bear false witness vs equivocate

bear false witness

verb
  • To give an untrue testimony; to lie despite one's oath e.g. in court. 

equivocate

verb
  • To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive. 

  • To render equivocal or ambiguous. 

How often have the words bear false witness and equivocate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )