...since to do so may save the trouble of reference for the curious : You shall swear by the custom of our confession That you never made any nuptial transgression,...wife, By household brawls or contentious strife ; Or otherwise, in bed or at board Offended each other in deed or word ; Or, since the parish clerk said...

...it. The oath administered was in the doggerel hereunder : — "You shall swear, by the custom of our confession, That you never made any nuptial transgression...wife, By household brawls or contentious strife ; Or, since the Parish Clerk said " Amen," Wished yourselves unmarried again ; Or, in a twelvemonth and a...

...: — " We do swear by custom of confession That we ne'er made nuptial transgression ; Nor since we were married man and wife, By household brawls or contentious strife, Or otherwise at bed or at board, Offended each other in deed or word ; Or since the parish clerk said...

...of spinsters and bachelors that they have lived together in entire harmony for a year and a day: Nor since you were married man and wife, By household brawls or contentious strife, Or otherwise at bed or at board, Offended each other in deed or word. Or in a twelvemonth and a day Repented...

...spinsters and bachelors that they have' lived together in entire harmony for a year and a day : Nor since you were married man and wife, By household brawls or contentious strife Or otherwise at bed or at board Offended each other in deed or word, Or in a twelvemonth and a day Repented...