Society betwixt Man and Wife.
Societas Conjugalis.
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_Marriage_
was appointed by God
in Paradise,
for mutual _help_,
and the _Propagation_
of mankind.
_Matrimonium_
institutum est à Deo
in Paradiso,
ad mutuum _adjutorium_,
& _propagationem_
generis humani.
_A young man_ (_a single man_)
being to be married,
should be furnished
either with _Wealth_,
or a _Trade_ and _Science_,
_Vir Juvenis_ (_Cœlebs_)
conjugium initurus,
instructus sit
aut _Opibus_,
aut _Arte_ & _Scientiâ_,
which may serve
for getting a living;
that he may be able
to maintain a _Family_.
quæ sit
de pane lucrando;
ut possit
sustentare _Familiam_.
Then he chooseth himself
a _Maid_ that is _Marriageable_,
(or a _Widow_)
whom he loveth;
Deinde eligit sibi
_Virginem Nubilem_,
(aut _Viduam_)
quam adamat;
nevertheless a greater Regard
is to be had of _Virtue_,
and _Honesty_,
than of _Beauty_ or _Portion_.
ubi tamen major ratio
habenda _Virtutis_
& _Honestatis_,
quàm _Formæ_ aut _Dotis_.
Afterwards, he doth not
betroth her to himself closely,
but entreateth for her
as a _Woer_,
Posthæc, non
clam despondet sibi eam,
sed ambit,
ut _Procus_,
first to the _Father_, 1.
and then the _Mother_, 2.
or the _Guardians_,
or _Kinsfolks_, by
such _as help to make the match_, 3.
apud _Patrem_, 1.
& _Matrem_, 2.
vel apud _Tutores_,
& _Cognatos_, per
_Pronubos_, 3.
When she is espous’d to him,
he becometh the _Bridegroom_, 4.
and she the _Bride_, 5.
Eâ sibi desponsâ,
fit _Sponsus_, 4.
& ipsa _Sponsa_, 5.
and the _Contract_ is made.
and an _Instrument_ of _Dowry_ 6.
is written.
fiuntque _Sponsalia_,
& scribitur _Instrumentum_
_Dotale_, 6.
At the last
the _Wedding_ is made,
where they are joined together
by the _Priest_, 7.
Tandem
fiunt _Nuptiæ_
ubi copulantur
à _Sacerdote_, 7.
giving their _Hands_, 8.
one to another.
and _Wedding-rings_, 9.
then they feast with
the witnesses that are invited.
datis _Manibus_, 8.
ultrò citroque,
& _Annulis Nuptialibus_, 9.
tum epulantur cum
invitatis testibus.
After this they are called
_Husband_ and _Wife_;
when she is dead he becometh
a _Widower_.
Abhinc dicuntur
_Maritus_ & _Uxor_;
hâc mortuâ ille fit
_Viduus_.