Matrimonial customs, or, The various ceremonies and divers ways of celebrating weddings practised amongst all the nations in the whole world done out of French.
         Cérémonies nuptiales de toutes les nations. English
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             Matrimonial customs, or, The various ceremonies and divers ways of celebrating weddings practised amongst all the nations in the whole world done out of French.
             Cérémonies nuptiales de toutes les nations. English
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           Marriage customs and rites.
        
      
    
     
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               Matrimoniall
               Customes
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           MATRIMONIAL
           Customs
           :
           OR
           THE
           Various
           Ceremonies
           ,
           AND
           Divers
           Ways
           of
           Celebrating
           Weddings
           ,
           Practised
           amongst
           all
           the
           Nations
           ,
           in
           the
           whole
           World.
           
        
         
           Done
           out
           of
           French.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           for
           
             A.
             S.
          
           and
           sold
           by
           the
           Booksellers
           ,
           1687.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           FEw
           Authors
           do
           agree
           about
           the
           true
           definition
           of
           Marriage
           .
           Charron
           ,
           in
           his
           book
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           calls
           it
           a
           wise
           Bargain
           ,
           and
           an
           honourable
           Contract
           ;
           others
           ,
           more
           Critical
           ,
           tell
           us
           that
           it
           is
           a
           name
           importing
           nothing
           but
           meer
           Slavery
           and
           Bondage
           ,
           a
           Society
           of
           evils
           and
           troubles
           .
           I
           think
           it
           not
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           examine
           the
           several
           Opinions
           about
           the
           right
           Definition
           of
           it
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           pass
           my
           censure
           upon
           the
           sentiments
           of
           any
           man.
           I
           shall
           content
           my self
           with
           the
           Definition
           commonly
           approved
           by
           all
           the
           judicious
           Civilians
           ,
           which
           say
           that
           Marriage
           is
           no
           other
           thing
           than
           
           
           
           
           
           an
           holy
           union
           of
           the
           man
           with
           the
           woman
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           dissolved
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           .
           
             Matrimonium
             est
             viri
             &
             mulieris
             conjunctio
             ,
             individuam
             vitae
             societatem
             continens
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           first
           and
           most
           honourable
           of
           all
           other
           States
           and
           Conditions
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           seeing
           it
           deriveth
           its
           institution
           from
           no
           other
           than
           from
           the
           the
           Supream
           Author
           of
           Nature
           .
           It
           is
           also
           the
           most
           extensively
           profitable
           ,
           seeing
           that
           it
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           humane
           society
           ,
           the
           rise
           of
           families
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           off-spring
           of
           Common-wealths
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           
             Prima
             societas
             in
             coniugio
             est
             ,
             quod
             principium
             Urbis
             ,
             seminarium
             Reipublicae
             .
          
           And
           although
           the
           holy
           and
           truly
           Catholick
           Church
           never
           reckoned
           it
           in
           the
           number
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           ever
           esteemed
           as
           a
           sacred
           ordinance
           ,
           seeing
           it
           was
           instituted
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           in
           the
           Paradise
           of
           Eden
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Second
           Person
           
           of
           Deity
           ,
           being
           manifested
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           vouchsafe
           to
           honour
           it
           with
           his
           presence
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           his
           first
           miracle
           .
        
         
           But
           although
           Marriage
           be
           Common
           to
           all
           the
           Nations
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           regulated
           by
           the
           same
           Laws
           ,
           nor
           celebrated
           in
           the
           same
           Forms
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           they
           varying
           according
           to
           the
           diversity
           of
           Religions
           and
           Nations
           .
           Amongst
           Christians
           Marriage
           is
           very
           strict
           and
           severe
           ,
           one
           man
           being
           allowed
           but
           one
           woman
           :
           But
           amongst
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           other
           Religions
           ,
           Polygamy
           and
           Divorce
           are
           commonly
           approved
           of
           and
           practised
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           that
           Marriage
           be
           less
           cumbersom
           ,
           more
           free
           and
           more
           fruitful
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           the
           great
           variety
           of
           Laws
           and
           Ceremonies
           used
           amongst
           so
           many
           different
           Nations
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           never
           a
           Nation
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           how
           barbarous
           soever
           it
           be
           ,
           but
           celebrateth
           the
           solemnity
           of
           Wedlock
           ,
           with
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Ceremonies
           and
           festival
           Jollities
           .
        
         
         
           This
           hath
           induced
           me
           to
           make
           a
           diligent
           Inquiry
           ,
           into
           the
           different
           Ceremonies
           ,
           which
           are
           practised
           amongst
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             Christians
             ,
             Mahumetans
          
           and
           Idolaters
           :
           These
           four
           being
           the
           only
           Religions
           known
           in
           the
           World.
           As
           for
           the
           Jews
           ,
           they
           being
           the
           most
           Ancient
           People
           ,
           I
           shall
           begin
           this
           small
           treatise
           with
           them
           ,
           humbly
           submitting
           my
           endeavours
           to
           the
           censures
           of
           the
           Curious
           Reader
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             CEREMONIES
             Observed
             at
             the
             MARRIAGES
             OF
             THE
             JEWS
             .
             CHAPTER
             I.
             
          
           
             THe
             Jews
             commonly
             marry
             their
             Sons
             at
             Eighteen
             years
             of
             Age
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             their
             Talmud
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             sooner
             ,
             to
             avoid
             Fornication
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             Daughters
             ,
             they
             may
             marry
             at
             Twelve
             years
             and
             a
             Day
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Marriage
             of
             the
             two
             Parties
             is
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             many
             Jews
             ,
             both
             young
             and
             old
             ,
             assemble
             themselves
             in
             some
             covered
             place
             ,
             where
             the
             young
             Jews
             hold
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             an
             Earthen
             Pot
             in
             their
             hands
             .
             One
             of
             them
             reads
             the
             Contract
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             gives
             notice
             of
             the
             day
             prefixt
             for
             the
             Wedding
             ,
             above
             all
             declaring
             
             that
             the
             party
             ,
             who
             shall
             not
             stand
             to
             that
             which
             is
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             shall
             pay
             to
             the
             other
             party
             ,
             such
             a
             Sum
             of
             Money
             ,
             as
             the
             Parents
             of
             both
             parties
             have
             unanimously
             pitched
             upon
             .
             This
             being
             done
             ,
             they
             wish
             one
             another
             all
             prosperity
             and
             happiness
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             all
             the
             young
             Jews
             fling
             their
             Earthen
             Pots
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             break
             them
             in
             pieces
             ,
             believing
             this
             to
             be
             a
             token
             of
             great
             plenty
             ,
             and
             future
             abundance
             .
             As
             they
             are
             going
             out
             of
             the
             said
             place
             ,
             there
             is
             alwayes
             one
             who
             stands
             at
             the
             Door
             ,
             who
             gives
             every
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Glass
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             also
             some
             Sweet
             Meats
             .
             The
             Rabbi
             ,
             whose
             Office
             it
             isto
             crave
             a
             blessing
             upon
             the
             Espousals
             ,
             takes
             a
             a
             Glass
             full
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             he
             hath
             blessed
             it
             ,
             and
             tasted
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             imparts
             the
             remnant
             ,
             to
             the
             new
             betrothed
             Couple
             ,
             who
             ,
             going
             to
             their
             Houses
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             go
             out
             of
             Doors
             ,
             within
             eight
             days
             after
             .
             But
             during
             this
             retreat
             ,
             many
             young
             Bachellors
             daily
             resort
             to
             the
             House
             of
             the
             future
             Bridegroom
             ,
             to
             divert
             him
             and
             make
             merry
             with
             him
          
           
             The
             betrothed
             Woman
             is
             bound
             to
             bath
             her self
             in
             cold
             Water
             ,
             the
             day
             before
             her
             Marriage
             :
             And
             she
             is
             conducted
             into
             that
             Bath
             ,
             by
             some
             Women
             ,
             which
             make
             a
             very
             great
             noise
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             
             every
             body
             may
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             she
             is
             a
             betrothed
             Woman
             ,
             while
             she
             is
             in
             the
             Bath
             ,
             many
             of
             those
             Women
             dance
             and
             sing
             round
             about
             her
             .
          
           
             The
             future
             Bride-groom
             sends
             to
             his
             betrothed
             Spouse
             a
             Wedding
             Girdle
             ,
             garnished
             with
             Plates
             of
             Gold
             ;
             the
             betrothed
             Spouse
             doth
             the
             like
             to
             her
             betrothed
             Husband
             :
             But
             the
             Girdle
             ,
             which
             she
             must
             send
             him
             ,
             ought
             only
             to
             be
             Garnished
             with
             Plates
             of
             Silver
             .
          
           
             The
             Wedding
             day
             being
             come
             ,
             the
             betrothed
             Bride
             make
             her self
             as
             fine
             as
             her
             Husband
             and
             ability
             can
             permit
             her
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             fashion
             of
             the
             Jews
             :
             afterwards
             she
             is
             conducted
             by
             some
             Women
             ,
             which
             sing
             before
             her
             ,
             into
             a
             Room
             whene
             they
             dress
             her
             head
             as
             neatly
             as
             they
             can
             ,
             other
             Women
             in
             the
             while
             singing
             and
             dancing
             before
             her
             ,
             for
             to
             recreate
             her
             ,
             thinking
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             to
             render
             to
             God
             some
             very
             acceptable
             Sacrifice
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Bride-groom
             must
             receive
             the
             Nuptial
             Blessing
             ,
             four
             young
             Bachellors
             carry
             a
             Canopy
             ,
             which
             ,
             being
             born
             up
             upon
             four
             sticks
             at
             the
             four
             Corners
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             carry
             into
             some
             open
             place
             or
             garden
             ,
             where
             the
             solemnity
             of
             the
             Nuptials
             must
             be
             performed
             .
             The
             Bridegroom
             with
             his
             Relations
             ,
             and
             the
             Bride
             with
             many
             
             Women
             ,
             together
             with
             Musicians
             playing
             on
             several
             Instruments
             ,
             resort
             under
             the
             said
             Canopy
             ,
             and
             then
             every
             one
             that
             is
             present
             at
             the
             solemnity
             crieth
             aloud
             ,
             
               Blessed
               be
               he
               that
               is
               come
               .
            
             Then
             the
             Bridegroom
             goes
             three
             times
             round
             about
             his
             Bride
             ,
             and
             having
             taken
             her
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             the
             people
             cast
             some
             Corns
             of
             Wheat
             upon
             them
             crying
             ,
             
               Increase
               and
               multiply
            
             .
          
           
             In
             some
             places
             ,
             where
             People
             are
             more
             wealthy
             ,
             they
             use
             to
             mingle
             with
             their
             Wheat
             some
             pieces
             of
             Silver
             ,
             which
             the
             poorer
             sort
             of
             Jews
             gather
             up
             .
             The
             Bride
             stands
             always
             at
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             her
             Bridegroom
             ,
             and
             besides
             it
             is
             requisite
             that
             her
             face
             be
             always
             turned
             towards
             the
             South
             ;
             for
             the
             Rabbins
             have
             left
             a
             Tradition
             in
             their
             Talmud
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             person
             place
             the
             Bed
             so
             as
             her
             face
             be
             towards
             the
             South
             ,
             that
             then
             she
             is
             like
             to
             be
             the
             Mother
             of
             many
             Children
             .
             The
             Rabbi
             ,
             who
             joines
             them
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             sets
             ,
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             the
             Bride
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             the
             hair-cloth
             ,
             which
             the
             Bridegroom
             weareth
             upon
             his
             neck
             ;
             that
             being
             done
             ,
             he
             takes
             a
             Glass
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             ,
             saying
             the
             two
             prayers
             which
             are
             in
             the
             Mahzor
             ,
             after
             that
             he
             hath
             tasted
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             gives
             it
             to
             the
             young
             Couple
             to
             drink
             .
             Then
             ,
             if
             the
             Bride
             be
             a
             Maid
             ,
             they
             give
             her
             drink
             in
             a
             strait
             
             narrow
             Glass
             ;
             but
             if
             she
             be
             a
             Widdow
             ,
             then
             she
             must
             drink
             in
             a
             broad
             one
             .
             Then
             the
             Rabbi
             receiving
             from
             the
             Bridegroom
             a
             Ring
             of
             Gold
             without
             any
             stone
             in
             it
             ,
             he
             calls
             in
             some
             witnesses
             ,
             and
             shewing
             them
             the
             said
             Ring
             ,
             he
             enquires
             of
             them
             whether
             it
             be
             of
             fine
             pure
             Gold
             ;
             and
             having
             received
             an
             answer
             in
             the
             affirmative
             ,
             he
             then
             sets
             it
             about
             the
             second
             Finger
             of
             the
             Bride
             ;
             and
             having
             done
             that
             ,
             he
             begins
             to
             read
             the
             Contract
             of
             Marriage
             with
             a
             loud
             and
             intelligible
             voice
             .
             After
             that
             he
             takes
             another
             Glass
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             praising
             God
             that
             the
             two
             Parties
             have
             taken
             one
             another
             ,
             he
             presents
             them
             another
             time
             with
             drink
             ;
             after
             that
             the
             Bridegroom
             hath
             drunk
             up
             his
             Glass
             ,
             he
             with
             all
             his
             strength
             casts
             it
             against
             the
             Wall
             ,
             or
             against
             the
             ground
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             it
             be
             all
             broken
             in
             pieces
             :
             And
             this
             they
             do
             for
             a
             remembrance
             of
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Temple
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
             In
             some
             places
             they
             use
             to
             strew
             ashes
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             the
             Bridegroom
             for
             a
             Memorial
             of
             the
             Temple
             which
             was
             burnt
             down
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             same
             reason
             the
             Bridegroom
             weareth
             a
             black
             Hood
             upon
             his
             head
             ,
             as
             those
             are
             wont
             to
             do
             ,
             who
             are
             in
             long
             Mourning
             .
          
           
             The
             Bride
             hath
             also
             her
             head
             covered
             with
             a
             black
             Cap
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             
             may
             show
             that
             they
             retain
             some
             marks
             of
             sorrow
             for
             the
             destruction
             of
             their
             Temple
             ;
             even
             in
             their
             most
             Festival
             Solemnities
             .
          
           
             Being
             Married
             ,
             they
             are
             conducted
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Feasting
             ,
             where
             all
             being
             sat
             ,
             the
             Bridegroom
             begins
             to
             sing
             a
             very
             long
             Prayer
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             they
             set
             before
             the
             Bride
             a
             raw
             Egg
             ,
             with
             a
             roasted
             Hen.
             Then
             the
             Bridegroom
             carves
             a
             little
             piece
             of
             that
             Hen
             ,
             which
             he
             presenteth
             to
             his
             Bride
             ;
             and
             immediately
             after
             the
             Guests
             ▪
             as
             well
             men
             as
             women
             ,
             scuffling
             together
             ,
             tear
             the
             remnant
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             whosoever
             can
             snatch
             away
             the
             biggest
             part
             of
             it
             is
             reputed
             the
             bravest
             of
             all
             the
             company
             ;
             they
             snatch
             away
             from
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             which
             they
             hold
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             making
             fine
             sport
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             new
             married
             folks
             merry
             .
             As
             for
             the
             raw
             Egg
             they
             fling
             it
             at
             one
             anothers
             Faces
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             Christians
             be
             there
             to
             look
             on
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             to
             be
             finely
             dawbed
             with
             it
             :
             Now
             they
             set
             this
             Egg
             before
             the
             Bride
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             she
             may
             hope
             to
             bring
             forth
             Children
             ,
             as
             easily
             as
             the
             Hen
             lays
             her
             Eggs.
             After
             all
             this
             mirth
             they
             lay
             the
             Cloath
             ,
             and
             cover
             the
             Table
             with
             Dishes
             of
             all
             gallant
             meats
             ,
             and
             then
             few
             of
             them
             remember
             either
             Jerusalem
             or
             the
             Temple
             .
             
             The
             feast
             being
             ended
             ,
             they
             betake
             themselves
             to
             Dance
             a
             certain
             dance
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             the
             Nuptial
             dance
             ,
             ordained
             as
             they
             say
             by
             the
             Commandment
             of
             God
             :
             the
             chief
             and
             most
             considerable
             person
             of
             all
             the
             company
             ,
             takes
             the
             Bridegroom
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             this
             takes
             another
             ,
             this
             other
             takes
             the
             next
             ,
             this
             another
             and
             so
             consecutively
             ,
             until
             there
             be
             none
             left
             who
             may
             dance
             .
             The
             most
             considerable
             amongst
             the
             Women
             takes
             also
             the
             Bride
             ,
             and
             they
             do
             the
             same
             amongst
             themselves
             as
             the
             Men
             do
             :
             So
             that
             they
             carry
             on
             the
             work
             with
             an
             extraordinary
             Mirth
             and
             Jollity
             .
             The
             Wedding
             lasts
             sometimes
             eight
             days
             :
             But
             their
             Rabbins
             strictly
             forbid
             them
             from
             inviting
             any
             Christians
             ,
             for
             they
             think
             that
             the
             good
             Angels
             seeing
             them
             there
             ,
             would
             forth
             with
             fly
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             evil
             ones
             would
             presently
             succeed
             and
             come
             in
             their
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CEREMONIES
             Observed
             at
             the
             MARRIAGES
             OF
             CHRISTIANS
             .
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             Customs
             and
             Ceremonies
             used
             amongst
             Roman
             Catholicks
             .
          
           
             POlygamy
             ,
             or
             the
             use
             of
             many
             Women
             together
             ,
             is
             very
             usual
             amongst
             Infidels
             :
             but
             it
             is
             generally
             forbidden
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
             who
             are
             for
             bidden
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             ,
             marrying
             more
             than
             one
             Woman
             together
             ;
             and
             further
             she
             must
             be
             married
             in
             the
             Church
             before
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             .
             All
             other
             Marriages
             contracted
             otherwise
             are
             declared
             void
             and
             clandestin
             ,
             the
             Children
             born
             in
             such
             are
             reputed
             Bastards
             ,
             
             and
             consequently
             incapable
             of
             Succession
             ,
             &
             of
             challenging
             their
             Parents
             inheritance
             .
          
           
             The
             Ceremonies
             of
             Marriages
             amongst
             Roman
             Catholicks
             are
             prescribed
             by
             the
             Councils
             .
             The
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             for
             to
             prevent
             all
             abuses
             in
             Marriages
             ,
             declareth
             and
             pronounceth
             all
             Marriages
             invalid
             and
             void
             ,
             which
             have
             not
             been
             celebrated
             before
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
             the
             one
             or
             of
             the
             other
             contracting
             parties
             .
             Wherefore
             according
             to
             the
             decrees
             of
             the
             Romish
             Church
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             contracting
             Parties
             are
             agreed
             ,
             the
             Parsons
             of
             their
             respective
             Parishes
             are
             bound
             to
             proclaim
             three
             Banes
             on
             three
             Sundays
             ,
             or
             three
             Holy
             days
             consecutively
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             if
             any
             of
             the
             Parishoners
             know
             any
             lawful
             cause
             why
             they
             may
             not
             be
             joyned
             together
             ,
             they
             may
             reveal
             it
             to
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             .
             And
             in
             case
             no
             body
             can
             alledge
             any
             lawful
             impediment
             ,
             then
             both
             the
             parties
             are
             conducted
             by
             their
             parents
             into
             the
             Parochial
             Church
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             betroathed
             by
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             said
             Parish
             ,
             who
             examines
             them
             whether
             they
             be
             well
             contented
             to
             be
             betroathed
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             whether
             they
             be
             not
             already
             engaged
             by
             promise
             of
             Marriage
             to
             any
             other
             person
             or
             persons
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Ceremonie
             ,
             which
             is
             called
             Espousals
             
             or
             betroathing
             ,
             and
             is
             nothing
             properly
             but
             a
             Nuptial
             preparation
             ,
             or
             an
             engagement
             ,
             to
             a
             future
             marriage
             ,
             of
             which
             engagement
             neither
             of
             the
             contracted
             parties
             can
             be
             released
             but
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             ordinary
             ,
             which
             condemneth
             him
             or
             her
             that
             violateth
             promise
             ,
             to
             all
             damages
             ,
             &
             expensces
             whatever
             ,
             together
             with
             a
             Fine
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             some
             Bishopricks
             where
             they
             use
             to
             betroth
             people
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             agreed
             together
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             publication
             of
             the
             banes
             .
          
           
             The
             day
             of
             marriage
             being
             prefixt
             ,
             the
             betrothed
             parties
             ,
             after
             they
             have
             been
             at
             the
             auricular
             Confession
             of
             their
             sins
             ,
             go
             to
             receive
             the
             Communion
             the
             day
             before
             their
             marriage
             .
             The
             next
             day
             they
             are
             conducted
             by
             their
             friends
             to
             Church
             ,
             where
             the
             parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             having
             asked
             them
             their
             names
             and
             sirnames
             ,
             asks
             them
             ,
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             content
             to
             take
             one
             another
             ;
             He
             asketh
             them
             besides
             if
             they
             be
             not
             already
             engaged
             by
             any
             solemn
             vow
             ,
             or
             any
             promise
             of
             Marriage
             ;
             and
             whether
             they
             will
             engage
             to
             love
             and
             keep
             fidelity
             one
             to
             another
             .
             When
             to
             all
             these
             questions
             they
             answer
             affirmatively
             ,
             he
             then
             blesses
             a
             ring
             ,
             and
             thirteen
             pieces
             of
             money
             ,
             which
             he
             gives
             to
             the
             Bridegroom
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Bridegroom
             sets
             the
             Ring
             upon
             the
             fourth
             finger
             of
             the
             Brides
             Right
             Hand
             ,
             in
             saying
             to
             her
             ,
             with
             the
             Parson
             ,
             
               with
               this
               Ring
               I
               thee
               wed
            
             ;
             then
             giving
             her
             some
             pieces
             of
             money
             ,
             he
             goes
             on
             saying
             ,
             
               and
               with
               this
               money
               I
               thee
               endow
               :
            
             The
             Bride
             answereth
             with
             a
             compliment
             set
             down
             in
             the
             Romish
             Ceremonial
             .
             Then
             presently
             the
             Parson
             takes
             the
             right
             hands
             of
             them
             both
             ,
             saying
             ;
             
               Et
               ego
               conjungo
               vos
               in
               Nomine
               Patris
               ,
               Filij
               &
               Spiritus
               Sancti
               :
            
             He
             sprinckleth
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             with
             Holy
             Water
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             Nuptial
             Blessing
             ,
             both
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             are
             bound
             to
             hear
             Mass
             with
             a
             lighted
             Taper
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             go
             to
             kiss
             the
             Offertory
             ,
             and
             to
             present
             the
             Parson
             with
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             .
          
