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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
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.
§. 30. Of answers to the reasons for a wives property.
§. 30. Of answers to the reasons for a wiues property.
To prove a wives property in the common goods of the family the reasons following are alleged.
To proue a wiues property in the common goods of the family the reasons following are alledged.
Answ. I deny the consequence. For the use of the body is a proper act of the matrimonial bond, wherein the difference betwixt superiority and subjection appeareth not: the wife hath as great a power over the husbands body as the husband over the wives: which is not so in the goods: no one thing can be named, wherein the power and authority of the husband more consisteth, then in the goods.