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of_o matrimony_n not_o proper_o and_o of_o itself_o but_o join_v unto_o it_o is_z bind_n and_o knytting_a to_o gether_o of_o man_n and_o multiplyenge_a and_o increasse_n of_o frendshyppe_n love_n and_o charity_n while_o a_o man_n be_v in_o like_a manner_n to_o his_o wine_n kynsfolke_n as_z he_o be_v to_o his_o own_o kynsfolke_n â–ª_o therefore_o this_o increase_n of_o love_n and_o charite_n shall_v wrongful_o take_v harm_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v marry_v she_o that_o be_v knytte_a unto_o he_o all_o ready_a by_o bloudde_n for_o by_o this_o marriage_n there_o shall_v be_v none_o increasse_n of_o any_o new_a frendeship_n love_n and_o charite_v and_o therefore_o by_o the_o law_n of_o man_n and_z also_o by_o the_o estatute_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v many_o degree_n in_o the_o which_o folk_n be_v forbid_v to_o marry_v ¶_o and_o saint_n thomas_n say_v in_o a_o other_o place_n on_o this_o wise_n accord_v to_o dyvers_a time_n it_o be_v find_v that_o kynrede_n have_v let_v marriage_n 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to_o gether_o in_o one_o house_n for_o seinge_v it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o they_o which_o come_v of_o one_o parent_n or_o of_o one_o father_n and_o mother_n both_o man_n &_o woman_n indifferent_o company_n to_o gether_o of_o long_a time_n in_o one_o house_n plain_o they_o shall_v have_v great_a provocation_n &_o stirringe_n to_o flesshly_a lust_n if_o it_o be_v not_o forbid_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o such_o medley_n between_o those_o person_n and_o now_o when_o that_o they_o think_v sureli_fw-la and_o believe_v that_o there_o can_v in_o no_o mean_n marriage_n be_v contracte_v &_o make_v between_o they_o lauful_o straight_o way_n that_o filthy_a lust_n and_o pleasure_n be_v quench_v &_o cease_v nor_o do_v not_o provoke_v nor_o stir_v their_o mind_n any_o long_o to_z desire_v though_o thing_n that_o be_v unpossible_a &_o can_v not_o be_v do_v whereby_o they_o instruct_v and_o teach_v to_o tame_v and_o refrain_v their_o filthy_a desire_n as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o certain_a former_a exercise_n &_o practice_v and_o assayenge_a of_o themselves_o no_o doubt_n but_o by_o this_o custom_n they_o shall_v the_o better_o abstain_v afterwards_o from_o other_o woman_n for_o as_o saint_n augustin_n say_v custom_n to_o a_o thing_n may_v do_v very_o moche_v either_o to_o provoke_v man_n appetite_n and_o to_o make_v he_o have_v a_o lust_n or_o desire_v to_o it_o or_o to_o turn_v away_o his_o appetite_n from_o it_o and_o to_o make_v he_o to_o abhor_v it_o and_o therefore_o seinge_v that_o custom_n do_v keep_v in_o &_o restrayn_v our_o unmoderate_a lust_n and_o concupiscence_n in_o this_o matter_n man_n do_v well_o to_o judge_v that_o it_o be_v a_o shameful_a thing_n to_o break_v and_o corrupt_v it_o for_o if_o hit_v be_v ageyn_v right_a for_o
cloak_n &_o go_v backward_o do_v hide_v and_o cover_v their_o father_n privity_n by_o cause_n they_o will_v not_o see_v their_o fader_n privy_a membre_n and_o so_o do_v they_o have_v their_o father_n bless_v and_o cam_n have_v his_o curse_n on_o this_o manner_n ought_v tho_o prohibition_n that_o we_o shall_v not_o marry_v our_o brother_n wife_n etc._n etc._n to_o be_v weigh_v and_o examine_v for_o sing_v our_o brother_n wife_n be_v one_o flesh_n and_o bloudde_n with_o her_o husband_n and_o he_o likewise_o one_o flesh_n and_o bloudde_n with_o his_o brother_n it_o follow_v well_o that_z the_o brother_n and_o the_o brother_n wife_n be_v not_o two_o but_o one_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o so_o consequent_o that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v join_v to_o gether_o by_o marriage_n seinge_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a before_o they_o marry_o that_o they_o be_v diverse_a flesh_n and_o bloudde_n and_o so_o by_o marriage_n be_v no_o long_o two_o body_n but_o be_v make_v one_o flesh_n and_o blood_n ¶_o for_o matrimony_n be_v forbid_a between_o person_n of_o consanguinite_n and_o affinite_a because_o that_o between_o these_o person_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a natural_a amity_n and_o friendship_n made_z by_o the_o institution_n of_o nature_n which_o do_v not_o need_v the_o help_n of_o marriage_n to_o strength_n it_o but_o those_o person_n ought_v to_o be_v couple_v to_o stranger_n and_o nothing_o of_o bloudde_n to_o they_o to_z increasse_n amity_n love_n and_o charity_n which_o be_v increassed_a by_o marienge_n of_o stranger_n to_o gether_o by_o cause_n that_o these_o person_n which_o before_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o gether_o one_o to_o the_o other_o by_o any_o specyall_a bond_n shall_v now_o be_v make_v friend_n and_o lover_n by_o the_o richte_n and_o law_n of_o marriage_n in_o the_o which_o frendeshyppe_n and_o love_n stand_v the_o fast_a knytting_a to_o gether_o of_o hartis_fw-la and_o mind_n and_o unity_n of_o wylle_n and_o likewise_o as_o there_o need_v no_o marriage_n 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