           
             Then
             ,
             if
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             were
             never
             married
             before
             ,
             two
             of
             their
             nearest
             Relations
             hold
             a
             Sheet
             over
             their
             heads
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Priest
             readeth
             some
             Prayers
             over
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Mass
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             Parson
             presenteth
             the
             Church
             Register
             to
             the
             new
             married
             Couple
             and
             to
             their
             Relations
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             sign
             and
             seal
             the
             Act
             of
             Marriage
             ;
             after
             that
             then
             every
             one
             goes
             away
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             order
             as
             they
             came
             .
          
           
           
             On
             that
             Evening
             before
             the
             new
             married
             folks
             betake
             themselves
             to
             their
             bed
             ,
             the
             Parson
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Priest
             deputed
             by
             him
             ,
             cometh
             to
             bless
             the
             Nuptial
             Bed
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Marriage
             ought
             to
             be
             consummated
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             most
             part
             of
             Italy
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             use
             to
             betroth
             people
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             the
             contract
             of
             Marriage
             is
             made
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Parson
             ,
             then
             the
             Proclamation
             of
             the
             Banes
             followeth
             ,
             they
             proceed
             to
             the
             Solemnization
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             which
             is
             celebrated
             either
             at
             Noon
             ,
             with
             all
             Pomp
             imaginable
             ,
             or
             else
             before
             the
             Sun-rising
             without
             any
             noise
             at
             all
             :
             The
             Woman
             being
             conducted
             to
             Church
             by
             her
             Father
             if
             living
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             be
             dead
             ,
             by
             the
             nearest
             of
             her
             Relations
             .
          
           
             At
             Venice
             when
             any
             Gentleman
             is
             to
             marry
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             contract
             is
             made
             ,
             all
             other
             Gentlemen
             resort
             to
             the
             house
             of
             the
             future
             Bride
             ,
             whom
             they
             call
             Novizza
             ;
             the
             Bridegroom
             also
             ,
             with
             his
             nearest
             Relations
             comes
             thither
             :
             He
             stands
             at
             the
             entry
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             receiving
             ,
             with
             all
             demonstration
             of
             Honour
             ,
             all
             his
             Guests
             ,
             giving
             them
             his
             right
             hand
             as
             a
             mark
             of
             his
             entire
             Affection
             ;
             The
             Bride
             doth
             do
             the
             like
             to
             the
             Women
             .
             After
             the
             Celebration
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             the
             Bride
             enters
             into
             a
             splendid
             
             Barge
             finely
             deckt
             ,
             her
             Hair
             hanging
             about
             her
             shoulders
             ,
             being
             sett
             in
             the
             most
             eminent
             place
             ,
             that
             is
             called
             ,
             in
             their
             Language
             ,
             
               Andar
               in
               Trafto
            
             ;
             This
             they
             do
             to
             the
             end
             that
             every
             body
             may
             take
             notice
             that
             she
             is
             a
             new
             married
             Bride
             ,
             and
             the
             Wife
             of
             such
             a
             Gentleman
             .
             But
             now
             adays
             they
             have
             left
             of
             something
             of
             the
             ancient
             Custome
             ,
             for
             the
             Noviżza's
             appear
             in
             their
             Barges
             many
             days
             ,
             with
             their
             Hair
             plaited
             very
             high
             ,
             much
             like
             English
             Women's
             high
             Towers
             .
          
           
             The
             Sicilians
             did
             formerly
             betroth
             the
             Man
             and
             the
             Woman
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             very
             often
             were
             not
             married
             till
             the
             Hour
             of
             Death
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             extremity
             of
             the
             one
             ▪
             or
             of
             the
             other
             Parties
             :
             But
             this
             was
             for
             bidden
             by
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             .
             The
             espoused
             woman
             did
             also
             use
             to
             ride
             through
             the
             City
             with
             a
             great
             Company
             and
             Pomp
             ,
             on
             horse-back
             :
             But
             that
             is
             now
             quite
             left
             off
             ,
             since
             the
             Invention
             of
             Coaches
             .
             But
             notwithstanding
             the
             Prohibition
             of
             the
             foresaid
             Council
             even
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             Contract
             are
             signed
             ,
             the
             man
             enjoyes
             his
             Spouse
             with
             all
             liberty
             ,
             and
             reaps
             the
             sweet
             Fruits
             of
             Marriage
             many
             years
             sometimes
             before
             the
             celebration
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             Weddings
             of
             their
             Country-people
             ,
             
             there
             is
             very
             much
             dancing
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             always
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Guests
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             the
             Relations
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             bring
             Presents
             ,
             after
             that
             the
             Bridegroom
             hath
             regaled
             them
             three
             times
             .
             Their
             Feasts
             usually
             consist
             of
             Meats
             baked
             in
             the
             Oven
             ,
             and
             of
             Kettles
             full
             of
             Rice
             boiled
             in
             Milk
             ▪
          
           
             In
             France
             when
             any
             one
             is
             married
             ,
             the
             betrothed
             man
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             his
             Relations
             ,
             Friends
             and
             other
             Guests
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             invited
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             Men
             as
             Women
             ,
             goes
             to
             fetch
             the
             Bride
             to
             conduct
             her
             to
             Church
             .
             The
             Bridegroom
             goes
             first
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             his
             nearest
             Relations
             ,
             the
             young
             Bachellors
             ,
             going
             two
             by
             two
             ,
             follow
             after
             him
             ,
             then
             the
             married
             men
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             nearness
             of
             Kin
             :
             The
             Bride
             follows
             dressed
             as
             neatly
             as
             her
             ability
             and
             condition
             can
             permit
             ,
             wearing
             on
             the
             hinder
             part
             of
             her
             Head
             a
             little
             Crown
             of
             white
             Flowers
             ,
             or
             Diamonds
             ,
             &
             sometimes
             of
             Oriental
             Pearls
             .
             Two
             of
             her
             near
             Kinswomen
             lead
             her
             by
             the
             Hand
             ,
             then
             the
             Bride-maidens
             ,
             wearing
             every
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Crown
             like
             that
             of
             the
             Bride
             ,
             march
             after
             in
             the
             same
             order
             as
             the
             Bachellors
             .
             The
             married
             Women
             come
             in
             ,
             after
             all
             the
             Nuptial
             pomp
             is
             shut
             up
             by
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Bridegroom
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Bride
             ;
             which
             come
             the
             last
             ,
             carrying
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             presented
             to
             the
             Priest
             !
             They
             come
             from
             Church
             in
             the
             same
             order
             as
             they
             went
             ,
             excepting
             only
             that
             the
             Bachellors
             conduct
             the
             Bride
             ,
             and
             the
             Maidens
             the
             Bridegroom
             .
          
           
             In
             some
             places
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             come
             from
             Church
             to
             the
             place
             where
             the
             Feast
             is
             prepared
             ,
             all
             the
             Relations
             ,
             Friends
             and
             Guests
             come
             thither
             bringing
             their
             Presents
             ,
             which
             they
             deposite
             in
             a
             great
             Charger
             sett
             before
             the
             new
             married
             Couple
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             the
             Violins
             ,
             and
             other
             Instruments
             ,
             playing
             all
             the
             while
             :
             In
             some
             certain
             places
             they
             offer
             their
             Presents
             the
             next
             day
             after
             the
             wedding
             ,
             and
             in
             others
             they
             make
             none
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             The
             Bridegroom
             never
             sits
             down
             with
             others
             at
             Table
             ,
             but
             the
             Bride
             sitting
             at
             the
             most
             honourable
             place
             ,
             he
             stands
             always
             behind
             her
             ,
             taking
             care
             to
             serve
             her
             ,
             and
             to
             order
             the
             dishes
             upon
             the
             Table
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             feast
             ,
             the
             Bridegroom
             leads
             his
             Bride
             to
             dance
             ,
             the
             Bachellors
             and
             Maids
             continue
             the
             Ball
             :
             as
             for
             the
             married
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             they
             conduct
             the
             new
             married
             Couple
             into
             their
             Bed
             Chamber
             ▪
             which
             is
             made
             ready
             for
             them
             to
             lay
             down
             .
             The
             Bride
             makes
             her self
             somewhat
             shy
             &
             unwilling
             to
             be
             undrest
             ,
             but
             notwithstanding
             her
             forced
             resistance
             ,
             she
             is
             willingly
             
             constrained
             to
             yield
             to
             the
             force
             of
             them
             that
             have
             undrest
             her
             ,
             and
             resign
             her self
             into
             the
             arms
             of
             her
             Bridegroom
             ,
             for
             to
             consummate
             the
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             for
             to
             gain
             the
             Dowry
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             allowed
             her
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Day
             Morning
             ,
             the
             new
             Married
             People
             receive
             the
             Complements
             of
             all
             their
             Friends
             and
             Relations
             ,
             and
             even
             from
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             commonly
             the
             Bridegroom
             makes
             them
             some
             Presents
             .
          
           
             At
             Paris
             the
             new
             married
             Woman
             receiveth
             her
             visits
             in
             her
             Chamber
             ,
             attired
             with
             all
             her
             Nuptial
             Ornaments
             ,
             sitting
             on
             a
             Bed
             of
             State
             ,
             all
             the
             Windows
             of
             her
             Chamber
             being
             shut
             up
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Light
             at
             all
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             comes
             from
             Wax
             Tapers
             ,
             and
             Flambeau's
             .
          
           
             At
             present
             the
             most
             part
             of
             Persons
             ,
             of
             any
             Quality
             ,
             are
             married
             in
             the
             Night
             time
             ,
             without
             any
             Ceremony
             or
             Pomp.
             
          
           
             The
             Spaniards
             differ
             very
             little
             from
             the
             French
             or
             Italians
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             their
             Nuptials
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             this
             sottish
             Custom
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             ,
             as
             I
             conjecture
             ,
             retained
             from
             the
             Moor
             's
             which
             were
             a
             long
             while
             Masters
             of
             their
             Country
             .
             If
             ,
             in
             that
             Amorous
             Duel
             between
             the
             loving
             Combatants
             ,
             there
             happens
             any
             effusion
             of
             Blood
             upon
             the
             Sheets
             ,
             then
             they
             expose
             
             them
             at
             the
             Windows
             ,
             as
             a
             Trophy
             of
             the
             Womans
             Virginity
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             ,
             
               Virginita
               de
               la
               moucher
            
             .
             But
             if
             by
             good
             chance
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             befals
             very
             often
             ▪
             )
             the
             Combat
             hath
             been
             harmless
             and
             bloodless
             ,
             then
             they
             fairly
             supply
             that
             defect
             from
             else-where
             .
          
           
             Formerly
             the
             Germans
             never
             married
             Women
             of
             any
             other
             Nation
             ,
             but
             their
             own
             ;
             that
             they
             might
             avoid
             all
             confusion
             in
             their
             Blood.
             And
             they
             never
             bestowed
             their
             Daughters
             in
             Marriage
             too
             Young
             ;
             Batchelors
             also
             did
             not
             go
             a
             wooing
             but
             very
             late
             :
             So
             that
             by
             that
             means
             ,
             the
             Children
             which
             did
             proceed
             from
             two
             Persons
             of
             mature
             Age
             ,
             of
             full
             Proportion
             ,
             and
             of
             Vigorous
             strength
             ,
             were
             also
             tall
             ,
             strong
             and
             vigorous
             .
             They
             ,
             even
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             will
             never
             marry
             their
             Sons
             but
             to
             them
             Maids
             .
             which
             are
             of
             a
             strong
             constitution
             of
             body
             ,
             tall
             ,
             and
             most
             likely
             to
             bear
             strong
             and
             lusty
             Children
             .
             Their
             Nuptial
             Ceremonies
             are
             m
             uch
             the
             same
             as
             of
             the
             other
             People
             in
             Europe
             ;
             they
             differ
             only
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             Bride-Maids
             wear
             every
             one
             a
             Crown
             of
             Gold
             ,
             or
             of
             Flowers
             ,
             at
             the
             Weddings
             of
             their
             fellow
             Maids
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             others
             to
             do
             .
             All
             the
             Guests
             present
             the
             Bride
             with
             Jewells
             or
             Pieces
             of
             Gold
             &
             Silver
             ,
             which
             th●●
             cast
             into
             a
             
             Bason
             ▪
             which
             is
             placed
             before
             the
             Bride
             ,
             as
             she
             sitteth
             at
             Table
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             Women
             of
             her
             near
             Relations
             ,
             and
             they
             accompany
             their
             Presents
             with
             civil
             Acclamations
             ,
             and
             good
             wishes
             ,
             of
             Prosperity
             and
             Happiness
             ,
             to
             the
             new
             married
             Couple
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             amongst
             them
             some
             free
             Weddings
             ,
             in
             which
             Men
             of
             Honour
             defray
             all
             the
             charges
             ;
             and
             there
             be
             some
             also
             ,
             in
             which
             every
             one
             pays
             his
             Scot.
             Their
             Feasts
             last
             at
             least
             three
             days
             ,
             during
             which
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             are
             accompanied
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             People
             ,
             in-so-much
             that
             a
             common
             Handicrafts-man
             will
             have
             oftentimes
             above
             sixty
             Persons
             at
             his
             Wedding
             :
             For
             the
             more
             People
             they
             have
             about
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             are
             they
             regarded
             and
             esteemed
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             their
             Gentlemen
             and
             Persons
             of
             considerable
             note
             ,
             they
             present
             their
             new
             married
             Wives
             with
             a
             Chain
             of
             Gold
             ,
             or
             some
             Precious
             Jewel
             ,
             on
             the
             next
             day
             morning
             ,
             after
             the
             consummation
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             this
             Present
             they
             call
             ,
             in
             their
             Language
             ,
             Morgengal
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             the
             Gift
             of
             the
             morning
             ,
             because
             they
             bestow
             it
             upon
             the
             Bride
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             up
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             to
             make
             her
             some
             recompence
             for
             h●
             Maiden-head
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             taken
             ay●●
             .
          
           
           
             If
             any
             Maid
             amongst
             them
             hath
             been
             so
             liquorish
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             tasted
             of
             the
             Horse
             ▪
             Radish
             before
             the
             time
             ;
             if
             she
             ,
             by
             good
             fortune
             ,
             doth
             not
             go
             away
             with
             the
             bag
             ,
             but
             is
             so
             happy
             as
             to
             marry
             him
             ,
             that
             hath
             already
             plaid
             upon
             her
             Fiddle
             ,
             then
             the
             said
             couple
             will
             go
             to
             Church
             very
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             without
             any
             Instrum●nts
             of
             Musick
             :
             and
             ,
             in
             some
             places
             ,
             but
             especially
             in
             Country-Towns
             ,
             all
             the
             Neighbours
             ,
             crowned
             with
             Garlands
             made
             of
             straw
             ,
             accompany
             them
             to
             Church
             .
          
           
             In
             many
             places
             they
             compel
             the
             Daughters
             at
             the
             Marriages
             to
             renounce
             ,
             and
             disclaim
             ,
             all
             their
             Rights
             ,
             as
             well
             Paternal
             as
             Maternal
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             do
             ,
             in
             casting
             some
             straw
             into
             their
             Fathers
             Houses
             .
             Moreover
             if
             the
             Bride
             doth
             not
             shed
             some
             Tears
             ,
             when
             she
             goes
             before
             the
             Priest
             to
             be
             joined
             in
             marriage
             ,
             then
             her
             Virginity
             becomes
             very
             much
             suspected
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             purpose
             many
             of
             them
             Brides
             carry
             Onions
             ,
             wrapt
             up
             in
             their
             Handkerchiefs
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             force
             some
             tears
             out
             of
             their
             Eyes
             .
          
           
             The
             Francons
             observe
             this
             order
             in
             their
             Marriages
             .
             The
             Bridegroom
             ,
             having
             some
             Trumpet●rs
             and
             Drummers
             going
             before
             him
             ,
             marches
             between
             two
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             then
             his
             Relations
             ,
             and
             
             Friends
             follow
             him
             ,
             two
             by
             two
             ,
             until
             they
             come
             to
             the
             Church
             Door
             ;
             then
             they
             make
             a
             halt
             till
             the
             Bride
             be
             come
             to
             them
             :
             who
             being
             preceded
             by
             many
             ,
             who
             play
             on
             Flutes
             ,
             and
             being
             accompanied
             with
             many
             Maids
             ,
             is
             followed
             by
             a
             great
             number
             of
             married
             Women
             ,
             which
             wear
             very
             long
             Mantles
             of
             black
             cloth
             ,
             plated
             ,
             and
             fastned
             to
             their
             necks
             ,
             with
             Silver
             Clasps
             :
             and
             then
             the
             Marriage
             is
             celebrated
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Roman
             Ceremonial
             Book
             .
          
           
             In
             Poland
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             of
             Prussia
             and
             Lithuania
             ,
             Maids
             seldom
             marry
             under
             four
             and
             twenty
             Years
             of
             Age
             ;
             and
             not
             so
             neither
             till
             they
             have
             first
             wrought
             ,
             with
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             as
             much
             stuff
             ,
             as
             is
             sufficient
             to
             cloth
             every
             one
             ,
             who
             must
             accompany
             their
             Bridegroom
             to
             Church
             .
             Amongst
             them
             when
             any
             Father
             seeks
             a
             Wife
             for
             his
             Son
             ,
             he
             neither
             regards
             her
             Beauty
             nor
             Wealth
             ,
             but
             only
             her
             good
             Morality
             ,
             ripeness
             of
             Age
             ,
             and
             strong
             constitution
             of
             Body
             .
             The
             Women
             are
             never
             married
             till
             two
             of
             their
             future
             Bridegrooms
             near
             Relations
             have
             had
             a
             deep
             finger
             in
             their
             Pies
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             use
             to
             crave
             their
             Fathers
             good
             consent
             :
             those
             People
             do
             still
             retain
             many
             
             Dregs
             of
             the
             old
             Superstition
             of
             the
             Heathens
             :
             For
             when
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             Matrimony
             is
             celebrated
             ,
             the
             Bride
             is
             led
             three
             times
             about
             a
             Fire
             ,
             then
             they
             make
             her
             sit
             down
             ,
             they
             wash
             her
             feet
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             same
             water
             they
             besprinckle
             the
             Nuptial
             Bed
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Utensils
             of
             the
             House
             .
             This
             done
             ,
             they
             anoint
             her
             Mouth
             with
             Honey
             ,
             they
             bind
             her
             Eyes
             with
             a
             Vail
             :
             Then
             she
             is
             conducted
             towards
             all
             the
             Doors
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             which
             she
             must
             kick
             with
             her
             right
             Foot
             ;
             they
             afterwards
             strew
             every
             Door
             with
             Wheat
             ,
             Rye
             ,
             Oats
             ,
             Barley
             ,
             Beans
             and
             Poppy
             ,
             declaring
             that
             her
             Bridegroom
             shall
             ever
             enjoy
             a
             great
             abundance
             of
             all
             those
             good
             things
             ,
             if
             she
             devoutly
             retain
             her
             Religion
             ,
             and
             if
             she
             be
             careful
             and
             industrious
             in
             ordering
             her
             Family
             .
             The
             evening
             being
             come
             when
             she
             must
             bed
             with
             her
             Bridegroom
             ,
             they
             use
             to
             cut
             her
             Hair
             ,
             then
             the
             married
             Wom●n
             takes
             a
             Posie
             ,
             which
             they
             fasten
             on
             her
             Head
             :
             after
             that
             they
             put
             on
             her
             Head
             a
             white
             Hood
             ,
             which
             new
             married
             Women
             wear
             until
             they
             have
             brought
             forth
             a
             Son
             ,
             for
             untill
             that
             time
             ,
             they
             are
             reputed
             Maids
             .
             The
             Bride
             is
             at
             last
             conducted
             into
             her
             Bed-Chamber
             ,
             whereafter
             they
             have
             shuffed
             and
             beaten
             her
             ,
             they
             at
             length
             cast
             her
             into
             the
             Bed
             ,
             into
             her
             Bridegrooms
             armes
             .
             
             And
             then
             instead
             of
             Sweet
             Meats
             or
             Sack
             Possets
             ,
             they
             bring
             them
             a
             dish
             of
             Rams
             or
             of
             Bears
             stones
             to
             eat
             ;
             For
             they
             think
             that
             after
             they
             have
             eaten
             of
             that
             meat
             ,
             they
             become
             very
             prolifick
             and
             fruitful
             ,
             &
             for
             this
             reason
             th●y
             never
             use
             to
             kill
             any
             gelded
             creature
             for
             their
             use
             at
             their
             Nuptial
             Feasts
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Island
             of
             Goa
             the
             person
             who
             intends
             to
             marry
             never
             sees
             his
             Mistriss
             ,
             but
             in
             her
             Parish
             Church
             where
             she
             useth
             to
             resort
             ;
             if
             he
             liketh
             her
             he
             ,
             taking
             a
             Priest
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             goes
             to
             her
             house
             and
             then
             is
             betrothed
             to
             her
             :
             He
             may
             visit
             her
             after
             this
             Ceremony
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             never
             permitted
             to
             be
             alone
             together
             .
             Many
             men
             of
             that
             Country
             are
             not
             contented
             to
             see
             their
             Mistresses
             as
             they
             are
             dressed
             in
             their
             best
             Cloths
             ,
             but
             will
             also
             view
             them
             at
             Home
             ,
             in
             the
             Market
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             ordinary
             Habits
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             the
             better
             discern
             whether
             they
             cover
             not
             some
             natural
             defect
             ,
             and
             whether
             they
             be
             not
             patched
             or
             painted
             .
          
