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In fairs also, and in markets, I was made to declare against their deceitful merchandise and cheating and cozening, warning all to deal justly, to speak the truth, to let their 'yea' be 'yea', and their 'nay' be 'nay'; and to do unto others as they would have others do unto them, and forewarning them of the great and terrible day of the Lord which would come upon them all.

— George Fox Journal (1694)

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