§ 78. First, for mariage is figured bitwixe Crist and holy chirche. And
that other is, for a man is heved of a womman; algate, by ordinaunce it
sholde be so. / For if a womman had mo men [632] than oon, thanne sholde
she have mo hevedes than oon, and that were an horrible thing biforn god;
and eek a womman ne mighte nat plese to many folk at ones. And also ther ne
sholde nevere be pees ne reste amonges hem; for everich wolde axen his
owene thing. / And forther-over, no man ne sholde knowe his owene
engendrure, ne who sholde have his heritage; and the womman sholde been the
lasse biloved, fro the time that she were conioynt to many men. /