           
             They
             generally
             marry
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             and
             they
             use
             to
             go
             to
             Church
             in
             great
             Pomp
             and
             Solemnity
             .
             The
             Bridegroom
             is
             oftentimes
             accompanied
             with
             80
             or
             an
             hundred
             Young
             Men
             ,
             all
             on
             horseback
             ,
             richly
             attired
             &
             clothed
             :
             The
             Relations
             &
             
             Friends
             of
             both
             Parties
             follow
             them
             .
             The
             Bride
             sitting
             in
             a
             Sedan
             ,
             and
             the
             Women
             ,
             which
             are
             her
             Relations
             ,
             are
             every
             one
             carried
             in
             their
             Sedans
             also
             ;
             They
             being
             come
             near
             the
             Church
             ,
             they
             all
             alight
             ,
             and
             the
             Bridegroom
             ,
             being
             conducted
             by
             two
             Men
             of
             his
             nearest
             Relations
             ,
             and
             the
             Bride
             also
             by
             two
             Women
             of
             her
             near
             Kinswomen
             ,
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             joined
             in
             Marriage
             :
             They
             call
             the
             foresaid
             persons
             their
             four
             Gossips
             .
             After
             the
             Solemnization
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             they
             return
             home
             in
             the
             same
             order
             as
             they
             came
             ,
             the
             Trumpets
             and
             other
             Musical
             Instruments
             playing
             all
             the
             while
             before
             them
             ,
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             they
             pass
             along
             ,
             casting
             sweet
             Meats
             ,
             Comfits
             ,
             sweet
             Waters
             ,
             and
             Flowers
             in
             the
             street
             ,
             which
             the
             Servants
             ,
             scuffling
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             gather
             up
             .
             Being
             come
             to
             the
             house
             where
             the
             Feast
             is
             prepared
             ,
             the
             nearest
             Relations
             and
             their
             most
             intimate
             Friends
             go
             in
             ,
             but
             as
             for
             the
             Young
             Men
             they
             remain
             without
             ,
             making
             sport
             ,
             before
             the
             door
             ,
             with
             the
             running
             and
             bouncing
             of
             their
             Horses
             ,
             and
             fighting
             with
             Reeds
             and
             Canes
             ,
             which
             they
             throw
             one
             at
             another
             .
             The
             new
             married
             Folks
             ,
             and
             their
             Friends
             ,
             standing
             in
             the
             Balconies
             ,
             and
             others
             at
             the
             Windows
             ,
             looking
             upon
             their
             Sports
             and
             Braveries
             .
             This
             Pastime
             being
             over
             ,
             they
             all
             ali●●t
             
             off
             their
             Horses
             :
             And
             being
             conducted
             into
             a
             low
             Hall
             ,
             they
             are
             presented
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             Sweet
             Meats
             of
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             perfumed
             Aromatical
             water
             ,
             called
             water
             of
             Bagulrim
             .
             Then
             the
             Bridegroom
             comes
             down
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             dismisses
             them
             with
             all
             Civility
             and
             Demonstration
             of
             Thankfulness
             :
             Then
             he
             returns
             to
             his
             Parents
             and
             Relations
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             feasteth
             :
             But
             they
             stay
             very
             little
             at
             Table
             ,
             every
             one
             retiring
             into
             their
             Habitations
             .
             The
             new
             married
             couple
             go
             to
             bed
             ,
             commonly
             before
             Sun
             set
             ,
             without
             so
             many
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             Drolleries
             ,
             as
             are
             practised
             among
             the
             French.
             
          
           
             The
             Sclavonians
             ,
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Ragusa
             ,
             are
             never
             married
             but
             with
             Persons
             of
             their
             Rank
             and
             Quality
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Noble
             with
             the
             Noble
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Noble
             Person
             can
             not
             marry
             a
             Woman
             of
             the
             vulgar
             sort
             ,
             or
             a
             Stranger
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             introducing
             any
             ignoble
             Blood
             into
             his
             Family
             ,
             which
             might
             blemish
             the
             lustre
             of
             his
             Nobility
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             the
             number
             of
             Noble
             Families
             is
             so
             much
             diminished
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             above
             20
             or
             25
             now
             left
             among
             them
             ,
             which
             have
             the
             Government
             and
             Administration
             of
             all
             the
             affairs
             of
             their
             Common-Wealth
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             if
             any
             Noble
             Person
             
             was
             willing
             ,
             either
             for
             some
             private
             conveniency
             or
             molument
             ,
             to
             marry
             a
             Wife
             born
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             he
             may
             lawfully
             do
             it
             :
             Provided
             that
             she
             be
             a
             Lady
             ,
             born
             between
             Zare
             and
             Cattaro
             ,
             but
             not
             otherwise
             .
             And
             besides
             whosoever
             should
             marry
             such
             a
             Lady
             ,
             born
             in
             the
             Country
             aforesaid
             ,
             it
             is
             requisite
             that
             he
             be
             worth
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             two
             Thousand
             Ducats
             of
             Gold
             for
             a
             Dowry
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             security
             of
             the
             said
             Lady
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Portions
             at
             the
             Marriages
             of
             their
             Sons
             ,
             they
             are
             limited
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
             at
             a
             Thousand
             Ducats
             of
             Gold
             :
             But
             ,
             at
             present
             ,
             they
             little
             regard
             that
             limitation
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             Father
             will
             give
             his
             Son
             four
             ,
             five
             or
             six
             Thousand
             Ducats
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             more
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Means
             and
             Quality
             of
             the
             Woman
             .
             The
             Marriage
             Mony
             is
             paid
             before
             ever
             the
             Man
             see
             the
             Woman
             he
             must
             have
             ;
             and
             when
             every
             thing
             is
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             the
             Mony
             paid
             ,
             and
             the
             Contract
             signed
             and
             sealed
             ,
             he
             may
             then
             with
             all
             liberty
             go
             to
             visit
             her
             :
             For
             it
             is
             a
             constant
             custom
             ,
             amongst
             the
             Ragusians
             ,
             never
             to
             court
             and
             caress
             their
             Ladies
             ,
             but
             only
             after
             that
             they
             are
             made
             sure
             with
             them
             ,
             When
             a
             Maid
             is
             married
             ,
             it
             is
             lawful
             for
             her
             to
             wear
             Silk
             Cloths
             a
             month
             after
             her
             Marriage
             ,
             that
             she
             may
             be
             distinguished
             from
             others
             ,
             who
             wear
             Cloth
             
             ones
             .
             But
             when
             a
             Lady
             is
             married
             ,
             she
             is
             obliged
             to
             wear
             ,
             on
             Holy
             Days
             ,
             a
             double
             Hood
             of
             red
             Satin
             ,
             purfled
             with
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             Flowers
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             she
             may
             be
             discerned
             from
             the
             common
             ignoble
             sort
             of
             Women
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Flemings
             ,
             and
             other
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Neighbouring
             Countrys
             ,
             they
             have
             that
             particular
             Custom
             ,
             that
             they
             easily
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             difficulty
             ,
             contract
             Marriage
             with
             Strangers
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             reputed
             amongst
             them
             very
             unseemly
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             filthy
             thing
             ,
             for
             a
             Young
             Man
             to
             marry
             an
             Old
             Woman
             ,
             or
             for
             an
             Old
             Woman
             to
             marry
             a
             Young
             Man.
             Tradesmen
             never
             marry
             Gentlewomen
             ,
             nor
             Gentlemen
             Tradesmens
             Daughters
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             never
             seen
             amongst
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             commonly
             practised
             amongst
             the
             French
             ,
             for
             the
             Master
             to
             marry
             his
             Chamber-maid
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Mistress
             to
             marry
             her
             Servant
             .
             In
             that
             Country
             ,
             Gentlemen
             always
             prefer
             their
             Eldest
             Daughters
             before
             the
             Youngest
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             times
             they
             will
             bestow
             their
             Youngest
             upon
             them
             to
             whom
             they
             have
             refused
             the
             Eldest
             ;
             because
             they
             reserve
             her
             for
             a
             better
             Match
             ,
             and
             more
             advantageous
             Fortune
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             practised
             among
             
               Protestant
               Lutherans
            
             .
          
           
             THe
             Protestant
             Lutherans
             are
             married
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             Roman-Catholicks
             are
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             conducted
             there
             with
             great
             Pomp
             and
             Solemnity
             ,
             to
             receive
             the
             Nuptial
             Blessing
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             their
             Minister
             .
          
           
             At
             Strasburgb
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Neighbouring
             Countrys
             ,
             when
             any
             Young
             Man
             goes
             a
             Wooing
             ,
             after
             that
             he
             hath
             sufficiently
             testified
             his
             affection
             to
             his
             Mistress
             by
             Letters
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             way
             ;
             he
             then
             goes
             about
             Midnight
             ,
             with
             some
             of
             his
             intimate
             Friends
             and
             with
             many
             Flambeau's
             ,
             to
             give
             his
             Mistress
             a
             Serenade
             ,
             or
             a
             Musical
             Concert
             ,
             before
             the
             door
             of
             the
             house
             where
             she
             dwells
             :
             And
             if
             she
             appear
             not
             looking
             out
             of
             her
             Window
             ,
             then
             the
             Young
             Man
             may
             assure
             himself
             of
             a
             Repulse
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Suit
             is
             but
             in
             vain
             ,
             but
             in
             case
             she
             be
             seen
             to
             be
             present
             there
             ,
             then
             he
             may
             sometimes
             visit
             her
             about
             the
             Evening
             ,
             provided
             always
             that
             some
             of
             
             her
             Domestieks
             be
             present
             at
             their
             amorous
             Entertainment
             After
             any
             common
             Wedding
             the
             Trumpets
             sound
             ,
             on
             Munday
             and
             Tuesday
             Morning
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             may
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             a
             Wedding
             amongst
             People
             of
             Trade
             ,
             which
             are
             married
             but
             on
             those
             days
             :
             As
             for
             the
             Weddings
             of
             Noble
             Persons
             ,
             they
             last
             three
             days
             and
             an
             half
             .
             There
             be
             also
             amongst
             them
             some
             free
             Weddings
             ,
             called
             amongst
             them
             
               Frengaal
               Hoczeit
            
             ,
             where
             People
             bring
             Presents
             ,
             but
             pay
             nothing
             ,
             but
             in
             others
             every
             one
             pays
             his
             share
             .
          
           
             In
             Saxony
             ,
             when
             any
             Gentleman
             is
             married
             ,
             the
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             Young
             Gentlewomen
             of
             the
             Neighbourhood
             resort
             ,
             without
             any
             Invitation
             at
             all
             ,
             to
             the
             Regale
             which
             he
             is
             obliged
             to
             make
             according
             to
             the
             Custom
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             they
             are
             strictly
             forbidden
             marrying
             with
             Tradesmen
             ,
             or
             Merchants
             Daughters
             ,
             although
             they
             be
             never
             so
             rich
             :
             for
             in
             Leipsick
             ,
             and
             other
             Capital
             Cities
             ,
             some
             Merchants
             give
             their
             Daughters
             oftentimes
             thirty
             or
             forty
             Thousand
             Dollars
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             Noble
             Person
             ,
             for
             lucre
             of
             Mony
             ,
             without
             regard
             to
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             should
             marry
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             he
             is
             degraded
             of
             his
             Title
             of
             Honour
             ,
             &
             besides
             runs
             the
             hazard
             of
             being
             pelted
             to
             death
             by
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             .
          
           
           
             Amongst
             the
             Goths
             ,
             the
             Swedes
             ,
             and
             the
             Danes
             ,
             they
             of
             the
             common
             sort
             use
             many
             Ceremonies
             in
             their
             Marriages
             too
             tedious
             to
             rehearse
             here
             ,
             I
             shall
             therefore
             content
             my self
             to
             mention
             the
             chief
             of
             them
             .
             The
             Maids
             Parents
             ,
             being
             sufficiently
             informed
             and
             satisfied
             about
             the
             Qualifications
             of
             her
             Suitor
             ,
             her
             Father
             presents
             his
             Daughter
             to
             him
             ,
             speaking
             these
             words
             ;
             
               I
               give
               thee
               my
               Daughter
               for
               to
               honour
               thee
               ,
               that
               she
               may
               be
               thy
               Wife
               ,
               for
               to
               have
               the
               half
               of
               thy
               Bed
               ,
               the
               Key
               of
               thy
               Doors
               ,
               with
               the
               third
               part
               of
               thy
               Mony
               ,
               and
               other
               Goods
               moveable
               and
               immoveable
               .
            
             At
             the
             day
             assigned
             ,
             she
             is
             conducted
             to
             Church
             with
             many
             Torches
             ,
             done
             about
             with
             Silk
             stuffs
             of
             several
             Colours
             .
             The
             Solemnity
             being
             over
             ,
             she
             is
             handed
             Home
             by
             her
             Bridegroom
             :
             But
             before
             she
             may
             bed
             with
             him
             ,
             she
             must
             go
             to
             the
             Stoves
             or
             hot
             Baths
             ,
             many
             Maids
             going
             before
             her
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             Married
             Women
             accompanying
             her
             ;
             but
             before
             they
             come
             thither
             ,
             they
             have
             made
             great
             Provision
             of
             Strong
             Beer
             ,
             or
             of
             Wine
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             for
             to
             refresh
             the
             Women
             in
             the
             Bath
             ,
             lest
             being
             overcome
             with
             the
             Heat
             they
             should
             faint
             :
             wherefore
             they
             recruit
             their
             strength
             ,
             with
             eating
             tosted
             Bread
             dipt
             in
             some
             of
             the
             foresaid
             Liquors
             ,
             which
             are
             sweetned
             with
             Cinamon
             and
             Sugar
             .
          
           
           
             When
             they
             come
             out
             of
             their
             Baths
             ,
             they
             wear
             every
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Garland
             of
             Rue
             upon
             their
             Heads
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Maids
             they
             go
             to
             Supper
             with
             the
             Bride
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentlemen
             usually
             marry
             Women
             of
             their
             Rank
             and
             Quality
             .
             As
             for
             Tradesmen
             and
             Mechanicks
             they
             commonly
             present
             the
             Bride
             with
             Swine
             ,
             Sheep
             ,
             or
             Cowes
             ,
             but
             they
             present
             the
             Bridegroom
             with
             some
             Colt
             ,
             Dog
             ,
             Cat
             or
             Goose
             .
          
           
             In
             Livonia
             .
             when
             a
             Maid
             is
             led
             to
             Church
             to
             be
             married
             ,
             they
             crown
             her
             with
             a
             very
             high
             Crown
             of
             Silver
             guilded
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Women
             and
             Maids
             march
             before
             her
             ,
             covered
             with
             long
             plated
             red
             Mantles
             ,
             which
             reach
             from
             their
             Heads
             to
             their
             very
             Heels
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             Nuptial
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             used
             amongst
             
               Evangelical
               Protestants
            
             .
          
           
             Having
             treated
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             ,
             which
             those
             Protestants
             of
             Luthers
             perswasion
             do
             use
             at
             their
             Marriages
             ,
             it
             now
             remaineth
             that
             I
             should
             give
             some
             account
             of
             the
             Customs
             and
             Solemnities
             performed
             at
             the
             Weddings
             of
             
               Evangelical
               Protestants
            
             .
             And
             first
             I
             say
             that
             by
             
               Evangelical
               Protestants
            
             I
             mean
             the
             
               English
               ,
               Dutch
               ,
               Switzers
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             People
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             pin
             their
             faith
             upon
             the
             Church's
             or
             Popes
             Sleeve
             ,
             but
             rejecting
             all
             vain
             Traditions
             and
             Novelties
             ground
             their
             belief
             upon
             the
             Pillar
             of
             Truth
             and
             Gospel
             verity
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             English
             their
             Ceremonies
             are
             so
             generally
             practised
             throughout
             this
             Kingdom
             and
             consequently
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             pass
             them
             over
             in
             silence
             ,
             least
             I
             should
             seem
             to
             light
             a
             Candle
             at
             Noon-day
             ;
             wherefore
             I
             come
             to
             the
             Dutch.
             
          
           
             When
             the
             parties
             are
             all
             agreed
             ,
             then
             they
             send
             for
             the
             Minister
             who
             betrotheth
             them
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             give
             
             them
             drink
             ,
             every
             one
             in
             their
             Glass
             asunder
             :
             He
             that
             fills
             the
             Drink
             ,
             takes
             the
             two
             Glasses
             ,
             and
             mingles
             the
             Wine
             of
             one
             with
             the
             other
             ;
             he
             presents
             the
             Glass
             of
             the
             Bridegroom
             to
             the
             Bride
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             the
             Bride
             to
             the
             Bridegroom
             :
             After
             they
             have
             drunk
             ,
             the
             future
             Bridegroom
             doth
             present
             his
             betrothed
             Bride
             a
             Ring
             .
             But
             before
             they
             may
             marry
             it
             is
             requisite
             that
             the
             Minister
             make
             Publication
             of
             their
             Marriage
             three
             Sundays
             consecutively
             ,
             lest
             there
             be
             amongst
             them
             any
             Impediment
             or
             other
             Engagement
             :
             After
             which
             publication
             they
             may
             lawfully
             marry
             .
             Then
             at
             the
             day
             appointed
             ,
             the
             Bridegroom
             resorts
             to
             the
             Church
             with
             his
             Parents
             and
             Relations
             ,
             the
             Bride
             also
             ,
             with
             a
             Garland
             of
             Flowers
             upon
             the
             hinder
             part
             of
             her
             Head
             ,
             is
             conducted
             thither
             by
             two
             Men
             ,
             or
             two
             Young
             Bachelors
             ,
             of
             her
             near
             Relations
             ,
             many
             Maids
             ,
             with
             married
             Women
             of
             Relations
             and
             Guests
             ,
             following
             her
             thither
             .
             When
             she
             comes
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             she
             is
             led
             to
             her
             Bridegrooms
             House
             by
             the
             same
             Persons
             .
             The
             Widdows
             ,
             which
             marry
             again
             ,
             may
             not
             wear
             a
             Garland
             upon
             their
             heads
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             large
             Nosegay
             in
             their
             Bosoms
             ;
             and
             are
             led
             to
             Church
             by
             two
             Widdows
             of
             their
             near
             Relations
             .
          
           
           
             In
             Friezland
             ,
             the
             men
             of
             that
             Country
             did
             not
             at
             all
             regard
             the
             Quality
             or
             Portion
             of
             their
             Women
             ,
             but
             only
             their
             Handsomness
             and
             good
             Morality
             ;
             so
             that
             many
             Gentlemen
             and
             rich
             Merchants
             did
             marry
             vertuous
             comely
             Women
             ,
             although
             they
             were
             never
             so
             poor
             .
             But
             now
             adays
             the
             case
             is
             altered
             ,
             for
             they
             not
             only
             regard
             their
             Quality
             and
             Descent
             ,
             but
             also
             expect
             a
             competency
             of
             Wealth
             ,
             answerable
             to
             their
             Estates
             .
             The
             Bride
             wearing
             a
             Crown
             upon
             her
             head
             ,
             and
             accompanied
             with
             a
             long
             train
             of
             Maids
             ,
             goes
             to
             Church
             where
             the
             solemnity
             of
             Marriage
             being
             celebrated
             ,
             they
             return
             to
             her
             Fathers
             house
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             feasted
             .
             The
             Guests
             seldom
             present
             the
             Bride
             with
             any
             Money
             ,
             But
             the
             Brides
             and
             Bridegrooms
             Relations
             come
             very
             liberally
             to
             offer
             her
             their
             Presents
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Bridegroom
             takes
             good
             notice
             .
          
           
             The
             Feast
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             Musicians
             begin
             to
             play
             on
             several
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             then
             every
             one
             dances
             in
             order
             .
             On
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             all
             the
             Guests
             resort
             to
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             and
             the
             new
             married
             Woman
             ,
             presenting
             every
             one
             of
             them
             with
             a
             glass
             of
             the
             best
             Wine
             or
             of
             some
             other
             aromatical
             Liquor
             ,
             she
             dismisses
             them
             with
             honour
             ,
             thanking
             them
             for
             their
             Civility
             and
             
             kindness
             .
             And
             this
             she
             does
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             she
             may
             make
             it
             appear
             that
             she
             is
             now
             become
             a
             Houshold
             Wife
             .
          
           
             In
             Hungary
             Bachellors
             never
             marry
             with
             Widdows
             ,
             although
             never
             so
             rich
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             perswaded
             that
             if
             any
             Bachellor
             marries
             one
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             a
             Virgin
             ,
             he
             shall
             never
             enjoy
             any
             Prosperity
             in
             this
             World
             :
             wherefore
             if
             any
             amongst
             them
             did
             discover
             that
             the
             Women
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             married
             ,
             have
             plaid
             any
             Legerdemain
             with
             others
             before
             Marriage
             ,
             they
             would
             put
             them
             to
             a
             cruel
             Death
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Lords
             of
             that
             Country
             they
             usually
             marry
             their
             Children
             very
             young
             ;
             and
             many
             times
             as
             they
             ly
             in
             their
             Cradles
             :
             And
             this
             is
             done
             on
             purpose
             to
             entertain
             good
             correspondence
             and
             Friendship
             amongst
             Honourable
             Families
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Children
             have
             attained
             to
             ripeness
             of
             Age
             ,
             they
             are
             obliged
             to
             consummate
             their
             Marriage
             ,
             lest
             by
             their
             refusal
             they
             should
             procure
             their
             Parents
             implacable
             enmitie
             ,
             the
             Sequels
             whereof
             might
             prove
             very
             dangerous
             and
             tragical
             .
          
           
             In
             Scotland
             formerly
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             days
             of
             Popish
             Idolatry
             ,
             the
             Brides
             did
             lay
             down
             their
             
               Propira
               Feminea
            
             before
             their
             Lairds
             of
             the
             Mannour
             ,
             who
             did
             shake
             their
             Hair-bags
             on
             the
             first
             night
             after
             the
             Solemnization
             
             of
             the
             Marriage
             :
             But
             since
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             did
             shine
             bright
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             that
             Barbarous
             Custome
             hath
             been
             exploded
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Brides
             do
             not
             now
             pay
             their
             Marks
             
               in
               specie
            
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             way
             of
             Exchange
             ,
             the
             Bridegroom
             paying
             half
             a
             Mark
             to
             his
             Landlord
             for
             that
             Right
             ,
             and
             that
             Right
             is
             now
             called
             ,
             
               the
               Womens
               Marks
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Irish
             in
             their
             Marriages
             ,
             I
             mean
             those
             who
             are
             partakers
             of
             the
             English
             Civility
             ,
             use
             the
             same
             decent
             Nuptial
             Ceremonies
             as
             the
             English
             do
             :
             But
             as
             for
             the
             Popish
             wild
             Irish
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             Barbarous
             and
             Brutish
             that
             they
             do
             not
             deserve
             to
             be
             mentioned
             here
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             The
             Rites
             and
             Nuptial
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Grecians
             .
          
           
             BEfore
             the
             Grecians
             Marriages
             ,
             the
             future
             Bride
             doth
             openly
             shew
             what
             she
             is
             able
             to
             bring
             to
             her
             future
             Bridegroom
             ;
             the
             Bridegroom
             also
             is
             to
             declare
             the
             full
             extent
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             done
             in
             a
             spacious
             Room
             upon
             a
             Table
             ,
             the
             Men
             sitting
             above
             the
             Women
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             an
             Amphitheater
             .
             When
             the
             Bride
             receiveth
             the
             Presents
             from
             her
             Relations
             and
             other
             Friends
             ,
             she
             is
             sitting
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Gyneconitide
             ,
             or
             Chamber
             of
             Women
             ,
             wearing
             a
             guilded
             Crown
             on
             her
             Head.
             All
             the
             Guests
             having
             drunk
             good
             store
             of
             Metheglin
             ,
             and
             ballasted
             their
             Bellies
             with
             variety
             of
             Sweet-meats
             they
             betake
             themselves
             to
             walking
             ;
             and
             come
             back
             to
             Supper
             about
             the
             Evening
             .
             Immediately
             after
             Supper
             ,
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             ,
             without
             staying
             for
             the
             three
             publications
             of
             their
             Banes
             as
             we
             do
             ,
             go
             to
             bed
             together
             :
             The
             next
             day
             morning
             the
             married
             Women
             come
             to
             visit
             them
             and
             
             to
             search
             their
             Sheet
             ,
             to
             see
             whether
             ,
             by
             good
             fortune
             ,
             they
             can
             sind
             any
             marks
             of
             a
             lost
             Maiden-head
             ;
             which
             if
             they
             find
             ,
             they
             are
             extreamly
             jocund
             and
             Jovial
             ,
             but
             ,
             upon
             a
             
               Non
               inventus
            
             ,
             they
             depart
             as
             mute
             as
             Fishes
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Bridegroom
             he
             fairly
             sends
             away
             his
             tried
             Bride
             to
             her
             Parents
             ;
             unless
             the
             Turkish
             Magistrate
             ,
             being
             a
             little
             greazed
             in
             the
             fist
             constrain
             him
             to
             keep
             her
             for
             better
             and
             for
             worse
             .
          
