“Raphe, my beloved husband, I am righte sorie that I have in thy absence
taken another man to be my husband; but here, before God and this
companie, I do renounce and forsake him, and do promise to keep mysealfe
only to thee duringe life, and to performe all the duties which I first
promised to thee in our marriage.”
Then follows a short occasional prayer, and the entry concludes
thus:--
“The first day of August, 1601, Raphe Goodchilde, of the parish of
Barking, in Thames-street, and Elizabeth, his wife, were agreed to live
together, and thereupon gave their hands one to another, making either
of them a solemn vow so to do in the presence of us,
“WILLIAM STERE,--_Parson_.
“EDWARD COKER; and
“RICHARD EYERS,--_Clerk_.”
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