THE MAN’S SPEECH.

“Elizabeth, my beloved wife, I am right sorie that I have so long

absented myself from thee, whereby thou shouldst be occasioned to take

another man to be thy husband. Therefore I do now vowe and promise, in

the sight of God and this company, to take thee again as mine owne; and

will not onlie forgive thee, but also dwell with thee, and do all other

duties unto thee, as I promised at our marriage.”