           
             The
             Grecian
             Women
             ,
             which
             bestow
             themselves
             upon
             
               Turks
               ,
               Spaniards
               ,
               French
            
             ,
             or
             Italians
             ,
             may
             be
             afterwards
             present
             at
             Divine
             Service
             :
             But
             they
             for
             some
             time
             are
             excommunicated
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             they
             are
             for
             some
             time
             debarred
             from
             the
             Lords
             Table
             .
             Which
             kind
             of
             Excommunication
             Savoureth
             somewhat
             like
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             is
             nothing
             of
             Kin
             to
             the
             Popes
             
               brutum
               fulmen
            
             ,
             which
             dare
             at
             tacque
             the
             Sacred
             Heads
             of
             Crowned
             Sovereigns
             ;
             neither
             is
             it
             like
             the
             Anathemas
             of
             some
             high
             flown
             Ecclesiasticks
             ,
             who
             wear
             the
             Cross-Keys
             at
             their
             girdle
             ,
             with
             one
             of
             which
             they
             many
             times
             ,
             for
             frivolous
             causes
             ,
             deliver
             the
             Souls
             of
             their
             fellow
             Christians
             to
             Satan
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             other
             they
             commit
             their
             Bodies
             to
             Jails
             .
             Is
             this
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Belial
             ?
             But
             I
             must
             conclude
             this
             short
             Digression
             
             with
             this
             shorter
             Ejaculation
             :
             From
             the
             
               Spanish
               Don
               's
            
             fiery
             Inquesto's
             ;
             from
             the
             bloody
             Anathemas
             of
             the
             Popes
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             cruel
             Mercies
             of
             all
             
               Reverendos
               ,
               Domine
               ,
               libera
               nos
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Walachians
             of
             Transylvania
             never
             marry
             any
             Women
             till
             they
             have
             got
             a
             snack
             with
             them
             before-hand
             ,
             but
             they
             also
             put
             them
             away
             for
             very
             slight
             and
             trivial
             Causes
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             the
             Moscovites
             ,
             when
             a
             Father
             intends
             to
             bestow
             his
             Daughter
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             all
             his
             care
             is
             to
             look
             for
             a
             Young
             Man
             to
             his
             own
             liking
             :
             Having
             found
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             he
             presently
             proffers
             her
             to
             him
             as
             a
             Wife
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             Sum
             of
             Mony
             for
             her
             Portion
             as
             he
             is
             able
             to
             give
             .
             If
             the
             Young
             Man
             accept
             of
             his
             proffer
             ,
             then
             the
             said
             Father
             goes
             immediately
             to
             the
             Young
             Mans
             Parents
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             makes
             the
             same
             Offers
             :
             For
             in
             that
             Country
             ,
             a
             Young
             Man
             may
             not
             see
             his
             future
             Bride
             until
             the
             very
             day
             of
             the
             Wedding
             ;
             but
             his
             Mother
             ,
             and
             other
             Women
             of
             her
             near
             Relations
             ,
             go
             not
             only
             to
             visit
             her
             but
             also
             diligently
             to
             search
             her
             ,
             to
             know
             whether
             or
             no
             she
             doth
             not
             hide
             some
             bodily
             Infirmity
             :
             The
             Daughters
             Mother
             doth
             the
             same
             towards
             the
             Young
             Man.
             The
             Wedding
             Day
             being
             come
             ,
             
             before
             the
             Celebration
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             the
             Bridegroom
             and
             the
             Bride
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             Relations
             and
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             make
             extraordinary
             great
             Cheer
             together
             ;
             and
             paint
             their
             Noses
             with
             such
             lively
             Colours
             ,
             that
             they
             scarce
             go
             to
             Church
             till
             they
             be
             passingly
             well
             dipt
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             come
             there
             the
             Priest
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Custom
             ,
             demands
             some
             Loaves
             ;
             which
             having
             received
             he
             desires
             the
             Bridegroom
             to
             take
             his
             Bride
             by
             the
             hand
             :
             then
             drawing
             nigh
             to
             the
             Bridegroom
             ,
             he
             asks
             him
             whether
             he
             be
             willing
             to
             be
             joined
             in
             Marriage
             with
             that
             Woman
             ?
             If
             he
             answereth
             to
             the
             Affirmative
             ,
             then
             he
             again
             asks
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             will
             misuse
             or
             beat
             her
             ?
             the
             Bridegroom
             answering
             Negatively
             .
             He
             doth
             then
             turn
             himself
             towards
             the
             Bride
             ,
             &
             likewise
             asketh
             her
             if
             she
             be
             well
             contented
             to
             take
             that
             Man
             as
             her
             lawful
             Husband
             ,
             to
             govern
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             faithful
             to
             him
             ;
             she
             answering
             yea
             ,
             he
             then
             crowns
             them
             both
             with
             two
             Garlands
             of
             Rue
             ,
             and
             gives
             them
             the
             Nuptial
             Blessing
             .
             That
             being
             done
             he
             takes
             some
             Wine
             in
             a
             gilded
             wooden
             Cup
             ,
             and
             ,
             having
             wisht
             them
             all
             Prosperity
             and
             happiness
             ,
             he
             drinks
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             also
             pledge
             him
             in
             the
             same
             Cup
             :
             But
             after
             that
             the
             Bride
             hath
             drunk
             ,
             then
             the
             Bridegroom
             ,
             snatching
             
             the
             Cup
             from
             her
             hand
             ,
             presently
             with
             all
             his
             Force
             flings
             it
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             &
             treads
             it
             under
             his
             feet
             till
             it
             be
             all
             broken
             in
             pieces
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             prays
             to
             God
             that
             all
             those
             ,
             who
             should
             go
             about
             to
             bring
             any
             division
             between
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             likewise
             trodden
             upon
             and
             destroyed
             by
             his
             Infinite
             Power
             :
             He
             afterwards
             receives
             the
             Presents
             of
             all
             that
             are
             there
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             in
             that
             Countrey
             no
             Man
             may
             have
             more
             than
             one
             Wife
             ,
             but
             withal
             he
             keeps
             her
             no
             longer
             than
             she
             pleaseth
             him
             ,
             for
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             begins
             to
             be
             displeased
             with
             her
             ,
             he
             presently
             puts
             her
             away
             ,
             for
             the
             least
             occasion
             in
             the
             World.
             They
             may
             also
             put
             away
             their
             Wives
             ,
             if
             they
             prove
             barren
             :
             And
             they
             may
             ,
             after
             that
             divorce
             ,
             warry
             six
             weeks
             after
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             lawful
             for
             Widdows
             to
             marry
             again
             the
             second
             time
             :
             But
             if
             they
             should
             marry
             three
             times
             ,
             they
             are
             reputed
             very
             wanton
             and
             light
             heel'd
             House-wives
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             Nuptial
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Abissin's
             .
          
           
             ALthough
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             profess
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             yet
             notwithstanding
             they
             may
             marry
             as
             many
             Women
             as
             they
             please
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             the
             licence
             of
             their
             Negus
             ,
             or
             High-Priest
             .
             The
             men
             of
             that
             Country
             are
             so
             far
             from
             receiving
             any
             Portion
             from
             their
             Wives
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             contrary
             they
             must
             allow
             them
             a
             Dowry
             ;
             which
             consists
             in
             a
             Sum
             of
             Money
             ,
             which
             is
             deposited
             in
             some
             trusty
             hand
             of
             the
             Womens
             neerer
             Relations
             ,
             who
             pays
             him
             the
             interest
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Woman
             lives
             :
             But
             in
             case
             she
             dieth
             without
             issue
             he
             then
             may
             command
             the
             Principal
             ,
             but
             if
             she
             leave
             any
             Children
             ,
             then
             the
             Interest
             goes
             towards
             their
             Maintenance
             :
             And
             coming
             to
             Maturity
             of
             Age
             ,
             they
             divide
             the
             Principal
             amongst
             themselves
             .
             These
             are
             the
             Ceremonies
             which
             they
             observe
             in
             their
             Marriages
             .
             The
             Couple
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             married
             ,
             are
             both
             sett
             before
             the
             Church
             Door
             ,
             and
             three
             
             Priests
             ,
             going
             three
             times
             round
             about
             them
             ,
             sing
             many
             Hallelujahs
             ;
             then
             ,
             cutting
             two
             Tuffs
             of
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             Hair
             ,
             they
             put
             them
             in
             Wine
             sweetned
             with
             Honey
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             they
             take
             up
             the
             Bridegrooms
             Tuff
             of
             Hair
             ,
             which
             they
             put
             upon
             the
             Brides
             Head
             ,
             on
             the
             very
             same
             place
             where
             her
             own
             hath
             been
             cut
             off
             ;
             they
             also
             take
             up
             the
             Brides
             Tuff
             of
             Hair
             ,
             which
             they
             likewise
             put
             upon
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Bridegroom
             :
             And
             ,
             having
             sprinckled
             them
             both
             with
             Holy
             Water
             ,
             they
             receive
             the
             Communion
             and
             the
             Nuptial
             Blessing
             .
             The
             Priest
             doth
             ,
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             give
             them
             notice
             that
             they
             are
             both
             but
             one
             Flesh
             .
             This
             Ceremony
             being
             ended
             ,
             they
             all
             return
             home
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             a
             great
             Feast
             prepared
             ,
             and
             they
             make
             very
             great
             cheer
             .
             But
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             must
             not
             stir
             out
             of
             the
             Door
             ,
             till
             a
             month
             after
             the
             Solemnization
             of
             their
             Marriage
             :
             After
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             Bride
             must
             ,
             when
             she
             goes
             out
             of
             the
             Doors
             ,
             wear
             a
             black
             Vail
             upon
             her
             Face
             ,
             which
             she
             ought
             not
             to
             lift
             up
             but
             at
             six
             months
             end
             after
             ,
             unless
             she
             doth
             prove
             with
             Child
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
             Nuptial
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Egyptians
             .
          
           
             AMongst
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             when
             a
             Couple
             is
             to
             be
             married
             ,
             the
             Friends
             of
             both
             Parties
             resort
             to
             the
             place
             where
             the
             wedding
             Feast
             is
             preparing
             ;
             the
             Bridegroom
             goes
             to
             fetch
             his
             Bride
             to
             her
             Dwelling
             and
             handeth
             her
             to
             the
             foresaid
             place
             :
             Where
             being
             come
             ,
             they
             refresh
             themselves
             with
             their
             Relations
             and
             Friends
             ,
             drinking
             some
             Glasses
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             distributing
             some
             dry
             sweet-Meats
             .
             This
             done
             the
             Bridegroom's
             Relations
             and
             Friends
             accompany
             him
             to
             Church
             ,
             then
             they
             come
             again
             to
             the
             Bride
             and
             conduct
             her
             thither
             also
             ,
             many
             Torches
             and
             Wax-Candles
             lighting
             them
             on
             the
             way
             they
             go
             along
             the
             Streets
             ,
             singing
             Psalms
             and
             Hymns
             in
             their
             Coptick
             Language
             ,
             and
             with
             little
             wooden
             Hammers
             knocking
             upon
             little
             Rulers
             of
             Ebony
             ,
             which
             is
             instead
             of
             very
             Harmonious
             Musick
             amongst
             them
             ;
             this
             Ceremony
             is
             performed
             immediately
             after
             Midnight
             .
          
           
             Being
             come
             to
             Church
             they
             conduct
             
             the
             Bridegroom
             into
             the
             Chancel
             ,
             where
             usually
             the
             Divine
             service
             is
             celebrated
             :
             As
             for
             the
             Bride
             ,
             she
             is
             led
             to
             the
             Womens
             Apartment
             .
             Then
             the
             Priests
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             people
             ,
             begin
             some
             Prayers
             with
             Hymns
             which
             last
             a
             considerable
             time
             .
             The
             Divine
             service
             being
             ended
             the
             Priest
             ,
             who
             is
             to
             celebrate
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             coming
             out
             of
             the
             Vestry
             in
             his
             Robes
             ,
             leads
             the
             Bridegroom
             into
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Chancell
             ,
             and
             ,
             reading
             upon
             him
             three
             or
             four
             Prayers
             ,
             doth
             sign
             him
             with
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             at
             the
             beginning
             and
             ending
             of
             every
             Prayer
             ;
             This
             done
             ,
             he
             causeth
             him
             to
             sit
             down
             on
             the
             Ground
             ,
             his
             face
             turned
             towards
             the
             Heikel
             ,
             and
             holding
             a
             Silver
             Cross
             upon
             his
             head
             behind
             him
             ,
             he
             readeth
             many
             more
             Prayers
             .
          
           
             Whilst
             that
             these
             things
             are
             done
             in
             the
             Chancell
             ,
             the
             Sexton
             carrying
             a
             Seat
             out
             of
             the
             Chancell
             ,
             places
             it
             at
             the
             Chancell-door
             ;
             and
             speaking
             to
             the
             Bride
             ,
             desires
             her
             to
             sit
             down
             on
             it
             ,
             with
             a
             Woman
             of
             her
             nearer
             Relations
             .
             Then
             the
             Priests
             begin
             to
             say
             the
             Prayers
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             knot
             ;
             which
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             Parson
             puts
             on
             the
             Bridegroom
             a
             long
             white
             Robe
             ,
             like
             a
             Surplice
             ,
             &
             girdeth
             him
             with
             a
             white
             Girdle
             above
             his
             Loins
             ,
             and
             covereth
             his
             Head
             with
             a
             clean
             Napkin
             ▪
             
             He
             then
             taking
             him
             by
             the
             hand
             conducteth
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Chancell
             to
             his
             Bride
             ,
             and
             making
             him
             sit
             down
             near
             her
             ,
             he
             takes
             the
             Napkin
             from
             his
             Head
             ,
             and
             bringing
             both
             their
             Heads
             together
             ,
             covers
             them
             both
             with
             the
             same
             .
             Afterwards
             he
             anointeth
             them
             both
             with
             consecrated
             Oil
             ,
             on
             their
             Foreheads
             and
             above
             their
             Wrists
             :
             Then
             ,
             having
             joined
             both
             their
             Hands
             together
             ,
             he
             reads
             to
             them
             aloud
             an
             Exhortation
             of
             the
             Duties
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             render
             one
             another
             mutually
             .
             So
             endeth
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             their
             Marriages
             which
             they
             call
             the
             
               Coronation
               of
               the
               Bridals
            
             .
             Last
             of
             all
             ,
             they
             begin
             Mass
             and
             the
             Bride
             and
             Bridegroom
             ,
             having
             very
             devoutly
             ,
             upon
             their
             Marrow
             bones
             ,
             swallowed
             up
             their
             Breaden
             God
             ,
             every
             one
             returns
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Feasting
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
             Nuptial
             Ceremonies
             amongst
             the
             Sabeans
             .
          
           
             THe
             Sabeans
             ,
             who
             are
             otherwise
             called
             the
             Christians
             of
             Saint
             John
             ,
             are
             those
             People
             ,
             which
             inhabit
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             Persia
             towards
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             They
             indeed
             retain
             some
             Principles
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             border
             upon
             Turky
             and
             have
             great
             Commerce
             with
             the
             Jews
             ,
             they
             also
             partake
             something
             of
             Judaism
             and
             Mahometanism
             .
             They
             may
             according
             to
             their
             Law
             marry
             two
             Wives
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             their
             Marriages
             they
             are
             but
             very
             short
             ,
             being
             these
             .
             Both
             Parties
             being
             come
             to
             Church
             with
             their
             Friends
             and
             Relations
             ,
             the
             Priest
             doth
             presently
             put
             the
             Bride
             upon
             her
             Oath
             before
             all
             the
             People
             ,
             asking
             her
             whether
             she
             be
             a
             pure
             Virgin
             or
             no.
             And
             although
             she
             answer
             in
             the
             affirmative
             upon
             her
             Oath
             ,
             yet
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             must
             not
             serve
             the
             turn
             ,
             but
             the
             Priests
             Wife
             ,
             with
             other
             married
             Women
             ,
             must
             search
             her
             :
             And
             in
             case
             they
             bring
             a
             Verdict
             conformable
             to
             what
             she
             hath
             deposed
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             then
             the
             Priest
             baptizeth
             them
             both
             :
             Which
             being
             done
             ,
             he
             bringeth
             them
             back
             to
             
             back
             ;
             and
             having
             read
             some
             Prayers
             ,
             the
             Solemnity
             is
             ended
             .
             Then
             the
             new
             married
             Folks
             are
             conducted
             to
             the
             Brides
             or
             the
             Bridegrooms
             house
             for
             to
             feast
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Custom
             of
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             The
             Priests
             as
             well
             as
             Lay-men
             ,
             may
             also
             marry
             two
             Wives
             ,
             and
             their
             Children
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             but
             Sixteen
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             succeed
             them
             in
             their
             Priestly
             Office
             ;
             but
             in
             case
             they
             leave
             no
             Children
             ,
             then
             their
             nearest
             Relation
             succeds
             them
             in
             their
             Places
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
             Nuptial
             Rites
             or
             Ceremonies
             of
             Marriage
             amongst
             the
             Christians
             of
             
               Colchis
               ,
               Georgia
               ,
               Circassia
            
             ,
             and
             other
             adjacent
             Places
          
           
             THe
             Christians
             of
             the
             States
             of
             
               Colchis
               ,
               Georgia
               ,
               Circassia
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Places
             adjacent
             ,
             as
             they
             little
             differ
             from
             the
             Sabeans
             in
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             so
             their
             Ceremonies
             are
             much
             alike
             ,
             with
             this
             difference
             only
             :
             That
             if
             any
             of
             them
             intends
             to
             marry
             ,
             if
             the
             Bishop
             or
             Curate
             of
             the
             Parish
             be
             absent
             ,
             then
             they
             choose
             what
             
             Priest
             they
             please
             ,
             and
             going
             with
             him
             into
             their
             own
             Cellars
             (
             which
             they
             repute
             as
             holy
             as
             their
             Churches
             )
             the
             Priest
             ,
             holding
             two
             Crowns
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             sets
             one
             of
             them
             upon
             the
             Bridegrooms
             head
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Be
               thou
               crowned
               ,
               N
               ,
               our
               Servant
               of
               our
               great
               God
               ,
               for
               ,
               N
               ,
               the
               Handmaid
               of
               the
               Lord.
            
             He
             sets
             also
             the
             other
             upon
             the
             Brides
             Head
             ,
             saying
             likewise
             ,
             
               Be
               thou
               crowned
               ,
               N
               ,
               the
               Handmaid
               of
               our
               great
               God
               ,
               for
               ,
               N
               ,
               the
               Servant
               of
               the
               Lord.
            
             He
             stitches
             afterwards
             the
             Bridegrooms
             Coat
             and
             the
             Brides
             Gown
             together
             :
             He
             then
             takes
             a
             Glass
             of
             Wine
             ,
             which
             he
             presenteth
             to
             the
             young
             Couple
             ,
             who
             having
             drunk
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             their
             Gossips
             cut
             the
             Thred
             wherewith
             their
             Cloths
             were
             fastned
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             all
             the
             Ceremonie
             of
             their
             Marriages
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Circassians
             the
             Promise
             ,
             which
             the
             Man
             and
             the
             Woman
             make
             to
             one
             another
             before
             some
             Witnesses
             ,
             makes
             up
             all
             the
             formality
             of
             their
             Marriages
             .
             They
             never
             marry
             a
             second
             Wife
             ,
             till
             their
             former
             be
             dead
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             are
             otherwise
             constrained
             by
             some
             very
             great
             reason
             either
             of
             Barreness
             or
             Adultery
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Second
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           Nuptial
           Rites
           or
           Ceremonies
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           observed
           and
           practised
           amongst
           Mahometans
           .
        
         
           ALL
           the
           Turks
           may
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Law
           ,
           have
           four
           lawful
           Wives
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Slaves
           as
           they
           are
           able
           to
           maintain
           :
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           their
           Women
           Slaves
           have
           brought
           them
           a
           Child
           ,
           they
           obtain
           their
           Liberty
           :
           Wherefore
           they
           may
           bestow
           them
           away
           upon
           their
           Friends
           ,
           but
           never
           sell
           them
           .
           Their
           Church-men
           also
           may
           marry
           many
           Women
           ,
           excepting
           the
           Dervises
           ,
           Monks
           ,
           and
           other
           Religious
           Persons
           .
           It
           is
           also
           lawful
           amongst
           the
           Turks
           to
           put
           away
           their
           Wives
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           them
           again
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           fourth
           time
           .
           They
           may
           also
           marry
           not
           only
           Women
           of
           another
           Generation
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           their
           ow
           n
           near
           Kindred
           ,
           for
           they
           hold
           that
           by
           a
           double
           
           Tye
           ,
           the
           Knot
           of
           Friendship
           and
           Love
           is
           the
           stronger
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           intend
           to
           contract
           Marriage
           ,
           the
           nearest
           Relations
           of
           the
           Man
           and
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           gather
           themselves
           together
           for
           to
           agree
           amongst
           themselves
           about
           the
           Dowry
           which
           the
           Young
           Man
           must
           allow
           his
           future
           Bride
           :
           For
           the
           Parents
           never
           allow
           them
           any
           Portion
           at
           all
           ;
           which
           thing
           is
           also
           practised
           amongst
           the
           Eastern
           Christians
           .
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           the
           future
           Bridegroom
           sends
           to
           the
           Maids
           Father
           ,
           or
           to
           her
           nearest
           Relations
           ,
           the
           Sum
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           a
           part
           of
           the
           said
           Sum
           be
           bestowed
           partly
           in
           Cloths
           ,
           and
           partly
           upon
           Houshold
           Goods
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Persons
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Remnant
           of
           the
           Mony
           ,
           it
           must
           remain
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           future
           Bride
           ,
           or
           else
           she
           deposites
           it
           into
           the
           Hand
           of
           one
           of
           her
           own
           Kindred
           ,
           which
           she
           can
           best
           confide
           in
           :
           But
           her
           future
           Husband
           may
           never
           call
           her
           to
           any
           account
           for
           it
           .
           Now
           a
           day
           's
           the
           Parents
           of
           both
           Parties
           contribute
           towards
           the
           Expences
           of
           the
           Wedding
           ,
           for
           they
           do
           think
           it
           more
           honourable
           to
           do
           so
           .
           As
           for
           the
           future
           Bridegroom
           ,
           he
           maketh
           choice
           of
           one
           of
           his
           best
           Friends
           to
           invite
           his
           Guests
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           care
           of
           all
           the
           preparation
           of
           his
           Wedding
           ,
           and
           this
           man
           is
           called
           amongst
           them
           ,
           Sagois
           .
        
