A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…

Lastly, we put the duty toward ¹children, because they come last to their hands. In Latin children ⟨p. 98⟩are called Pignora, that is pledges, as if I should say, a pledge of the husbands love to the wife, and a pledge of the wives love toward the husband: for there is nothing which doth so knit love between the man and the wife, as the fruit of the womb. Therefore when Leah began to conceive, she said, ²now my husband will love me, as though the husband did love for children. If a woman have many defects (as Leah had) yet this is the mends which she makes her husband to bring him children, which is the right Wedding Ring that sealeth and maketh up as it were the Marriage. When their father and mother fall out, they pert up between them like little mediators, and with many pretty sports make truce when other dare not speak to them. Therefore now let ⟨p. 99⟩us consider what these little ones may challenge of their parents, which stand then in stead of Lawyers.

Lastly, we put the duetie toward ¹children, because they come last to their hands. In Latin children ⟨p. 98⟩are called Pignora, that is pledges, as if I should say, a pledge of the husbands loue to the wife, and a pledge of the wiues loue toward the husband: for there is nothing which doth so knit loue between the man and the wife, as the fruite of the wombe. Therefore when Leah began to conceaue, she sayd, ²now my husband will loue me, as though the husband did loue for children. If a woman haue many defects (as Leah had) yet this is the mends which she makes her husband to bring him childrē, which is the right Wedding Ring that sealeth and maketh vp as it were the Marriage. When their father and mother fall out, they pert vp betweene them like little mediators, and with many pretie sportes make truce when other dare not speake to thē. Therefore now let