"by cock and pie" meaning in English

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          "text": "By cocke and pie, you ſhall not chooſe, Sir: come, come.",
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          "text": "By cock a pie and Mous-foot Dent bring's in, / Examples to express forbidden Sin:",
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          "text": "\"How much a glass, think you?\" says Fred, filling another bumper. \"A half-crown, think ye?—a half-crown, Honeyman? By cock and pye, it is not worth a bender.\"",
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        "A mild oath."
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        "(archaic) A mild oath."
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