         
         
           The
           future
           Bride
           is
           to
           remain
           always
           within
           doors
           ,
           her
           face
           covered
           with
           a
           Vail
           eight
           days
           before
           the
           Celebration
           of
           the
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           her
           future
           Husbands
           Relations
           may
           see
           her
           .
           As
           for
           her
           Bridegroom
           he
           ,
           taking
           his
           Sagois
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           goes
           about
           to
           invite
           his
           Guests
           :
           The
           Guests
           send
           every
           one
           their
           Presents
           to
           the
           Bridegroom
           ,
           the
           day
           before
           the
           Wedding
           .
           The
           day
           before
           the
           Celebration
           of
           the
           Marriage
           ,
           the
           Bride
           is
           conducted
           by
           the
           Women
           to
           the
           Bath
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           of
           them
           washing
           and
           rubbing
           all
           her
           Body
           ,
           but
           especially
           her
           Parsley-Garden
           .
           They
           also
           take
           a
           certain
           Powder
           ,
           called
           amongst
           them
           Elcana
           ,
           whereby
           they
           cause
           her
           Hair
           ,
           her
           Nails
           ,
           the
           inward
           parts
           of
           her
           Hands
           and
           Feet
           ,
           to
           become
           Red.
           This
           Bathing
           is
           reputed
           so
           Holy
           a
           Ceremony
           amongst
           them
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Bride
           goes
           to
           the
           Bath
           ,
           she
           is
           accompanied
           with
           many
           Women
           of
           her
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           ,
           who
           march
           two
           by
           two
           before
           her
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           holding
           a
           lighted
           Wax-Candle
           in
           their
           Hand
           .
        
         
           The
           Wedding
           day
           being
           come
           ,
           the
           Bridegroom
           sends
           Presents
           to
           the
           Cady
           ,
           intreating
           him
           to
           draw
           an
           Instrument
           in
           writing
           concerning
           the
           Dowry
           ,
           which
           by
           Agreement
           he
           ought
           to
           allow
           his
           Bride
           .
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           his
           Sagois
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           
           all
           the
           Guests
           go
           to
           the
           Brides
           House
           ,
           many
           Drums
           ,
           Trumpets
           ,
           Fifes
           ,
           and
           other
           Instruments
           ,
           sounding
           before
           them
           .
           They
           all
           stay
           in
           the
           lower
           Court
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           then
           the
           Brides
           Father
           coming
           down
           with
           her
           ,
           delivers
           her
           into
           the
           custody
           of
           the
           Sagois
           ,
           who
           presently
           mounts
           her
           on
           Horse-back
           ,
           &
           conducts
           her
           to
           her
           Bridegrooms
           House
           .
           All
           the
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           of
           both
           Parties
           go
           afoot
           after
           her
           ,
           the
           Carts
           and
           Horses
           ,
           which
           carry
           her
           Goods
           and
           Houshold-stuff
           ,
           following
           in
           the
           Rear
           :
           The
           Bride
           rides
           upon
           a
           Horse
           richly
           trapped
           ,
           her
           face
           being
           covered
           with
           a
           thin
           Vail
           ,
           and
           an
           Umbrello
           carried
           over
           their
           Head
           :
           She
           is
           also
           waited
           upon
           by
           her
           Servants
           ,
           Chamber-maids
           and
           her
           Nurse
           ,
           who
           going
           a
           foot
           at
           her
           side
           ,
           shed
           tears
           for
           Joy
           ,
           bewailing
           her
           Virginity
           ,
           which
           is
           reduced
           to
           the
           last
           Extremity
           of
           being
           lost
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           as
           she
           rides
           along
           ,
           she
           with
           a
           little
           bowing
           of
           her
           Head
           salutes
           them
           ,
           whom
           she
           meets
           in
           the
           Streets
           ,
           Which
           thing
           no
           Woman
           dare
           do
           but
           upon
           her
           wedding
           Day
           .
           Being
           come
           to
           her
           Bridegrooms
           Door
           ,
           the
           Sagois
           helps
           her
           down
           and
           her
           Bridegroom
           ,
           waiting
           for
           her
           at
           the
           Door
           ,
           conducts
           her
           to
           the
           Womens
           Appartment
           :
           And
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           feasted
           plentifully
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           dance
           merrily
           .
           The
           ball
           being
           ended
           and
           the
           Guests
           retired
           
           to
           their
           respective
           Habitations
           the
           Sagois
           ,
           taking
           the
           Bride
           by
           the
           Hand
           ,
           leadeth
           her
           to
           the
           Nuptial
           Chamber
           and
           commits
           her
           to
           the
           custody
           of
           her
           Bridegrooms
           Eunuchs
           ,
           until
           he
           himself
           comes
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           he
           is
           come
           ,
           after
           their
           mutual
           Civil
           Salutations
           ,
           he
           takes
           away
           her
           Veil
           ,
           and
           all
           her
           Cloths
           ,
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           unbutton
           and
           take
           down
           her
           Linnen-Drawers
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           a
           little
           fumbling
           and
           scuffling
           ;
           for
           she
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           shew
           some
           little
           willing
           Resistance
           .
           The
           next
           day
           the
           Sagois
           comes
           to
           pay
           his
           Civilities
           ,
           &
           makes
           them
           many
           drolling
           and
           frollick
           Questions
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           new-married
           Wife
           is
           up
           she
           ,
           taking
           some
           Women
           of
           her
           near
           Relations
           with
           her
           Chamber-maids
           ,
           goes
           to
           the
           Bath
           and
           having
           sufficiently
           duckt
           her self
           ,
           she
           returns
           to
           her
           Husbands
           House
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Ceremonies
           which
           are
           practised
           amongst
           them
           of
           the
           better
           Quality
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Common
           Custom
           ,
           amongst
           the
           Turks
           ,
           to
           marry
           three
           Sisters
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           provided
           that
           they
           have
           married
           the
           Eldest
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           began
           at
           the
           Youngest
           ,
           they
           may
           never
           marry
           her
           Eldest
           Sister
           .
        
         
           The
           Arabians
           did
           formerly
           contract
           Marriage
           onely
           for
           a
           time
           prefixt
           and
           limited
           ,
           by
           mutual
           consent
           of
           both
           Parties
           ▪
           And
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           might
           make
           some
           
           shew
           of
           Matrimonial
           Convention
           ,
           the
           Woman
           did
           present
           her
           Bridegroom
           with
           a
           Tent
           and
           a
           Dart
           for
           her
           Portion
           :
           But
           the
           limited
           time
           being
           expired
           ,
           she
           fairly
           went
           her
           way
           looking
           for
           a
           fresher
           Customer
           .
           Which
           Custome
           proceeded
           from
           the
           Inconstancy
           and
           natural
           Looseness
           in
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           which
           loved
           change
           and
           variety
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           a
           Woman
           was
           married
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           brought
           forth
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           bred
           up
           her
           Children
           in
           anothet
           ,
           without
           remaining
           long
           in
           any
           place
           all
           her
           life
           time
           .
           The
           people
           of
           
             Arabia
             Felix
          
           had
           the
           Women
           common
           in
           every
           House
           :
           The
           Man
           that
           came
           home
           at
           night
           first
           ,
           having
           sett
           a
           stick
           before
           the
           Door
           ,
           went
           to
           Bed
           with
           the
           Woman
           :
           So
           that
           amongst
           them
           ,
           they
           never
           reputed
           any
           to
           commit
           Adultery
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           had
           to
           do
           with
           them
           of
           another
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Now
           adays
           the
           Arabians
           take
           as
           many
           Wives
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           they
           never
           put
           them
           away
           as
           the
           Turks
           do
           .
           They
           also
           buy
           them
           with
           ready
           Money
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           very
           strict
           in
           not
           coupling
           themselves
           with
           any
           Women
           ,
           but
           them
           of
           their
           own
           Family
           or
           Alliance
           .
           As
           for
           their
           Formalities
           of
           Nuptial
           Ceremonies
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           same
           with
           them
           of
           the
           Turks
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Persians
           go
           a
           wooing
           ,
           if
           they
           
           intend
           to
           signalize
           themselves
           for
           their
           Fidelity
           and
           passion
           towards
           their
           Mistresses
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           burn
           themselves
           in
           many
           places
           of
           their
           Bodies
           with
           some
           kind
           of
           Linnen
           ,
           which
           they
           sett
           on
           fire
           ,
           much
           like
           our
           Chyrurgeon's
           Causticks
           .
           And
           being
           so
           burnt
           ,
           they
           come
           in
           this
           manner
           into
           their
           Mistresses
           Presence
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           care
           of
           sending
           them
           some
           Linnen
           ,
           or
           Pieces
           of
           Silk
           ,
           to
           bind
           and
           heal
           their
           Wounds
           :
           And
           he
           that
           hath
           most
           Burnings
           on
           his
           Body
           ,
           is
           most
           esteemed
           amongst
           the
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           will
           sooner
           purchase
           their
           favourable
           acceptance
           .
           They
           may
           marry
           many
           Women
           ;
           the
           Mechanicks
           may
           have
           seven
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           their
           Nobles
           may
           have
           as
           many
           as
           they
           are
           able
           to
           maintain
           .
        
         
           When
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           is
           to
           marry
           ,
           his
           Parents
           ,
           Relations
           ,
           and
           intimate
           Friends
           ,
           without
           Invitation
           ,
           resort
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           wearing
           his
           Liveries
           :
           But
           if
           they
           be
           neither
           Relations
           ,
           nor
           Familiar
           Friends
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           then
           be
           permitted
           to
           wear
           them
           ,
           they
           only
           appear
           in
           their
           best
           Equipage
           .
           The
           Bride
           comes
           out
           of
           her
           House
           riding
           on
           Horse-back
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           the
           Women
           of
           her
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           gallantly
           mounted
           :
           Many
           Instruments
           of
           Musick
           playing
           before
           them
           ,
           they
           go
           towards
           the
           the
           Bridegrooms
           House
           ;
           who
           also
           coming
           
           to
           meet
           them
           with
           his
           Friends
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           these
           two
           Squadrons
           joined
           together
           go
           back
           to
           the
           Brides
           House
           ,
           where
           they
           begin
           the
           Ball.
           The
           Ball
           being
           well
           begun
           ,
           two
           Gentlemen
           conduct
           the
           Bridegroom
           into
           the
           Brides
           Bed-chamber
           ,
           two
           Gentlewomen
           lead
           the
           Bride
           to
           her
           Bridegroom
           and
           resign
           her
           into
           his
           Armes
           .
           About
           Midnight
           some
           old
           Women
           come
           down
           ,
           and
           bring
           a
           Linnen
           which
           they
           present
           to
           the
           Bridegroom's
           Relations
           ,
           if
           it
           appear
           blushing
           with
           the
           Beauty-Spots
           of
           a
           lost
           Maiden-head
           ,
           then
           they
           hug
           it
           as
           a
           precious
           Relick
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           it
           be
           ,
           
             Facies
             miris
             modis
             pallida
          
           ,
           then
           those
           same
           old
           Women
           bring
           away
           the
           Bride
           ,
           and
           the
           Bridegroom
           divorceth
           himself
           from
           her
           before
           the
           whole
           Assembly
           ;
           and
           having
           paid
           a
           very
           small
           Sum
           of
           Money
           to
           her
           Relations
           ,
           they
           presently
           carry
           her
           away
           ,
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           people
           of
           
             Cambaya
             ,
             Palandura
          
           and
           Maldivia
           ,
           this
           particular
           Ceremony
           is
           observed
           in
           their
           Marriages
           .
           Both
           Parties
           being
           agreed
           ,
           the
           future
           Bride
           delegates
           a
           Man
           of
           her
           Fathers
           near
           Relations
           ,
           who
           hath
           power
           to
           represent
           her
           Person
           ;
           this
           Man
           goes
           with
           the
           future
           Bridegroom
           before
           the
           Pandiar
           ,
           or
           Priest
           ,
           and
           taking
           the
           Bridegroom
           by
           the
           Hand
           ,
           asks
           him
           whether
           he
           be
           willing
           to
           take
           his
           Kinfwoman
           ,
           
           for
           his
           lawful
           Wife
           ,
           upon
           such
           Terms
           and
           Conditions
           as
           have
           been
           propounded
           and
           concluded
           .
           The
           Priest
           asketh
           the
           Womans
           Kinsman
           the
           same
           Question
           ,
           and
           both
           answering
           affirmatively
           ,
           then
           the
           Priest
           proceeds
           to
           the
           other
           Solemnities
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           the
           Relations
           of
           both
           Parties
           being
           present
           as
           witnesses
           of
           the
           Coniugal
           Knot
           .
           This
           Solemnity
           being
           ended
           they
           all
           resort
           to
           the
           Brides
           House
           where
           she
           waiting
           for
           them
           ,
           receives
           them
           with
           all
           possible
           Civility
           and
           Demonstrations
           of
           Respect
           .
           Then
           they
           are
           regaled
           ,
           many
           Instruments
           of
           Musick
           playing
           all
           the
           while
           they
           are
           feasting
           ;
           many
           Persons
           come
           to
           compliment
           the
           new-married
           Couple
           ,
           the
           Bride
           presenting
           them
           with
           Boxes
           of
           Betel
           .
           They
           also
           send
           to
           the
           Pandiar
           two
           Larrins
           ,
           a
           Dish
           of
           the
           best
           Meat
           ,
           with
           a
           Box
           of
           Betel
           .
           The
           new
           married
           Folks
           are
           obliged
           to
           send
           their
           Presents
           to
           their
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Ability
           :
           But
           when
           the
           King
           himself
           is
           married
           ,
           all
           his
           Subjects
           are
           bound
           to
           send
           him
           their
           Presents
           :
           Some
           send
           them
           Cloths
           ,
           some
           Robes
           ,
           others
           send
           him
           Turbans
           ,
           and
           others
           again
           only
           Fruits
           and
           Flowers
           .
        
         
           The
           Men
           of
           the
           fore-said
           Countries
           may
           have
           three
           lawful
           Wives
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           able
           to
           maintain
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           live
           
           in
           the
           same
           Island
           ,
           he
           is
           bound
           by
           the
           law
           to
           divide
           amongst
           them
           the
           duty
           of
           Benevolence
           equally
           :
           But
           this
           Law
           is
           not
           always
           observed
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Women
           never
           bring
           their
           Husbands
           any
           Portion
           at
           all
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           the
           Husband
           must
           not
           only
           defray
           all
           the
           charges
           of
           the
           Wedding
           ,
           and
           provide
           them
           all
           things
           necessary
           ,
           but
           also
           settle
           upon
           them
           a
           Dowry
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           own
           Language
           is
           called
           Rans
           .
           The
           Bachellours
           Marry
           when
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Maids
           ,
           their
           Parents
           bestow
           them
           upon
           the
           first
           that
           offereth
           any
           reasonable
           Terms
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           attained
           to
           ten
           or
           twelve
           Years
           of
           Age.
           But
           in
           case
           their
           Fathers
           be
           dead
           ,
           they
           then
           are
           accounted
           Orphans
           .
           and
           they
           may
           not
           marry
           till
           they
           be
           fifteen
           .
           When
           they
           present
           themselves
           before
           their
           Pandiar
           to
           be
           joined
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           he
           makes
           a
           strict
           scrutiny
           whether
           the
           persons
           be
           any
           way
           related
           to
           one
           another
           in
           Blood
           ,
           or
           in
           Milk.
           So
           that
           if
           he
           find
           that
           they
           used
           to
           call
           one
           another
           Brother
           or
           Sister
           ,
           only
           for
           love
           sake
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           they
           have
           sucked
           the
           same
           Nurse
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           lawful
           Impediment
           to
           obstruct
           their
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           their
           Priest
           dares
           proceed
           no
           further
           .
           The
           Husband
           puts
           away
           his
           Wife
           when
           he
           pleases
           ,
           provided
           that
           the
           Woman
           give
           her
           consent
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           if
           
           sh●
           refuses
           to
           agree
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           notwithstanding
           may
           put
           her
           away
           ,
           if
           he
           first
           pay
           her
           down
           her
           Dowry
           promised
           upon
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           Through
           all
           the
           Island
           of
           Ceilan
           men
           may
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           are
           able
           to
           maintain
           ,
           and
           Maids
           are
           commonly
           married
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           come
           to
           be
           ten
           or
           eleven
           :
           Even
           as
           in
           the
           Islands
           of
           
             Cambaya
             ,
             Palandura
          
           ,
           and
           Maldivia
           .
        
         
           The
           Mahometans
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           Javan
           may
           not
           have
           above
           four
           or
           five
           lawful
           Wives
           ,
           but
           they
           may
           take
           as
           many
           Concubines
           as
           they
           can
           maintain
           .
           On
           their
           Wedding
           Day
           their
           Friends
           ,
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           other
           Menial
           Servants
           appear
           richly
           clad
           before
           the
           doors
           of
           the
           Bride
           and
           Bridegroom
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           set
           up
           many
           Pikes
           adorned
           with
           Fringes
           of
           white
           and
           red
           Cotton
           :
           They
           also
           discharge
           several
           Volleys
           of
           Shot
           before
           the
           Door
           .
           After
           twelve
           of
           the
           Clock
           ,
           the
           Bridegroom
           goes
           out
           to
           fetch
           his
           Bride
           with
           this
           following
           Pomp.
           First
           there
           are
           five
           or
           six
           men
           which
           carry
           five
           or
           six
           Basons
           hanging
           upon
           poles
           ;
           these
           men
           are
           accompanied
           with
           as
           many
           men
           which
           ,
           holding
           in
           their
           hands
           little
           Coco-sticks
           ,
           beat
           upon
           the
           said
           Basons
           .
           After
           these
           follow
           four
           or
           five
           other
           men
           which
           carry
           long
           Drums
           ,
           which
           they
           beat
           with
           Switches
           ,
           or
           else
           with
           their
           Hands
           ;
           After
           these
           follow
           
           a
           great
           Train
           of
           Men
           ,
           which
           ,
           having
           some
           Basons
           hung
           to
           their
           Necks
           beat
           upon
           them
           continually
           as
           they
           march
           along
           .
           These
           are
           followed
           with
           a
           great
           Number
           of
           Men
           which
           carry
           long
           Mattocks
           coloured
           with
           Red
           ,
           and
           adorned
           with
           Peacock's
           and
           Horses
           Tails
           ;
           Then
           come
           thirty
           or
           forty
           other
           Men
           armed
           with
           Darts
           ,
           Swords
           ,
           and
           Bucklers
           ,
           in
           their
           Buff-coats
           ;
           these
           armed
           Men
           march
           with
           great
           Pomp
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           making
           a
           Halt
           fight
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           dance
           for
           to
           divert
           the
           Spectators
           .
           These
           last
           are
           followed
           with
           other
           Drummers
           ,
           immediately
           after
           these
           come
           a
           great
           company
           of
           Maids
           richly
           adorned
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           carry
           Baskets
           full
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           and
           rich
           Pictures
           ,
           others
           little
           gilded
           Boxes
           ,
           others
           carry
           little
           Coffers
           for
           to
           keep
           their
           Betel
           .
           The
           married
           Women
           ,
           which
           follow
           the
           Maids
           ,
           do
           not
           come
           empty
           ,
           but
           march
           every
           one
           carrying
           all
           manner
           of
           Houshold-Stuff
           ;
           all
           which
           things
           are
           Presents
           which
           they
           bring
           to
           the
           Bride
           .
           The
           Bridegroom
           comes
           out
           at
           last
           ,
           riding
           on
           horseback
           and
           richly
           attired
           ,
           having
           his
           Relations
           round
           about
           him
           well
           mounted
           on
           Palfreys
           .
           This
           Nuptial
           Pomp
           is
           shut
           up
           with
           all
           the
           Guests
           which
           are
           invited
           to
           the
           Wedding
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           gallantly
           mounted
           .
           This
           Cavalcade
           being
           come
           near
           the
           Brides
           
           House
           ,
           all
           the
           Drummers
           stand
           before
           he
           Door
           playing
           merrily
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           those
           which
           carry
           their
           Swords
           ,
           Bucklers
           and
           long
           Mattocks
           ,
           they
           order
           themselves
           on
           both
           sides
           of
           the
           Street
           making
           a
           Lane
           till
           this
           pompous
           Train
           be
           past
           .
           The
           Bridegroom
           being
           come
           to
           the
           Brides
           door
           ,
           she
           stands
           ready
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           ,
           who
           lighting
           off
           his
           Horse
           ,
           she
           having
           a
           Vessel
           full
           of
           Sweet
           Water
           ,
           and
           casting
           her self
           upon
           her
           knees
           doth
           wash
           his
           feet
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           she
           presently
           rising
           up
           takes
           him
           by
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           conducts
           him
           into
           her
           own
           Appartment
           ;
           where
           having
           staid
           a
           little
           while
           to
           pay
           their
           mutual
           Civilitys
           ,
           the
           Bridegroom
           helping
           his
           Bride
           on
           her
           Palfrey
           ,
           they
           return
           to
           the
           Bridegrooms
           Dwelling
           in
           the
           same
           Order
           as
           they
           came
           .
           Being
           come
           near
           the
           Bridegrooms
           House
           ,
           they
           all
           alight
           ,
           and
           the
           Bridegroom
           taking
           his
           Bride
           by
           the
           Hand
           goes
           in
           first
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Guests
           following
           them
           ,
           they
           remain
           with
           them
           three
           days
           feasting
           ,
           dancing
           ,
           and
           making
           extraordinary
           great
           Cheer
           .
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           Moluccos
           ,
           retain
           yet
           some
           principles
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           with
           the
           Mahometanism
           which
           the
           Persians
           and
           Arabians
           have
           brought
           in
           amongst
           them
           .
           Those
           People
           may
           have
           as
           many
           Wives
           as
           they
           are
           handsomely
           able
           to
           maintain
           ,
           but
           withal
           
           they
           are
           so
           exceeding
           jealous
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           in
           no
           wise
           suffer
           that
           any
           Man
           should
           so
           much
           as
           cast
           an
           Eye
           upon
           them
           .
           They
           are
           notwithstanding
           very
           Liquorish
           ,
           and
           let
           their
           Husbands
           use
           never
           so
           great
           Precaution
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           entertain
           their
           Gallants
           and
           Paramours
           ,
           and
           get
           a
           Lick
           of
           the
           Horse-Radish
           with
           them
           in
           a
           corner
           .
           When
           any
           Man
           amongst
           them
           desires
           to
           marry
           ,
           he
           may
           never
           go
           to
           visit
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           till
           the
           Parents
           of
           both
           Parties
           are
           agreed
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           but
           after
           the
           said
           Agreement
           then
           he
           is
           introduced
           into
           her
           presence
           ,
           and
           she
           is
           obliged
           to
           accept
           of
           him
           ,
           although
           she
           never
           saw
           his
           Face
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           people
           of
           Barbary
           ,
           but
           those
           especially
           of
           the
           better
           sort
           ,
           marry
           many
           Wives
           also
           ;
           but
           they
           do
           not
           buy
           them
           .
           They
           only
           allow
           them
           Dowries
           answerable
           to
           their
           Quality
           ,
           as
           the
           Ancient
           Romans
           did
           use
           to
           do
           .
           They
           retain
           yet
           some
           old
           Customs
           and
           Ceremonies
           which
           the
           Goths
           and
           Vandals
           have
           left
           amongst
           them
           .
           They
           are
           also
           so
           extreamly
           Jealous
           of
           their
           Wives
           that
           they
           will
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           ,
           allow
           them
           to
           appea●
           before
           their
           own
           Fathers
           without
           their
           Faces
           be
           covered
           with
           a
           Vail
        
         
           The
           Moors
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Moroc●
           marry
           many
           lawful
           Wives
           ,
           besides
           th
           
           Concubines
           allowed
           them
           by
           their
           Alcoran
           .
           Some
           few
           days
           before
           the
           Marriage
           the
           Bridegroom
           goes
           to
           the
           Caccis
           ,
           and
           having
           with
           him
           the
           Relations
           of
           both
           Parties
           as
           witnesses
           ,
           they
           send
           for
           a
           Notary
           who
           ,
           having
           received
           his
           Instructions
           concerning
           the
           Dowry
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Bridegroom
           is
           to
           give
           to
           his
           future
           Bride
           ,
           the
           Notary
           draws
           a
           publick
           Instrument
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           Language
           ,
           called
           Codaca
           ;
           So
           that
           although
           they
           may
           divorce
           their
           Wives
           afterwards
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           put
           them
           away
           till
           they
           have
           paid
           them
           the
           full
           Sum
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Contract
           of
           Marriage
           .
           They
           are
           very
           joviall
           at
           their
           weddings
           ,
           and
           so
           extraordinarily
           profuse
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           common
           Proverb
           amongst
           them
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Christians
             spend
             most
             in
             Suits
             at
             Law
             ,
             the
             Jews
             in
             their
             Passovers
             ,
             and
             the
             Moors
             at
             their
             Weddings
             .
          
