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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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Object. What if a man of mean place be married to a woman of eminent place, or a servant be married to his mistress, or an aged woman to a youth, must such a wife acknowledge such an husband her superior?
Obiect. What if a man of meane place be maried to a woman of eminent place, or a seruant be maried to his mistresse, or an aged woman to a youth, must such a wife acknowledge such an husband her superiour?
Answ. Yea verily: for in giving her self to be his wife, and 1taking him to be her husband, she advanceth him above herself, and subjecteth her self unto him. It booteth nothing what either of them were before marriage: by virtue of the matrimonial bond the husband is made the head of his wife, though the husband were before marriage a very beggar, and of mean parentage, and the wife very wealthy and of a noble stock; or though he were her prentice, or bondslave; which also holdeth in the case betwixt an aged woman and a youth: ⟨p. 273⟩for the Scripture hath made no exception in any of those cases.
Answ. Yea verily: for in giuing her selfe to be his wife, and 1taking him to be her husband, she aduanceth him aboue herselfe, and subiecteth her selfe vnto him. It booteth nothing what either of them were before mariage: by vertue of the matrimoniall bond the husband is made the head of his wife, though the husband were before mariage a very begger, and of meane parentage, and the wife very wealthy and of a noble stocke; or though he were her prentise, or bondslaue; which also holdeth in the case betwixt an aged woman and a youth: