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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.
Who immediately made ready the stable, goeth forth to the well & bringeth the servant into the house, and setteth meat before him But the servant said: I will not eat, till I have first done my errand. And so began, and told ⟨image 65⟩how that his master Abraham had one only 1son: how rich he was, and how he had sent him to Mesopotamia to get his son a wife.
Who immediatelye made readye the stable, goeth forth to the well & bringeth the seruaunte into the house, and setteth meat before him But the seruaunt sayde: I will not eate, tyll I haue first done my earand. And so beganne, and tolde ⟨image 65⟩how that hys master Abraham had one onelye 1sonne: how riche he was, and how he had sente him to Mesopotamia to get hys sonne a wyfe.
- 1A form of the •rande in marriage.A fourme of the •rande in mariage.
Then told he how he made his prayer unto god, & came to the well, and how their daughter Rebecca came to the well also, how she behaved her self and what she did, by the vohych he understood, that god had prouyd•d their daughter for his masters son: So that now his request was, that they would give him a final answer, whether they could be cont•t to marry their daughter to his masters son, or no. Where upon the damsels father and brother answered. This cometh even of the Lord, therefore will we not say against it &c.