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The gold[n] book of christen matrimony most necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that…The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that…
The gold[n] book of christen matrimony most necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that intend to live quietly and godly in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forth in English by Theodore Basil.The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by Theodore Basille.
London: printed for Joha, 1543London: printed for Ioha, 1543
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ The. xi. Chapter.
How shameful & wicked a thing adultery is, and how it hath of old time been punished hitherto.
How shamefull & wycked a thyng aduoutry is, and howe it hath of olde tyme bene punyshed hytherto.
And like as whoredom hath ever ben taken for an abomination, among all honest people in the whole world, even so have they esteemed adultery to be a thing much more shameful & utterly to be abhorred: in so much that all virtuous rulers, yea & that even among the Heathen have punished it with the pain of death.1
ANd lyke as whordome hath euer ben takē for an abhominacion, among all honest people in ye whole worlde, euē so haue they estemed aduoutry to be a thing much more shamefull & vtterly to be abhorred: in so much that all vertuous rulers, yea & that euen among the Hethē haue punyshed it wyth ye payne of death.1
- 1Ho we God plagued ad•ontry before y• law c written.