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the_o three_o and_o last_o be_v in_o the_o child_n the_o solemnity_n in_o matrimony_n in_o divers_a place_n import_v unto_o we_o wise_a moral_n and_o do_v as_o it_o be_v presage_v a_o duty_n and_o a_o obedience_n to_o thing_n as_o both_o plutarch_n and_o pliny_n write_v of_o the_o venetian_n that_o when_o a_o marriage_n be_v solemnize_v in_o venice_n the_o bride_n after_o that_o day_n bring_v her_o distaff_n and_o her_o spindle_n and_o flâ—x_v ready_a as_o one_o after_o that_o day_n never_o to_o be_v idle_a but_o occupy_v always_o in_o she_o affair_n of_o her_o house_n the_o greek_n and_o roman_n also_o have_v this_o custom_n they_o gird_v the_o loin_n of_o their_o daughter_n always_o till_o the_o day_n of_o their_o marriage_n and_o then_o that_o night_n her_o husband_n shall_v loose_v the_o knot_n and_o unbind_v that_o which_o of_o long_a time_n the_o virgin_n of_o greece_n keep_v fast_o bind_v among_o divers_a country_n where_o sundry_a solemnity_n in_o matrimony_n be_v use_v i_o 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