:27:29
"Dearly beloved...
:27:32
"...we are gathered together
here in the sight of God...
:27:36
"...and in the face of this congregation...
:27:40
"...to join together this man
and this woman in holy matrimony."
:27:43
A year later,
on the fifteenth ofJune...
:27:47
...in the year 1773...
:27:50
...Redmond Barry had the honour to lead
to the altar the Countess of Lyndon.
:27:56
The ceremony was performed by the
Reverend Runt, Her Ladyship's Chaplain.
:28:02
"And therefore is not in any way
to be enterprised...
:28:06
"...nor taken in hand unadvisedly...
:28:10
"...lightly or wantonly...
:28:13
"...to satisfy men's carnal lusts
and appetites...
:28:17
"...like brute beasts
that have no understanding.
:28:24
"But reverently...
:28:26
"...discreetly...
:28:28
"...advisedly...
:28:31
"...soberly...
:28:33
"...and in the fear of God.
:28:37
"Duly considering the causes
for which matrimony was ordained.
:28:43
"First...
:28:44
"...it was ordained for the procreation
of children to be brought up...
:28:49
"...in the fear and nurture of the Lord,
and to the praise of His holy name.
:28:54
"Secondly...
:28:56
"...it was ordained for a remedy
against sin, and to avoid fornication."