        
         
           On
           the
           Wedding
           Day
           the
           Bride
           ,
           being
           gallantly
           mounted
           upon
           a
           Mule
           richly
           trapped
           and
           adorned
           ,
           and
           having
           a
           Canopy
           of
           Turky
           Carpets
           over
           her
           Head
           ,
           with
           a
           thin
           Vail
           over
           her
           Face
           ;
           She
           is
           led
           in
           Pomp
           about
           Town
           ,
           &
           immediately
           after
           her
           follow
           many
           Mules
           carrying
           her
           Furniture
           and
           other
           Presents
           ,
           which
           her
           Friends
           have
           bestowed
           upon
           her
           .
           After
           the
           Mules
           come
           all
           the
           Men
           and
           the
           Women
           
           of
           her
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ;
           but
           the
           Women
           ,
           as
           they
           march
           along
           ,
           make
           hideous
           Outcries
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           Moorish
           double
           Drums
           ,
           make
           a
           horrible
           Noise
           .
           After
           this
           Cavalcade
           ,
           they
           betake
           themselves
           to
           their
           Dinner
           ,
           which
           being
           ended
           they
           go
           to
           the
           Market
           place
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Bridegroom
           be
           a
           Military
           Person
           ,
           then
           all
           his
           Friends
           appear
           there
           on
           Horseback
           playing
           and
           exercising
           themselves
           with
           their
           Lances
           ,
           and
           Javelins
           ,
           on
           purpose
           for
           to
           divert
           the
           whole
           Assembly
           ;
           after
           which
           Recreation
           every
           one
           withdraws
           to
           their
           respective
           Habitations
           .
        
         
           But
           amongst
           Persons
           of
           eminent
           Quality
           ,
           the
           Bride
           is
           mounted
           upon
           a
           Camel
           sumptuously
           fett
           out
           ,
           and
           charged
           with
           a
           little
           Turret
           (
           called
           amongst
           them
           Gaiola
           )
           her
           Head
           covered
           with
           a
           thin
           Taffeta
           ,
           so
           thin
           ,
           that
           although
           none
           can
           see
           her
           Face
           ,
           yet
           she
           easily
           can
           see
           all
           them
           that
           are
           about
           her
           .
           She
           is
           accompanied
           with
           many
           Gentlewomen
           and
           Knights
           which
           ride
           along
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Cavalcade
           she
           is
           again
           conducted
           to
           her
           Fathers
           House
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           her
           Bridegrooms
           Habitation
           ;
           where
           ,
           the
           Feast
           being
           sumptuously
           prepared
           ,
           all
           the
           Assembly
           resort
           to
           feast
           ,
           to
           sing
           and
           to
           dance
           .
           After
           which
           Jollities
           the
           Bridegroom
           begins
           a
           new
           Courant
           with
           
           Bride
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           he
           find
           that
           she
           hath
           been
           vers'd
           in
           it
           before
           ,
           and
           her
           case
           so
           plain
           and
           open
           ,
           that
           no
           Tokens
           of
           Virginity
           appear
           ,
           then
           he
           presently
           surrenders
           her
           to
           her
           Parents
           ,
           who
           have
           her
           away
           with
           all
           her
           Furniture
           and
           Houshold-Stuff
           ;
           But
           if
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           her
           Clothes
           appear
           dyed
           with
           the
           Rose
           and
           Lilly
           ,
           then
           he
           hugs
           her
           as
           a
           pure
           Virgin
           ,
           and
           her
           Linnen
           Drawers
           are
           carried
           in
           Triumph
           thorough
           all
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           an
           honourable
           Testimony
           of
           the
           unquestionable
           Virginity
           of
           his
           new
           tried
           Bride
           .
           The
           Jews
           themselves
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           those
           Countries
           ,
           observe
           the
           same
           Custom
           .
        
         
           They
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Fez
           practise
           this
           particular
           Custom
           at
           their
           Marriages
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           a
           Father
           hath
           promised
           his
           Daughter
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           then
           the
           Parents
           of
           both
           Parties
           gather
           themselves
           in
           some
           assigned
           place
           ;
           going
           asterwards
           to
           the
           Mosque
           with
           two
           Notaries
           ,
           who
           write
           down
           the
           Conditions
           of
           the
           Contract
           .
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           Parties
           being
           fully
           agreed
           ,
           then
           the
           Bridegroom
           invi●es
           to
           Dinner
           them
           ,
           which
           have
           accompanied
           him
           and
           have
           been
           witnesses
           of
           the
           Contract
           :
           The
           Brides
           Father
           doth
           likewise
           feast
           his
           own
           Relations
           .
           When
           the
           Bridegroom
           intends
           to
           bring
           his
           Bride
           ,
           he
           then
           sends
           a
           
           Litter
           covered
           all
           over
           with
           rich
           Silks
           ;
           she
           is
           carried
           in
           it
           to
           the
           publick
           Place
           of
           the
           city
           with
           all
           her
           own
           and
           her
           Bridegrooms
           kindred
           together
           with
           many
           Flambeau's
           ,
           Fifes
           ,
           Drums
           and
           Trumpets
           ;
           the
           Bridegrooms
           Friends
           goe
           before
           the
           Bride
           with
           their
           Flambeaus
           ,
           and
           his
           Fathers
           Familiars
           follow
           after
           her
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           come
           to
           that
           publick
           place
           ,
           then
           the
           Bridegroom
           comes
           to
           salute
           her
           Father
           and
           Relations
           ;
           which
           Duty
           of
           Civility
           being
           performed
           ,
           he
           then
           ,
           without
           any
           more
           Ceremony
           ,
           betakes
           himself
           to
           his
           own
           Habitation
           ,
           waiting
           there
           for
           his
           Bride
           ,
           who
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           is
           come
           thither
           ,
           her
           Father
           and
           nearest
           Relations
           accompany
           her
           even
           to
           her
           Nuptial
           Chamber
           Door
           ,
           and
           resign
           her
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           her
           Bridegroom
           :
           who
           as
           she
           comes
           into
           the
           Chamber
           sets
           his
           Foot
           upon
           one
           of
           hers
           ,
           and
           having
           shut
           the
           Door
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           every
           one
           withdraw
           ,
           some
           few
           Women
           only
           excepted
           which
           ,
           remaining
           at
           their
           Doors
           till
           the
           consummation
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           come
           down
           afterwards
           bringing
           the
           lower
           Sheet
           all
           bedewed
           with
           the
           Tokens
           of
           her
           lost
           Virginity
           .
           But
           in
           case
           no
           such
           Tokens
           appear
           ,
           then
           she
           is
           fairly
           dismist
           ,
           as
           a
           Crackt
           piece
           and
           surrendred
           to
           her
           Parents
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Guests
           they
           go
           their
           ways
           with
           a
           
           Peck
           full
           of
           trouble
           ,
           and
           their
           Bellies
           full
           of
           Vacuum
           .
        
         
           Those
           People
           use
           to
           make
           three
           severall
           Feasts
           at
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           their
           Marriages
           :
           The
           first
           is
           made
           on
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Wedding
           ;
           the
           Second
           is
           made
           the
           next
           day
           after
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           only
           for
           the
           Women
           :
           And
           the
           Third
           is
           prepared
           on
           the
           Seventh
           day
           after
           the
           Celebration
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           this
           chiefly
           concerns
           the
           Brides
           Relations
           and
           intimate
           Friends
           ,
           who
           are
           all
           feasted
           that
           Day
           .
           Her
           Father
           sends
           his
           Son
           in
           Law
           some
           Sweet-Meats
           and
           some
           whole
           Muttons
           on
           that
           day
           for
           a
           Present
           .
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Bridegroom
           goes
           out
           of
           Doors
           ,
           which
           happens
           ordinarily
           but
           at
           seven
           days
           end
           ,
           he
           then
           goes
           forthwith
           to
           buy
           some
           Fishes
           ,
           and
           bringing
           them
           Home
           ,
           he
           delivers
           them
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Mother
           ,
           or
           of
           some
           other
           Woman
           ,
           who
           immediately
           fling
           them
           all
           on
           the
           young
           married
           Womans
           feet
           ,
           as
           a
           fortunate
           Emblem
           of
           her
           future
           fruitfulness
           .
        
         
           A
           Month
           after
           the
           Marriage
           the
           new
           married
           Womans
           best
           Friends
           send
           her
           great
           Pots
           full
           of
           Bread
           fried
           in
           Oil
           ,
           and
           whole
           Muttons
           ready
           rosted
           ;
           and
           the
           new
           married
           Man
           ,
           to
           retaliate
           their
           kindness
           ,
           invites
           them
           to
           a
           Feast
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Widdow
           be
           married
           again
           ,
           the
           nuptial
           Pomp
           is
           not
           so
           magnificent
           ,
           the
           Guests
           
           must
           then
           be
           contented
           with
           rost
           Mutton
           ,
           Beef
           ,
           and
           some
           boiled
           H●ns
           :
           They
           also
           sett
           before
           them
           a
           great
           wooden
           Platter
           charged
           with
           Porringers
           of
           Broth.
           As
           for
           the
           poorer
           sort
           of
           people
           they
           sett
           before
           their
           Guests
           a
           great
           wooden
           Charger
           of
           Broth
           thickned
           with
           Bread
           grated
           very
           small
           ,
           with
           thick
           Gobbets
           of
           Beef
           ,
           but
           they
           make
           use
           of
           no
           Spoons
           ,
           every
           one
           helps
           himself
           with
           his
           Hands
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           Tunis
           and
           Algier
           ,
           marry
           but
           very
           few
           Women
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           bound
           by
           their
           Religion
           not
           only
           to
           divide
           the
           duty
           of
           Benevolence
           equally
           amongst
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           allow
           every
           one
           of
           them
           a
           Chamber
           private
           to
           themselves
           .
           The
           Husband
           doth
           also
           assign
           his
           Wife
           a
           Dowry
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Man
           and
           the
           future
           Brides
           Relations
           are
           agreed
           about
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           Bridegroom
           sends
           her
           some
           Boxes
           of
           Sweet-Meats
           .
           On
           the
           Wedding
           Day
           the
           Bridegroom
           ,
           Bride
           ,
           their
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           ,
           feast
           together
           in
           the
           Bridegrooms
           House
           :
           They
           do
           not
           sit
           down
           upon
           Seats
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           at
           Table
           ,
           but
           lay
           along
           upon
           Turkey
           Carpets
           ;
           after
           the
           Feast
           they
           begin
           to
           danceafter
           the
           Moorish
           Fashion
           :
           then
           the
           Bride
           mounts
           upon
           a
           Theater
           ,
           erected
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           there
           makes
           a
           shew
           of
           her
           Bravery
           ,
           having
           sometimes
           her
           face
           all
           
           shining
           with
           Diamonds
           and
           other
           precious
           Stones
           .
           About
           the
           Evening
           the
           Bride
           is
           conducted
           to
           her
           Nuptial
           Bed
           ,
           many
           Drums
           and
           Trumpets
           sounding
           before
           her
           ;
           then
           her
           Bridegroom
           follows
           ,
           who
           shutting
           the
           Door
           after
           him
           doth
           consummate
           the
           Marriage
           ;
           All
           the
           Women
           waiting
           at
           the
           Chamber
           Door
           for
           the
           Brides
           Linnen-Drawers
           ,
           which
           the
           Bridegroom
           brings
           them
           ,
           and
           having
           fastned
           them
           upon
           a
           Pole
           they
           carry
           them
           in
           great
           Triumph
           dancing
           and
           making
           great
           cheer
           .
           The
           Woman
           ,
           after
           her
           Marriage
           ,
           keeps
           seven
           days
           within
           Doors
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Man
           ,
           he
           must
           go
           to
           bath
           himself
           ,
           which
           thing
           they
           ought
           always
           to
           do
           after
           Coition
           .
        
         
           The
           Moors
           of
           Aegypt
           have
           many
           Wives
           which
           they
           keep
           in
           one
           Seraglio
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Nuns
           in
           a
           Nunnery
           ,
           every
           one
           enjoying
           her
           private
           Room
           .
           But
           as
           for
           the
           Morisques
           or
           Granadins
           ,
           expelled
           out
           of
           Spain
           ,
           called
           
             Moros
             Francos
          
           ,
           they
           have
           but
           one
           .
           When
           the
           Moors
           of
           Egypt
           are
           passionately
           affected
           towards
           any
           Woman
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           testify
           their
           zealous
           Passion
           by
           slitting
           their
           Skin
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           so
           present
           themselves
           before
           their
           beloved
           Object
           .
           Is
           she
           ,
           by
           good
           fortune
           ,
           chance
           to
           kiss
           her
           Hand
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           then
           presently
           conclude
           she
           hath
           hung
           out
           her
           white
           
           Flag
           ,
           wherefore
           they
           forbear
           attempting
           any
           more
           Assaults
           at
           the
           Breach
           ,
           looking
           upon
           the
           place
           a
           s
           good
           as
           surrendred
           already
           .
        
         
           The
           Negroes
           of
           Jaloffa
           and
           Senega
           marry
           many
           Women
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           more
           respect
           for
           them
           that
           are
           better
           descended
           .
           They
           are
           so
           civil
           towards
           their
           Women
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           overcharge
           their
           Ship
           ,
           but
           ha
           ving
           given
           them
           their
           sufficient
           Cargo
           ,
           never
           load
           them
           again
           till
           they
           be
           safe
           ly
           arrived
           to
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           ,
           
             Safe
             Delivery
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Tartaria
             Deserta
          
           ,
           which
           are
           Subjects
           of
           the
           great
           Duke
           of
           Moscovy
           ,
           may
           have
           as
           many
           Wives
           as
           they
           can
           get
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           most
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           is
           reputed
           amongst
           them
           the
           most
           honourable
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           eminent
           
             Vir
             gregis
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Tartars
           of
           Chersonesus
           ,
           otherwise
           called
           little
           Tartars
           ,
           may
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           their
           Law
           allowes
           them
           :
           They
           most
           an
           end
           buy
           them
           of
           the
           Perigorts
           ,
           or
           Circassians
           .
           They
           maintain
           them
           splendidly
           and
           are
           very
           courteous
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           them
           that
           have
           brought
           them
           any
           Children
           .
           They
           little
           regard
           Beauty
           or
           Riches
           in
           their
           Women
           ,
           but
           only
           their
           Fidelity
           and
           good
           Manners
           :
           If
           they
           perceive
           
           their
           Slaves
           to
           be
           duely
           moralized
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           disdain
           to
           take
           them
           as
           their
           Wives
           .
           From
           thence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           their
           Wives
           are
           always
           very
           faithful
           and
           dutiful
           ,
           cautious
           of
           giving
           their
           Husbands
           any
           Offence
           ,
           living
           with
           them
           with
           singular
           comfort
           and
           Concord
           .
           If
           any
           amongst
           them
           ,
           having
           promised
           Marriage
           to
           a
           Woman
           ,
           chance
           to
           fall
           sick
           unto
           Death
           ,
           he
           then
           sends
           for
           his
           betrothed
           Bride
           ,
           who
           is
           married
           with
           him
           by
           his
           Bed-side
           .
           He
           also
           allows
           her
           a
           competent
           Dowry
           ,
           with
           all
           Houshold
           stuff
           fit
           for
           House-keeping
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           do
           upon
           the
           prospect
           of
           a
           future
           Life
           ,
           thinking
           they
           shall
           enjoy
           one
           another
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Third
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           Of
           Nuptial
           Rites
           ,
           or
           Ceremonies
           ,
           of
           Marriages
           practised
           amongst
           Idolaters
           and
           Pagans
           .
        
         
           THE
           Indians
           are
           either
           
             Pagans
             ,
             Mahometans
          
           ,
           or
           Christians
           ;
           but
           as
           they
           observe
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           Marriage
           prescribed
           by
           the
           Religion
           which
           they
           profess
           ,
           we
           will
           treat
           in
           this
           following
           Treatise
           only
           of
           those
           which
           remain
           ,
           even
           to
           this
           Day
           ,
           plunged
           in
           the
           woful
           Labyrinth
           of
           blind
           Idolatry
           and
           Paganism
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Indians
           in
           generall
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           Christians
           or
           Idolaters
           ,
           make
           exceeding
           merry
           at
           their
           Weddings
           ,
           passing
           many
           Day
           's
           and
           Nights
           in
           feasting
           ,
           singing
           and
           dancing
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Musick
           begin
           to
           play
           ,
           they
           dance
           round
           with
           little
           painted
           switches
           in
           their
           hands
           .
           But
           as
           for
           the
           Pagans
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           exceedingly
           Barbarous
           ,
           
           that
           they
           bind
           their
           Women
           by
           promise
           upon
           Marriage
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           they
           over-live
           them
           ,
           they
           shall
           cast
           themselves
           headlong
           into
           their
           Funeral
           Pile
           ,
           there
           to
           be
           consumed
           to
           Ashes
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Kunkam
           and
           Ballagatt
           contract
           Marriage
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           hardly
           come
           to
           the
           seventh
           Year
           of
           their
           Age
           ,
           but
           they
           use
           not
           to
           consummate
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           eighteen
           .
           They
           are
           very
           cautious
           of
           marrying
           below
           their
           Rank
           and
           Quality
           ,
           but
           their
           Women
           bring
           them
           little
           store
           of
           Riches
           ;
           For
           ,
           besides
           a
           few
           Jewels
           of
           inconsiderable
           value
           ,
           they
           bring
           them
           their
           dainty
           Marigold
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           Dram
           of
           Silver
           nor
           Gold.
           
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Bisnagar
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           any
           of
           their
           Women
           be
           not
           pleased
           with
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           their
           sufficient
           Dose
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           reason
           ,
           they
           then
           go
           to
           their
           King
           and
           presenting
           him
           with
           a
           piece
           of
           Gold
           ,
           he
           laying
           his
           Sword
           upon
           their
           Right
           Shoulder
           sets
           them
           at
           Liberty
           ;
           so
           that
           being
           divorced
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           they
           may
           lawfully
           seek
           to
           mend
           their
           Quarters
           .
        
         
           There
           be
           some
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           consecrate
           their
           Daughters
           Virginity
           to
           a
           certain
           Idol
           ,
           so
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           have
           
           attained
           to
           the
           tenth
           Year
           of
           their
           Age
           ,
           they
           are
           conducted
           with
           great
           Pomp
           ,
           by
           their
           Parents
           ,
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           being
           come
           there
           the
           young
           Damsells
           Mother
           ,
           with
           some
           other
           grave
           Matrons
           ,
           go
           up
           with
           her
           to
           a
           Turret
           ,
           where
           is
           erected
           a
           Statue
           about
           a
           Cubit
           high
           :
           They
           kneel
           down
           before
           it
           and
           perform
           their
           Idolatrous
           Devotions
           .
           After
           which
           the
           young
           Maid
           must
           embrace
           the
           said
           Statue
           three
           times
           ;
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           she
           must
           remain
           ,
           all
           her
           life
           time
           ,
           as
           pure
           a
           Vestal
           Virgin
           as
           ever
           served
           seven
           years
           Apprenticeship
           in
           our
           
             Whet-Stone
             Park
          
           .
        
         
           Those
           of
           Canara
           observe
           the
           same
           Nuptial
           Ceremonies
           as
           those
           of
           Kunkan
           and
           Ballagatt
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           Malabar
           ,
           are
           divided
           into
           three
           Ranks
           viz
           into
           
             Bramins
             ,
             Naires
          
           and
           Moucois
           :
           The
           Race
           of
           the
           Bramins
           is
           the
           most
           eminent
           and
           honourable
           amongst
           them
           ;
           They
           also
           differ
           in
           their
           manner
           of
           Living
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           considerable
           Prerogatives
           above
           the
           rest
           .
           They
           may
           marry
           two
           Wives
           ,
           but
           never
           any
           which
           be
           inferiour
           to
           them
           in
           Quality
           :
           They
           marry
           very
           young
           when
           they
           are
           yet
           but
           seven
           or
           eight
           years
           of
           Age.
           
