And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
It was shameful in the first place for a kingdom to be promised for a dance. And it was cruel, in the second place, for a prophet to be sacrificed for the sake of an oath. .
