The Levellers: A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single Persons — John Shaqi
The Levellers: A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single PersonsAnonymous
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The Levellers: A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single Persons
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Marriage
The Parson was hereby prevailed upon to smoak another Pipe, and the
Second Daughter was brought in, to whom he carried himself as to the
former, and also allowed her an Hour's Time to consider of it. You may
be sure, during this Time, the Father and Mother worked the Girl to say,
Yes, as plain as if she had been in the Church: The Time being elapsed,
the Parson was impatient to go Home, Wife or no Wife, he was so
indifferent. The Girl was now called in, and the Parson asked her,
Whether she had considered of the Matter? She answered, Yes. Then will
you have me? She answers, Yes. Very well then, says the Parson to the
Father, all is done but Matrimony; and when shall that be? When you
please, says the Father. Then, says the Parson, let it be on _Tuesday_
next. But, says the Father, who shall get the Licence? I will take Care
of that, says the Parson; and so, taking Leave of the Father, away he
goes. When he had gone about three or four Miles, and thinking of the
Licence, he remembered he had not taken his Wife's Christian Name, and
so he rode back again as hard as he could drive, and, riding up to the
House, he found the eldest Daughter standing at the Door, so he asked
her what was her Christian Name? She told him; he bid her a Good-Night,
and away he goes.
The Day being come, and the Licence being got ready, the Parson comes to
fetch his Wife; away goes the Father with him, and his three Daughters,
and two or three other Relations, to the Church, where the Parson and
Clerk were ready to make Matrimonial Execution: The Parson asked the
Father and Parson _G----_, which of the Daughters was to be married;
they answered the second Daughter; but the Parson told them the first
Daughter's Name was in the Licence, and therefore he could not marry
them till they had got another Licence. Parson _G----_ told them, he
could not defer it any longer, and therefore he would be dispatched
somehow or other, and told them it was all one to him which of them he
had, and so he goes to the Eldest, and asks her whether she would have
him? And she, having better considered of the Point, answered Yes, and
so they were married.
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