        
         
           As
           for
           their
           Naires
           which
           are
           the
           Country-peasants
           they
           may
           not
           match
           with
           any
           
           Women
           superiour
           to
           their
           Order
           and
           Quality
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           lawful
           for
           them
           to
           marry
           more
           than
           one
           Woman
           at
           one
           time
           ;
           But
           as
           for
           their
           Women
           ,
           the
           case
           is
           altered
           ,
           for
           they
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           enjoy
           three
           Husbands
           at
           once
           ,
           all
           which
           are
           bound
           to
           contribute
           equally
           towards
           her
           and
           her
           Childrens
           maintenance
           .
           The
           first
           that
           comes
           in
           ,
           leaving
           his
           Arms
           at
           the
           Door
           ,
           enjoys
           her
           company
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           come
           in
           after
           ,
           are
           so
           civil
           as
           to
           withdraw
           and
           not
           to
           go
           in
           to
           her
           ,
           untill
           the
           Coast
           be
           clear
           :
           So
           that
           there
           happens
           no
           Debate
           nor
           Quarrel
           ,
           but
           they
           live
           amicably
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           Husbands
           having
           his
           Finger
           in
           her
           Pye
           Successively
           .
        
         
           The
           Maids
           of
           Malabar
           are
           naturally
           very
           wanton
           and
           leacherous
           ;
           wherefore
           the
           Noblemen
           of
           that
           Country
           are
           very
           careful
           to
           marry
           their
           Daughters
           betimes
           ,
           lest
           for
           want
           of
           sufficient
           Toying
           and
           Riggling
           they
           should
           unhappily
           spring
           a
           leak
           :
           So
           that
           very
           few
           remain
           unmarried
           after
           fourteen
           Years
           of
           Age.
           But
           if
           they
           prove
           so
           unfortunate
           as
           to
           keep
           their
           Maiden-heads
           after
           that
           time
           ,
           then
           they
           may
           bewail
           their
           Virginity
           all
           the
           Days
           of
           their
           Life
           ,
           for
           young
           Men
           look
           upon
           them
           to
           as
           be
           useless
           as
           old
           Almanacks
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           very
           Jovial
           at
           their
           Weddings
           :
           
           as
           soon
           as
           both
           Parties
           are
           agreed
           ,
           they
           go
           to
           their
           Pagodes
           Temple
           ,
           where
           they
           use
           to
           say
           some
           Prayers
           before
           their
           Priests
           .
           Fifteen
           days
           before
           the
           Wedding
           the
           Relations
           of
           both
           Parties
           conduct
           the
           future
           Bride
           every
           Day
           to
           the
           Bridegrooms
           house
           for
           several
           Days
           together
           ;
           Who
           every
           one
           of
           those
           times
           treating
           them
           ,
           conducts
           her
           back
           to
           her
           Parents
           House
           .
           All
           this
           is
           done
           with
           great
           Magnificence
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Abilities
           of
           the
           Parties
           )
           great
           store
           of
           that
           Countrey-Musicians
           attending
           ,
           during
           this
           whole
           Nuptial
           Festival
           .
           When
           the
           time
           of
           consummating
           the
           Marriage
           is
           come
           ,
           the
           Virginity
           of
           the
           Bride
           is
           offered
           up
           to
           an
           Idol
           ,
           or
           Pagode
           ,
           (
           seated
           on
           a
           brazen
           Throne
           ,
           of
           an
           horrid
           frightful
           Form
           ,
           )
           which
           hath
           a
           sharp
           Bodkin
           of
           Gold
           or
           Silver
           fastned
           to
           his
           Privy-parts
           :
           On
           this
           the
           Bride
           is
           forcibly
           sett
           ,
           and
           it
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           sharpness
           ,
           forceth
           great
           store
           of
           Blood
           to
           come
           .
           And
           if
           ,
           though
           by
           her
           Husband
           ,
           she
           proves
           with
           Child
           the
           first
           Year
           ,
           they
           believe
           this
           Idol
           got
           it
           ,
           and
           more
           highly
           esteem
           it
           :
           But
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Pain
           ,
           the
           Priests
           ,
           by
           enjoying
           them
           first
           ,
           quit
           them
           from
           this
           Ceremony
           ;
           and
           without
           one
           of
           these
           two
           none
           are
           marryed
           .
           Their
           Samoryn's
           ,
           or
           Kings
           ,
           themselves
           not
           being
           exempted
           :
           Who
           ,
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           order
           
           heir
           Sisters
           Children
           to
           succeed
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           certainly
           of
           the
           Blood
           Royal.
           In
           these
           Countreys
           they
           change
           their
           Wives
           as
           often
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           nor
           seem
           the
           Women
           displeased
           at
           it
           ,
           Poligamy
           is
           so
           tolerable
           or
           rather
           acceptable
           :
           And
           as
           the
           Men
           are
           allowed
           many
           Wives
           ,
           so
           one
           Woman
           is
           allowed
           many
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           the
           Issue
           bequeathed
           as
           she
           nominates
           ,
           The
           World
           affords
           not
           more
           obscene
           lustful
           Persons
           than
           the
           Naire's
           ,
           using
           Provocatives
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           decaying
           heat
           of
           Nature
           :
           And
           as
           our
           European
           Gallants
           ,
           by
           making
           the
           Husbands
           drunk
           ,
           sometimes
           attain
           their
           amorous
           ends
           ,
           so
           these
           Naire's
           act
           their
           Amours
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           certain
           herb
           ,
           or
           Drug
           ,
           called
           Deutroa
           (
           which
           infused
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           taken
           ,
           infatuates
           the
           Intellect
           ,
           )
           the
           Poor
           Cuckolds
           being
           in
           such
           a
           Pickle
           as
           not
           to
           be
           sensible
           ,
           though
           he
           sees
           before
           his
           Eyes
           another
           plowing
           with
           his
           H●ifer
           .
        
         
           In
           Nepapata
           (
           a
           Town
           upon
           the
           River
           Nega
           )
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           Marriages
           is
           extraordinary
           .
           For
           many
           times
           the
           Priest
           with
           a
           Cow
           ,
           and
           the
           Man
           and
           Woman
           ,
           go
           together
           to
           the
           Water-side
           ,
           where
           the
           Bramyn
           first
           mutters
           a
           short
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           linking
           their
           Hands
           about
           the
           Cows
           Tail
           ,
           pours
           upon
           them
           all
           his
           hallowed
           Oil
           ;
           and
           lastly
           forces
           the
           Beast
           into
           the
           River
           ,
           
           whereinto
           she
           goes
           willingly
           so
           far
           as
           till
           they
           be
           up
           to
           the
           middle
           in
           Water
           :
           Neither
           returns
           she
           ,
           nor
           do
           they
           disunite
           ,
           till
           the
           Waves
           advise
           them
           .
           Being
           come
           on
           shore
           they
           loose
           their
           hands
           ;
           and
           hold
           that
           mysterious
           Tye
           forcible
           and
           sacred
           ever
           after
           .
        
         
           In
           Cochin-China
           Polygamy
           is
           forbidden
           ;
           the
           Women
           are
           modest
           ,
           and
           differ
           not
           in
           Apparell
           ;
           all
           of
           them
           wearing
           over
           them
           a
           Veil
           of
           White
           Linnen
           :
           and
           indeed
           they
           are
           the
           civillest
           of
           all
           the
           Idolaters
           of
           those
           Countries
           ,
           which
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           have
           no
           Wives
           ,
           all
           Women
           being
           common
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           They
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Bengala
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           can
           maintain
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           extreamly
           Jealous
           of
           them
           ,
           wherefore
           they
           keep
           them
           as
           close
           as
           our
           Euclio's
           do
           their
           Precious
           Jewels
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           Pegu
           have
           extraordinary
           Manners
           .
           These
           People
           ,
           neglecting
           the
           natural
           use
           of
           Women
           ,
           were
           formerly
           much
           addicted
           to
           the
           detestable
           Abominations
           of
           Sodom
           ;
           wherefore
           ,
           to
           obviate
           this
           Mischief
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           Queens
           was
           constrained
           to
           enact
           a
           Law
           that
           whosoever
           should
           be
           Legally
           convicted
           of
           that
           Crime
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           burned
           alive
           .
           She
           also
           ordained
           that
           Women
           should
           go
           with
           naked
           Neck
           and
           Breasts
           ,
           
           to
           the
           end
           that
           ,
           exposing
           a
           Samplar
           of
           their
           Wares
           ,
           they
           might
           the
           sooner
           allure
           Customers
           .
           The
           Men
           of
           that
           Country
           are
           very
           shy
           in
           their
           matching
           ,
           and
           very
           fearful
           lest
           they
           should
           light
           upon
           a
           Crack-piece
           ;
           for
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           Truth
           ,
           their
           Maids
           are
           generally
           all
           Fire
           and
           Toe
           .
           They
           are
           scarce
           out
           of
           the
           Shell
           but
           their
           quick
           Oister
           will
           be
           gaping
           ,
           wherefore
           their
           Mothers
           ,
           knowing
           by
           Experience
           the
           common
           frailty
           of
           their
           Sex
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           never
           found
           sure
           till
           it
           be
           sure
           bound
           ,
           )
           When
           their
           Daughters
           are
           yet
           young
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           stitch
           their
           lower
           Lips
           ,
           leaving
           nothing
           but
           a
           small
           Orifice
           just
           fit
           to
           evacuate
           their
           natural
           Effluvium's
           .
           On
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Marriage
           their
           Mothers
           unstitch
           them
           in
           their
           Bridegrooms
           Presence
           ,
           and
           rubbing
           them
           with
           some
           kind
           of
           Oil
           ,
           they
           are
           well
           enough
           disposed
           to
           play
           at
           Putt
           ,
           or
           else
           at
           Ombre
           .
           The
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           other
           Persons
           of
           Gentile
           Extraction
           ,
           repute
           it
           a
           disgrace
           to
           beat
           upon
           their
           Brides
           Anvils
           the
           first
           night
           of
           their
           Wedding
           :
           They
           hire
           some
           of
           their
           Friends
           for
           that
           Drudgery
           .
           Nay
           their
           King
           is
           so
           magnificent
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           liberally
           reward
           the
           Valiant
           Champion
           ,
           who
           hath
           couragiously
           demeaned
           himself
           in
           the
           first
           Onset
           ,
           and
           planted
           his
           Artillery
           in
           his
           Queens
           Breach
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Siam
           
           may
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           please
           .
           They
           commonly
           buy
           them
           of
           their
           Parents
           ;
           they
           may
           also
           send
           them
           packing
           at
           their
           pleasure
           but
           they
           must
           maintain
           the
           Children
           which
           they
           have
           had
           by
           them
           .
           The
           Womens
           Parents
           may
           also
           recal
           their
           Daughters
           to
           their
           own
           Houses
           ,
           provided
           they
           pay
           back
           again
           the
           Mony
           which
           they
           have
           received
           of
           their
           Husbands
           .
           They
           that
           are
           Idolaters
           have
           the
           same
           Customs
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Pegu
           ,
           but
           those
           amongst
           them
           ,
           which
           profess
           the
           Mahometan
           principles
           ,
           are
           better
           civilized
           and
           moralized
           .
        
         
           The
           Chinese
           bestow
           their
           Children
           in
           Marriage
           when
           they
           are
           very
           young
           ,
           and
           their
           Fathers
           contract
           them
           oftentimes
           when
           they
           are
           yet
           in
           their
           Mothers
           Womb.
           When
           any
           of
           them
           is
           to
           marry
           he
           appoints
           his
           future
           Bride
           such
           a
           Dowry
           as
           he
           is
           able
           to
           give
           her
           ;
           the
           Day
           appointed
           for
           the
           Wedding
           being
           come
           ,
           the
           Brides
           Father
           makes
           a
           sumptuous
           Feast
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           his
           Son-in-Law's
           Parents
           and
           Friends
           are
           invited
           :
           The
           Day
           following
           ,
           the
           Bridegrooms
           Father
           doth
           do
           the
           same
           towards
           his
           Daughter-in-Law's
           Relations
           .
           This
           Feast
           being
           ended
           the
           Husband
           ,
           bringing
           the
           foresaid
           Dowry
           before
           the
           whole
           Assembly
           ,
           delivereth
           it
           to
           his
           Bride
           ,
           who
           presently
           surrenders
           
           it
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           her
           Father
           or
           Mother
           ;
           which
           thing
           is
           done
           for
           to
           make
           them
           a
           part
           of
           amends
           for
           the
           Charges
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           at
           in
           her
           bringing
           up
           and
           Education
           ,
           and
           ,
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           they
           that
           have
           most
           Daughters
           are
           commonly
           the
           wealthiest
           amongst
           them
           .
           For
           the
           Parents
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Daughters
           Dowry
           ,
           and
           improve
           it
           not
           only
           for
           their
           own
           profit
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Daughters
           ,
           because
           after
           their
           decease
           all
           the
           Dowry
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Improvement
           ,
           returns
           to
           their
           Daughters
           ,
           for
           their
           and
           their
           Childrens
           Maintenance
           .
        
         
           The
           Chinese
           may
           have
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           their
           first
           Love
           is
           lookt
           upon
           as
           the
           only
           lawful
           Wife
           ,
           the
           others
           being
           reputed
           amongst
           them
           no
           better
           than
           Paramours
           or
           Concubines
           .
           Wherefore
           they
           always
           live
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           the
           others
           ,
           they
           maintain
           them
           in
           several
           other
           Places
           ,
           and
           in
           case
           they
           be
           Merchants
           ,
           they
           send
           them
           as
           Factors
           into
           their
           several
           places
           of
           Traffick
           .
           They
           are
           forbidden
           by
           their
           Law
           to
           marry
           within
           any
           degree
           of
           Consanguinity
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           so
           strict
           as
           not
           to
           marry
           any
           Woman
           who
           beareth
           the
           same
           Sirname
           as
           themselves
           ,
           although
           she
           were
           of
           no
           Kin
           at
           all
           .
           They
           esteem
           Beauty
           in
           Women
           far
           above
           their
           Extraction
           ,
           and
           
           an
           handsome
           Woman
           ,
           although
           like
           a
           Mushrom
           born
           upon
           a
           Dunghil
           ,
           is
           a
           dainty
           Dish
           for
           their
           palates
           .
           As
           for
           the
           common
           sort
           of
           People
           amongst
           them
           ,
           they
           buy
           their
           Wives
           with
           ready
           Money
           ,
           and
           sell
           them
           again
           as
           soon
           as
           their
           Appetite
           longs
           for
           Variety
           .
        
         
           Mendoza
           doth
           write
           that
           ,
           in
           some
           Provinces
           next
           adjacent
           to
           Tartary
           ,
           the
           Viceroys
           do
           prefix
           a
           certain
           limited
           time
           ,
           within
           which
           both
           Men
           and
           Maids
           are
           obliged
           to
           marry
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           confine
           themselves
           within
           the
           Walls
           of
           a
           Cloyster
           .
           When
           the
           said
           prefixt
           time
           is
           come
           ,
           all
           that
           desire
           to
           marry
           and
           to
           be
           married
           ,
           come
           to
           a
           certain
           City
           appointed
           to
           them
           by
           their
           Governours
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           come
           thither
           they
           present
           themselves
           before
           twelve
           Commissioners
           elected
           by
           their
           King
           :
           These
           Commissioners
           are
           commonly
           grave
           and
           the
           most
           ancient
           persons
           of
           the
           said
           City
           :
           They
           take
           the
           Names
           and
           Sirnames
           of
           all
           Bachellors
           and
           Maids
           which
           come
           before
           them
           ;
           they
           enquire
           also
           into
           their
           Qualities
           ,
           and
           the
           Dowries
           which
           the
           Men
           are
           able
           to
           bestow
           upon
           their
           Women
           :
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           they
           examine
           their
           Catalogue
           and
           finding
           more
           Men
           than
           Women
           ,
           or
           more
           Women
           than
           Men
           ,
           they
           cause
           them
           to
           draw
           Lots
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           
           means
           the
           supernumerary
           ones
           are
           cast
           back
           till
           the
           following
           Year
           .
           Six
           of
           them
           twelve
           Commissioners
           divide
           the
           Men
           into
           three
           Companies
           :
           Setting
           aside
           the
           Rich
           in
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           Middle
           sort
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           the
           Poorest
           in
           the
           third
           .
           Whilst
           that
           these
           six
           are
           making
           this
           Separation
           amongst
           the
           Men
           ,
           the
           other
           six
           are
           busy
           in
           making
           also
           a
           distinction
           amongst
           the
           Women
           ,
           distributing
           them
           into
           three
           Bands
           :
           In
           the
           First
           they
           place
           them
           that
           are
           eminently
           Handsome
           ;
           In
           the
           Second
           ,
           them
           that
           are
           indifferently
           Comely
           ;
           And
           in
           the
           Third
           ,
           the
           Deformed
           and
           Hard-favoured
           by
           Nature
           .
           This
           Division
           being
           made
           ,
           they
           bestow
           the
           Fairest
           upon
           the
           Rich
           men
           who
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           ,
           pay
           a
           certain
           Sum
           of
           Money
           limited
           by
           the
           Judges
           ;
           they
           then
           give
           the
           less
           Handsome
           to
           them
           of
           the
           Middle
           ability
           ,
           without
           paying
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Hard-favoured
           they
           become
           the
           portion
           of
           the
           Poorest
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           withal
           they
           receive
           some
           Money
           with
           them
           :
           for
           the
           Money
           which
           the
           Rich
           men
           have
           paid
           and
           deposited
           in
           the
           Judges
           Hands
           ,
           is
           distributed
           equally
           amongst
           them
           .
           The
           Men
           being
           thus
           coupled
           with
           the
           Women
           ,
           they
           resort
           to
           some
           publick
           Houses
           ,
           appointed
           by
           the
           King
           in
           every
           City
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           which
           Houses
           are
           furnished
           with
           Beds
           ,
           
           and
           all
           things
           necessary
           for
           the
           new
           married
           Folks
           ,
           who
           remain
           there
           fifty
           days
           feasting
           ,
           dancing
           and
           making
           exceeding
           merry
           .
           After
           which
           time
           all
           the
           Men
           ,
           instead
           of
           Cloak-bags
           ,
           carrying
           provision
           for
           their
           Cod-piece
           ,
           betake
           themselves
           to
           their
           respective
           Habitations
           .
        
         
           The
           Nobles
           of
           that
           Country
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           observe
           the
           Laws
           aforesaid
           ,
           but
           they
           marry
           when
           and
           whom
           they
           please
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           Javan
           marry
           usually
           but
           one
           Woman
           ,
           but
           they
           send
           her
           packing
           when
           they
           list
           ,
           and
           marry
           another
           .
           As
           for
           their
           Women
           they
           may
           not
           leave
           their
           Husbands
           and
           take
           others
           ,
           unless
           they
           bestow
           themselves
           upon
           some
           great
           Lord
           ,
           who
           is
           willing
           to
           accept
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Tartars
           ,
           which
           are
           Idolaters
           ,
           have
           many
           Wives
           which
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           Number
           ,
           live
           amongst
           themselves
           peaceably
           .
           The
           First
           is
           always
           accounted
           the
           most
           honourable
           ,
           and
           her
           Children
           are
           preferred
           before
           any
           others
           .
           If
           a
           Father
           chances
           to
           dye
           ,
           his
           Son
           may
           marry
           all
           the
           Women
           he
           leaves
           behind
           him
           ,
           his
           own
           Mother
           and
           Sisters
           only
           excepted
           .
           They
           commonly
           marry
           their
           Sisters-in-Law
           after
           their
           Brothers
           Decease
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           very
           Jovial
           at
           every
           one
           of
           their
           Weddings
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           large
           Province
           of
           
           Tanguth
           ,
           together
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Catay
           ,
           may
           have
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           are
           able
           to
           maintain
           .
           These
           People
           are
           great
           admirers
           of
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           never
           so
           rich
           they
           will
           purchase
           a
           handsome
           Woman
           at
           any
           rate
           ,
           although
           she
           be
           of
           never
           so
           mean
           Parentage
           .
           They
           have
           sometimes
           to
           the
           Number
           of
           thirty
           Wives
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           according
           to
           their
           Abilities
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           is
           always
           the
           most
           regarded
           .
           If
           any
           of
           their
           Women
           be
           morose
           ,
           or
           troubled
           with
           any
           other
           intolerable
           Qualities
           ,
           they
           presently
           pack
           her
           away
           to
           learn
           better
           Manners
           :
           they
           marry
           their
           Kinswomen
           even
           as
           the
           Tartars
           do
           ,
           their
           own
           Mothers
           and
           Sisters
           onely
           excepted
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           Caindu
           have
           extraordinary
           Customs
           amongst
           themselves
           :
           On
           their
           Wedding
           Day
           they
           will
           invite
           all
           sorts
           of
           Strangers
           which
           sojourn
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           ,
           without
           any
           disturbance
           ,
           to
           solace
           themselves
           with
           their
           Brides
           .
           And
           their
           Women
           like
           the
           Sport
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           they
           set
           a
           Token
           at
           their
           Doors
           ,
           and
           never
           take
           it
           down
           till
           they
           are
           all
           departed
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           sottish
           Cuckolds
           may
           have
           free
           Access
           .
        
         
           They
           of
           Cascar
           are
           as
           much
           given
           to
           that
           silly
           piece
           of
           Hospitality
           towards
           Strangers
           as
           those
           of
           Caindu
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           never
           jealous
           ,
           if
           Strangers
           partake
           never
           so
           largely
           
           of
           their
           Pyes
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           may
           have
           a
           Finger
           in
           it
           in
           due
           season
           .
           If
           a
           man
           be
           absent
           from
           his
           Habitation
           twenty
           days
           the
           Woman
           may
           marry
           another
           Husband
           :
           The
           Men
           may
           likewise
           do
           so
           in
           their
           Wives
           Absence
           .
        
         
           The
           Canarins
           ,
           which
           inhabit
           the
           Island
           of
           Goa
           ,
           worship
           a
           certain
           Idol
           like
           a
           Woman
           all
           naked
           :
           When
           they
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           bestow
           their
           Daughters
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           upon
           any
           Man
           ,
           the
           Parents
           use
           to
           conduct
           their
           Daughters
           towards
           that
           Idol
           ,
           where
           they
           perform
           their
           antick
           Devotions
           ,
           after
           which
           they
           are
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           that
           promise
           the
           most
           .
           As
           for
           their
           Nuptial
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           we
           have
           made
           mention
           of
           them
           before
           ,
           when
           we
           treated
           of
           the
           Solemnities
           of
           the
           Marriages
           used
           amongst
           the
           Christians
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Goa
           .
        
