8. After the same manner they command, that the oath which they shall make to any other nation, must be with truth, and justice, and must be kept in every particular. And for proof thereof, they quote the history of _Zedekias_, whom God punished, and deprived of his kingdome, because he kept not his word, and _oath_, made to _Nebuchadnezzar, in the name of God_, though he were a _Gentile_, as it is said, 2 of _Chronicles_, cap. 36.13. _And he also rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, who made him swear by God._ 9. These are the laws and obligations which the _Iewes_ hold. So that the Law that forbids the _Iewes_ to _kill_ any _Gentiles_, forbids them also to _steal_ from them. Yet every one must look to it, for the world is full of fraud in all Nations. I remember a pretty story of what passed in _Morocco_, in the Court of the king of _Mauritania_. There was a _Iew_ that had a sort of false stones, _&c._—He making a truck with a _Portugal_ Christian, for some Verdigrease that he had, which was much sofisticated, (as they are wont to do there) being all falsified with Earth; one of the _Portugals_ friends laughed at him, saying, the _Iew_ fitted thee well; he answered, If the _Iew_ hath stoned me, I have buried him. And so they ordinarily mock one another. This I can affirm, that many of the _Iewes_, because they would not break with other mens goods, were very poor at _Amsterdam_, lived very poorly, and those that did break with other mens goods by necessity, became so much the more miserable, that they were forced to live on almes.