro etiam, quod neque ipse librum aliquem asportabo, sponte corrumpam, interscribam, aut alio quovis modo abutar, nec ab aliis haec fieri (quantum in me est) permittam. Eorum vero nomina, qui in hisce deliquerint, intra triduum postquam de iis cognovero, Praeposito vel Bibliothecario deferam. Quae omnia et singula, et omnia Bibliothecae statuta, quantum ad me attinet, me fideliter observaturum promitto et spondeo. Ita me Deus adjuvet tactis Sancrosanctis Christi Evangeliis.

I,…, do solemnly promise before God, and swear, that as often as I shall enter the Library of this College I will handle the books and other furniture so as they may last as long as possible. I also swear that I will not carry away, willingly spoil, write in, or in any other way abuse, any book myself, or (as far as in me lies) suffer such things to be done by others. Moreover I shall report to the Provost or Librarian the names of any who are guilty of such offences within three days of learning about them. All and each of which things, and all the statutes of the Library, as far as they concern me, I promise and pledge faithfully to observe. So help me God, touching the Holy Gospels of Christ.