         
           The
           Negroes
           of
           Africa
           ,
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Serroliana
           have
           ,
           in
           every
           Town
           and
           City
           ,
           a
           large
           House
           ,
           like
           a
           Nunnery
           ,
           appointed
           for
           young
           Maids
           to
           dwell
           in
           together
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           instructed
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Civil
           Deportment
           ,
           and
           good
           Housewifery
           .
           They
           have
           there
           several
           grave
           Matrons
           ,
           with
           a
           Venerable
           old
           Man
           ,
           who
           is
           President
           over
           all
           ,
           that
           have
           a
           special
           care
           of
           these
           Probationers
           .
           At
           the
           Years
           end
           these
           young
           Maids
           come
           out
           together
           ,
           
           as
           fine
           as
           their
           Hands
           can
           make
           them
           ,
           and
           coming
           to
           the
           most
           publick
           Place
           of
           the
           City
           they
           dance
           there
           at
           the
           Sound
           of
           several
           Sorts
           of
           Instruments
           .
           Their
           Parents
           are
           there
           present
           ,
           and
           the
           young
           Bachellors
           resort
           thither
           as
           to
           a
           Fair
           ;
           every
           one
           making
           his
           choice
           of
           her
           he
           liketh
           best
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           pay
           something
           to
           her
           Father
           before
           he
           can
           have
           her
           away
           .
           He
           must
           also
           bestow
           some
           Gratuity
           upon
           the
           President
           of
           the
           said
           Place
           ,
           in
           consideration
           of
           his
           Care
           for
           her
           Entertainment
           and
           Education
           :
           Which
           being
           done
           ,
           without
           any
           more
           Complements
           ,
           every
           one
           carrieth
           away
           his
           own
           Bride
           to
           his
           Lodging
           ,
           where
           they
           make
           very
           merry
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Guinney
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           their
           Sons
           are
           come
           to
           Maturity
           of
           Age
           ,
           the
           Parents
           go
           a
           Wooing
           for
           them
           and
           bring
           them
           Women
           ,
           which
           their
           Children
           are
           obliged
           to
           accept
           of
           ,
           although
           they
           never
           saw
           their
           Faces
           before
           .
           The
           Maids
           Parents
           give
           her
           fourteen
           ounces
           of
           Gold
           for
           her
           Portion
           ;
           And
           this
           Custom
           is
           so
           strictly
           observed
           amongst
           them
           ,
           that
           even
           their
           petty
           Kings
           allow
           no
           larger
           Portion
           to
           their
           own
           Daughters
           ,
           excepting
           only
           that
           they
           allow
           them
           some
           Slaves
           to
           wait
           upon
           them
           Every
           Maid
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           married
           amongst
           them
           ,
           must
           take
           her
           Oath
           that
           she
           shall
           be
           
           dutiful
           to
           her
           future
           Husband
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           shall
           never
           violate
           her
           Conjugal
           Fidelity
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Men
           they
           never
           use
           to
           require
           any
           such
           Oath
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           if
           ,
           after
           their
           Marriage
           ,
           the
           Man
           hath
           been
           so
           thrifty
           a
           Husband
           as
           to
           have
           got
           Wealth
           sufficient
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           another
           Wife
           ,
           he
           may
           take
           another
           ,
           provided
           that
           the
           former
           give
           her
           Consent
           to
           it
           .
           He
           must
           also
           allow
           her
           a
           certain
           weight
           of
           Gold
           for
           her
           Good
           will
           :
           So
           that
           he
           may
           afterwards
           marry
           another
           ,
           but
           she
           is
           reputed
           rather
           as
           his
           Concubine
           ,
           than
           as
           his
           lawful
           Wife
           ;
           and
           when
           this
           second
           Wife
           begins
           to
           grow
           in
           Years
           ,
           he
           casts
           her
           off
           ,
           as
           an
           Almanack
           out
           of
           Date
           ,
           and
           marries
           another
           .
           He
           notwithstanding
           is
           obliged
           to
           keep
           always
           the
           First
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           only
           Mistress
           ,
           having
           the
           Command
           over
           all
           his
           Family
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           Monomotapa
           in
           the
           lower
           Ethiopia
           ,
           marry
           as
           many
           Wives
           as
           they
           can
           maintain
           ,
           but
           the
           former
           is
           always
           lookt
           upon
           as
           the
           most
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           her
           Children
           only
           may
           challenge
           every
           one
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Parents
           Inheritance
           :
           As
           for
           the
           other
           Women
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           wait
           upon
           her
           and
           observe
           her
           Directions
           and
           Commands
           .
           No
           man
           may
           marry
           a
           Maid
           until
           she
           be
           capable
           of
           Conception
           :
           
           Wherefore
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Parents
           perceive
           any
           such
           Marks
           by
           their
           Daughters
           ,
           they
           make
           very
           merry
           in
           their
           Families
           .
           The
           Maids
           go
           naked
           till
           almost
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           are
           to
           marry
           ,
           they
           then
           put
           on
           thin
           Cloths
           made
           of
           fine
           Cotton
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           bore
           any
           Children
           ,
           they
           cover
           their
           Breasts
           with
           a
           Piece
           of
           Woollen
           Cloth.
           
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           Zocotora
           in
           Africa
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           their
           Belly-full
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           drive
           them
           to
           the
           Market
           ,
           where
           they
           truck
           them
           for
           others
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           our
           Cattel
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           Canada
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           take
           many
           Wives
           ,
           they
           notwithstanding
           are
           well
           contented
           with
           one
           only
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           them
           of
           Samaya
           they
           have
           many
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           for
           to
           satiate
           their
           appetite
           ,
           as
           for
           to
           increase
           their
           Grandeur
           ;
           for
           they
           repute
           it
           honourable
           to
           have
           many
           Friends
           ,
           Allies
           and
           Children
           .
           The
           Fathers
           bestow
           nothing
           upon
           their
           Daughters
           :
           on
           the
           contrary
           he
           that
           will
           have
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           must
           make
           some
           Presents
           to
           the
           Maids
           Parents
           ,
           according
           to
           her
           Quality
           and
           Beauty
           .
           They
           make
           great
           Solemnities
           at
           their
           Weddings
           :
           For
           besides
           Feasting
           ,
           Balling
           and
           Dancing
           ,
           they
           make
           Nuptial
           Harangues
           &
           Epithalamiums
           ,
           
           if
           any
           married
           Woman
           be
           surprised
           in
           Adultery
           ,
           both
           she
           and
           her
           Ruffian
           are
           in
           great
           Jeopardy
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
           But
           as
           for
           their
           Maids
           ,
           they
           are
           very
           favourable
           towards
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           repute
           their
           Instruments
           never
           the
           more
           jarring
           ,
           or
           the
           less
           Musical
           ,
           although
           their
           jolly
           Gallants
           have
           plaid
           never
           so
           many
           Courants
           upon
           their
           Fiddles
           before
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           People
           of
           Florida
           no
           man
           is
           permitted
           to
           marry
           above
           one
           Woman
           ,
           their
           Kings
           and
           Nobles
           only
           excepted
           ;
           who
           may
           have
           two
           or
           three
           Wives
           ,
           but
           upon
           this
           condition
           ,
           that
           the
           First
           shall
           be
           always
           esteemed
           as
           the
           Lady-paramount
           amongst
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           that
           her
           Children
           alone
           shall
           challenge
           their
           Parents
           Honours
           and
           Inheritances
           .
           Their
           Women
           are
           very
           thrifty
           Houswives
           ,
           very
           careful
           to
           improve
           every
           thing
           to
           the
           best
           advantage
           of
           their
           Families
           ,
           and
           never
           use
           to
           lie
           with
           their
           Husbands
           after
           Conception
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Islanders
           of
           Cuba
           ,
           before
           their
           Island
           was
           depopulated
           ,
           they
           married
           many
           Women
           ,
           but
           they
           did
           use
           to
           leave
           their
           Wives
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           the
           Women
           also
           using
           the
           same
           Liberty
           .
           Their
           Caciques
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           list
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           this
           Custom
           altogether
           extraordinary
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           any
           of
           them
           is
           married
           ,
           all
           
           the
           Men
           that
           are
           invited
           to
           this
           Wedding
           ,
           are
           obliged
           to
           try
           their
           Manhoods
           upon
           the
           Bride
           ▪
           This
           Custom
           is
           observed
           not
           only
           amongst
           the
           common
           Sort
           of
           People
           ,
           but
           also
           amongst
           them
           of
           the
           best
           Quality
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           Mexico
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           embraced
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           were
           married
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           The
           Bridegroom
           and
           Bride
           went
           together
           to
           their
           Idol
           Temple
           ,
           and
           presented
           themselves
           before
           the
           Priest
           who
           ,
           taking
           them
           both
           by
           the
           hand
           ,
           did
           desire
           them
           to
           let
           him
           know
           their
           pleasure
           ;
           which
           having
           known
           ,
           he
           presently
           took
           a
           Corner
           of
           the
           Vail
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Brides
           Head
           was
           covered
           ,
           and
           fastned
           it
           to
           the
           Corner
           of
           the
           Bridegrooms
           Gown
           ;
           and
           being
           so
           bound
           together
           conducted
           them
           to
           the
           Brides
           House
           ,
           where
           a
           great
           Fire
           was
           made
           ready
           ;
           &
           being
           come
           near
           that
           Fire
           ,
           the
           said
           Priest
           led
           them
           seven
           times
           about
           it
           .
           After
           which
           Ceremony
           the
           Marriage
           was
           ended
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           betook
           themselves
           to
           Feasting
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           Civola
           ,
           otherwise
           called
           New
           Granada
           ,
           never
           marry
           but
           one
           Woman
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           they
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           send
           her
           away
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           marry
           another
           ;
           the
           Women
           also
           enjoy
           the
           same
           Priviledge
           ,
           for
           in
           case
           their
           Husbands
           be
           not
           so
           liberal
           and
           kind-hearted
           ,
           as
           to
           spare
           from
           their
           own
           Bellies
           to
           put
           it
           into
           theirs
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           Fat
           is
           in
           the
           
           Fire
           ,
           &
           they
           will
           presently
           seek
           better
           Masters
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           Cumana
           use
           to
           send
           their
           young
           Daughters
           to
           their
           Piaces
           ,
           or
           Priests
           ,
           to
           be
           instructed
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           learn
           their
           Duty
           towards
           their
           future
           Husbands
           .
           The
           Nobles
           of
           that
           Country
           take
           as
           many
           Wives
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           &
           are
           so
           extraordinary
           Courteous
           towards
           Strangers
           that
           they
           ,
           standing
           at
           their
           Doors
           ,
           will
           invite
           Passengers
           ,
           whom
           they
           not
           only
           delight
           to
           regale
           at
           their
           Tables
           ,
           but
           will
           bestow
           their
           fairest
           Women
           upon
           them
           also
           to
           solace
           them
           at
           Night
           .
        
         
           They
           of
           Paria
           ,
           may
           also
           have
           many
           Wives
           ,
           but
           the
           First
           married
           is
           always
           the
           Chief
           among
           them
           .
           They
           of
           the
           meanest
           Sort
           have
           commonly
           three
           or
           four
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           old
           ,
           they
           turn
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           take
           others
           more
           young
           :
           The
           Priests
           afterwards
           instruct
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           customs
           of
           those
           of
           Cumana
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           Caribe
           marry
           after
           the
           same
           fashion
           ,
           only
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Marriage
           and
           some
           days
           after
           ,
           they
           bring
           out
           the
           new
           married
           Bride
           into
           the
           Woods
           with
           a
           mighty
           Noise
           ,
           driving
           and
           killing
           all
           they
           meet
           .
        
         
           The
           Topinanboes
           ,
           Inhabitants
           of
           Brasil
           ,
           in
           the
           South
           parts
           of
           America
           ,
           when
           they
           marry
           ,
           respect
           only
           the
           first
           degree
           of
           Father
           ,
           Mother
           ,
           Brother
           ,
           Sister
           ,
           Son
           and
           Daughter
           ;
           for
           there
           the
           Uncle
           may
           freely
           marry
           his
           own
           
           Niece
           .
           They
           take
           so
           many
           Wives
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           they
           have
           ,
           the
           more
           valiant
           and
           vigorous
           are
           they
           esteemed
           .
           Though
           they
           have
           one
           they
           chiefly
           love
           ,
           yet
           the
           rest
           are
           not
           at
           all
           Jealous
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           discover
           it
           not
           ,
           for
           they
           labour
           in
           their
           Imployments
           ,
           and
           live
           together
           in
           Peace
           .
           As
           for
           Ceremonies
           ,
           they
           have
           none
           ,
           save
           that
           he
           who
           comes
           to
           see
           a
           Maid
           ,
           or
           other
           Woman
           ,
           desires
           her
           of
           her
           Father
           ,
           or
           nearest
           Relation
           and
           (
           after
           having
           discovered
           their
           Suit
           ,
           and
           got
           their
           Consent
           )
           takes
           her
           along
           with
           him
           as
           his
           Wife
           .
           It
           's
           ordinary
           amongst
           them
           ,
           chiefly
           those
           of
           Quality
           ,
           to
           promise
           their
           Daughters
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           very
           young
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           give
           them
           to
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           promised
           ,
           who
           take
           them
           according
           to
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           Country
           .
           The
           Husband
           may
           repudiate
           ,
           and
           put
           away
           ,
           his
           Wife
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           when
           she
           offends
           him
           :
           And
           likewise
           when
           the
           Wife
           designs
           to
           part
           from
           her
           Husband
           she
           tells
           him
           (
           in
           their
           Tongue
           )
           
             I
             'll
             have
             no
             more
             to
             do
             with
             thee
             ,
             I
             'll
             go
             search
             for
             another
             .
          
           The
           Husband
           (
           without
           troubling
           himself
           )
           answers
           ,
           
             Escoain
             ,
             go
             where
             thou
             wilt
             .
          
           The
           Woman
           may
           give
           her self
           immediately
           to
           another
           Man
           ,
           having
           the
           same
           Priviledge
           to
           put
           away
           her
           second
           Husband
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           Peru
           ,
           before
           they
           become
           Catholick
           ,
           have
           many
           Wives
           ,
           but
           of
           
           those
           there
           is
           but
           one
           whom
           they
           reckon
           the
           Lawful
           Wife
           .
           The
           Bridegroom
           on
           the
           day
           of
           Marriage
           went
           to
           her
           House
           and
           ,
           bringing
           her
           to
           his
           own
           Habitation
           ,
           he
           did
           put
           on
           her
           Feet
           some
           kind
           of
           open
           Shoes
           made
           with
           a
           sort
           of
           Rushes
           ,
           which
           be
           called
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           Language
           ,
           Ottoya
           ;
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           she
           was
           honoured
           as
           the
           Mistriss-paramount
           ,
           all
           the
           other
           Women
           Concubines
           obeying
           and
           serving
           her
           ,
           and
           the
           Issue
           of
           her
           Body
           was
           onely
           capable
           of
           Inheritance
           .
        
         
           The
           Itatins
           and
           Varack's
           ,
           inhabiting
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Sancta
             Cruz
          
           ,
           did
           likewise
           marry
           as
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           could
           maintain
           :
           An
           Uncle
           doth
           oftentimes
           marry
           his
           own
           Neece
           .
           When
           their
           Daughters
           are
           yet
           but
           twelve
           Months
           old
           ,
           their
           Parents
           look
           for
           Husbands
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           also
           choose
           him
           that
           is
           next
           of
           Kin
           in
           the
           second
           degree
           .
           The
           Parents
           having
           thus
           made
           choice
           of
           a
           Husband
           for
           their
           Daughter
           ,
           they
           go
           to
           his
           Habitation
           ,
           presenting
           him
           with
           a
           Bow
           and
           Arrows
           ,
           and
           a
           Mattock
           ▪
           as
           Pledges
           of
           the
           Matrimonial
           Contract
           ;
           If
           the
           said
           Person
           accepted
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           looket
           upon
           as
           the
           Son-in-law
           ,
           and
           is
           presently
           conducted
           to
           his
           Father-in-Laws
           house
           ,
           there
           to
           remain
           and
           manage
           the
           businesses
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           until
           his
           future
           Bride
           hath
           at
           attained
           to
           Maturity
           of
           Age.
           But
           in
           case
           that
           a
           young
           Man
           hath
           any
           Affection
           for
           a
           Maid
           
           which
           never
           was
           offered
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           then
           makes
           his
           application
           to
           her
           Parents
           ,
           and
           presenteth
           them
           with
           a
           bundle
           of
           Sticks
           :
           If
           they
           receive
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           token
           that
           they
           are
           well
           pleased
           with
           his
           motion
           ,
           and
           presently
           they
           admit
           him
           into
           their
           own
           House
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           a
           Woman
           is
           married
           amongst
           them
           ,
           her
           first
           care
           is
           to
           make
           two
           winding
           Sheets
           ,
           one
           for
           her
           Husband
           and
           the
           other
           for
           her self
           :
           A
           commendable
           Example
           for
           all
           Christians
           to
           follow
           ;
           the
           remembrance
           of
           our
           Mortality
           being
           a
           prevalent
           Antidote
           against
           all
           pestilential
           Diseases
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           In
           Guiana
           otherwise
           called
           
             Nova
             Andalusia
          
           ,
           the
           common
           Sort
           of
           People
           must
           be
           contented
           with
           one
           Dish
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           their
           Nobles
           they
           may
           enjoy
           Variety
           of
           Women
           ;
           they
           have
           the
           same
           Marriage-Ceremonies
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           Peru.
           But
           ,
           as
           England
           is
           esteemed
           the
           Paradise
           of
           Women
           ,
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           that
           Country
           is
           their
           Purgatory
           ;
           for
           Women
           are
           put
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Drudgery
           ,
           their
           condition
           being
           little
           better
           than
           our
           common
           Servants
           ,
           or
           Chamber-Maids
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           People
           in
           Syria
           called
           Druses
           ,
           which
           some
           Authors
           have
           reckon'd
           amongst
           Christians
           ,
           but
           which
           are
           neither
           Jews
           nor
           Christians
           ,
           but
           rather
           a
           Crew
           of
           Barbarous
           Mongrels
           ;
           for
           they
           marry
           their
           Mothers
           Daughters
           and
           Sisters
           without
           any
           
           regard
           at
           all
           :
           The
           reason
           they
           alledge
           for
           this
           Barbarous
           brutality
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           begotten
           Children
           for
           their
           own
           use
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           others
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           body
           ought
           to
           forbid
           them
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           that
           which
           is
           Naturally
           their
           own
           .
           They
           have
           some
           Holy
           Days
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           wherein
           their
           Men
           and
           Women
           assemble
           themselves
           in
           a
           publick
           place
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           extreamly
           Jovial
           ,
           for
           after
           their
           Feasting
           and
           Balling
           ,
           they
           begin
           another
           kind
           of
           Dance
           ,
           borrowing
           one
           anothers
           Wives
           .
        
         
           The
           Eastern
           Japannois
           ,
           otherwise
           called
           Wild
           Lopps
           ,
           contract
           Marriage
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           The
           day
           of
           the
           Wedding
           being
           come
           ,
           all
           the
           Bridegrooms
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Relations
           ,
           resort
           to
           his
           Tent
           ,
           and
           being
           gathered
           together
           ,
           the
           Bridegroom
           goes
           to
           his
           Brides
           Tent
           ,
           and
           brings
           her
           to
           his
           own
           ;
           where
           being
           come
           ,
           he
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           all
           the
           assembly
           ,
           taking
           a
           Steel
           with
           a
           Flint
           ,
           strikes
           Fire
           with
           all
           his
           force
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           Fire
           appears
           ,
           the
           more
           fortunate
           they
           judge
           him
           ,
           looking
           upon
           that
           as
           a
           happy
           Presage
           of
           his
           future
           Prosperity
           :
           This
           Ceremony
           ended
           ,
           the
           Marriage
           is
           concluded
           .
           Then
           they
           cause
           the
           Bride
           ,
           clothed
           with
           Zibellins
           and
           Hermines
           ,
           to
           be
           sett
           upon
           a
           tamed
           Boar
           ;
           the
           Bridegroom
           ,
           being
           clothed
           with
           Bear
           Skins
           ,
           goes
           a
           foot
           by
           her
           side
           ,
           all
           their
           Relations
           following
           with
           joyful
           Acclamations
           ,
           wishing
           them
           all
           Prosperity
           ,
           and
           a
           
           numerous
           Off-Spring
           .
           Being
           come
           to
           their
           Tent
           they
           feast
           and
           dance
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           sing
           the
           Elogium's
           of
           their
           deceased
           Hero's
           ,
           and
           eminent
           Captains
           ,
           renowned
           amongst
           them
           for
           their
           valorous
           Atchievements
           in
           Warlike
           affairs
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           they
           have
           made
           an
           end
           of
           their
           Songs
           ,
           the
           Bridegroom
           ▪
           Bride
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Guests
           ,
           cast
           themselves
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           in
           a
           pitiful
           manner
           ,
           weeping
           ,
           sobbing
           and
           lamenting
           the
           frailty
           of
           their
           Nature
           and
           Mortality
           .
           About
           half
           an
           hour
           after
           ,
           the
           Instruments
           begin
           again
           to
           play
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           rise
           up
           to
           renew
           the
           Dance
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           South
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           commonly
           called
           Magellanica
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           hath
           Affection
           for
           a
           Woman
           ,
           he
           goes
           to
           her
           Relations
           ,
           to
           ask
           them
           their
           good
           will
           ;
           which
           having
           obtained
           he
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           Ceremony
           ,
           takes
           her
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           Cohabit
           together
           like
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           .
           Their
           Relations
           assemble
           themselves
           the
           next
           day
           for
           to
           feast
           and
           make
           merry
           ;
           after
           that
           the
           Brides
           Relations
           offer
           her
           some
           Presents
           ,
           which
           the
           Bridegroom
           receiveth
           with
           thankfulness
           :
           The
           Women
           amongst
           them
           practise
           the
           same
           Trade
           as
           their
           Husbands
           .
           If
           any
           of
           them
           chance
           to
           ring
           Changes
           ,
           and
           play
           foul
           with
           another
           Man
           ;
           then
           her
           Husband
           sends
           her
           away
           to
           her
           Parents
           ,
           who
           presently
           shave
           off
           all
           the
           Hair
           
           of
           her
           Head
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           she
           ,
           turning
           a
           Convert
           ,
           will
           return
           to
           her
           Husband
           ,
           he
           notwithstanding
           never
           will
           vouchsase
           to
           honour
           her
           with
           his
           Bed
           ,
           but
           she
           must
           rest
           contented
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           and
           do
           all
           manner
           of
           Drudgery
           .
        
         
           Having
           performed
           my
           task
           
             (
             gentle
             Reader
          
           )
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           ,
           in
           part
           contented
           thy
           Curosity
           about
           these
           Nuptial
           Ceremonies
           ;
           a
           part
           of
           which
           Ihave
           been
           a
           Witness
           to
           ,
           &
           of
           others
           have
           received
           credible
           Informations
           from
           sundry
           grave
           Authors
           and
           Travellers
           :
           Nothing
           remaineth
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           Pray
           the
           God
           of
           all
           Unity
           and
           Concord
           ,
           in
           Mercy
           to
           heal
           all
           our
           Breaches
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           our
           Church
           may
           appear
           like
           a
           Bride
           ,
           all
           Glorious
           within
           ,
           ready
           to
           attend
           upon
           Christ
           her
           Bridegroom
           ,
           to
           whom
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           all
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           ,
           World
           without
           End.
           
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .