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with a mutual condescension, and also advise with and 

 consult each other in matters of importance. 



" 9th. That if any misunderstanding should arise, 

 the same be calmly canvassed and accommodated be- 

 tween ourselves, without admitting the interposition of 

 any other, or seeking a confident to either to reveal 

 our mind unto, or sympathise withal upon the oc- 

 casion. 



" 10th. That no suspicious jealousies of any kind 

 whatever be harboured in our breasts, without absolute 

 or good circumstantial evidence ; and if conceived upon 

 proof or strong presumption, the same to be communi- 

 cated to the suspected person, in temper and modera- 

 tion, and not told to another. 



"11th. That we be just, chaste, and continent to 

 each other; and should either prove otherwise, that 

 then we separate, notwithstanding the most solemn ties 

 to the contrary, unless it shall suit the injured party to 

 forgive the injury and continue the coverture ; and in 

 case of separation, each of us to keep such share of 

 wealth as we were possessed of when we came together, 

 if it remains in the same state, as to quantum ; but if 

 over or under, then in proportion to what we originally 

 had. 



" 1 2th. That we neither give into, nor countenance 

 any ill advisers who may have a design to mar our 

 happiness, and sow discord between us. 



" 1 3th. That in matters of religious concernment, we 

 be at liberty to exercise our sentiments freely without 

 control. 



" 14th. That we use our mutual endeavours to in- 

 crease our affection, cultivate our harmony, promote 

 our happiness, and live in the fear of God, and in 

 obedience to His righteous laws. 



" 15th. That we use the relatives of each other with 

 friendly kindness ; and that the same be extended to our 

 friends and benefactors, mutually, without grudging. 



" 16th. That the survivor of us endeavour, after the 

 death of either of us, to maintain the reputation and 

 dignity of the deceased, by avoiding levity of behaviour, 

 dissoluteness of life, and disgraceful marriage ; not 

 only so, but that such survivor persevere in good offices 

 to the children of the deceased, as a discreet, faithful, 

 and honourable survivor ought to do. 



" 17th. That in case Jacob Sprier, after trial, shall 

 not think it for his interest, or agreeable to his disposi- 

 tion, to live at the plantation where Deborah Learning 

 now resides, then, and in such case, she to remove with 

 him elsewhere upon a prospect promising to better his 

 circumstances or promote his happiness, provided the 

 landed interest of the said Deborah's late husband be 

 taken proper care of for the benefit of her son Christo- 

 pher. 



" 18th. That the said Jacob Sprier be allowed from 

 time to time to purchase such books from our joint stock 

 as he shall think necessary for the advantage and im- 

 provement of himself and our children jointly, or either 

 of them, without grudging. 



" 19th. That the said Jacob Sprier do continue to 

 keep Elisha Hughes, and perform his express agree- 

 ment to him according to indenture already executed, 

 and discharge the trust reposed in him the said Sprier 

 by the mother of the said Elisha, without grudging or 

 complaint. 



" 20th. And as the said Deborah Learning, and the 

 said Jacob Sprier, are now something advanced in years, 

 and ought to take the comfort of life as free from hard 

 toil as convenience will admit, therefore neither of 

 them be subject thereunto unless in case of emergence, 

 and this exemption to be no ways censured by each 

 other, provided they supervise, contrive, and do the 

 light necessary services incumbent on the respective 

 heads of a family, not omitting to cultivate their minds 

 when convenience will admit. 



"21st. That if anything be omitted in the fore- 

 going rules and particulars, that may conduce to our 

 future happiness and welfare, the same to be hereafter 

 supplied by reason and discretion, as often as occa- 

 sion shall require. 



" 22nd. That the said Jacob Sprier shall not upbraid 

 the said Deborah Learning with the extraordinary in- 

 dustry and good economy of his deceased wife, neither 

 shall the said Deborah Learning upbraid the said Jacob 

 Sprier with the like extraordinary industry and good 

 economy of her deceased husband, neither shall any- 

 thing of this nature be observed by either to the other 

 of us, with any view to offend or irritate the party to 

 whom observed ; a thing too frequently practised in a 

 second marriage, and very fatal to the repose of the 

 parties married. 



" I, Deborah Learning, in case I marry with Jacob 

 Sprier, do hereby promise to observe and perform the 

 before-going rules and particulars, containing twenty- 

 two in number, to the best of my power. As witness 

 my hand, the 16th day of Decem'r, 1751 : 



(Signed) "Deborah Leaming. 



" I, Jacob Sprier, in case I marry with Deborah 

 Leaming, do hereby promise to observe and perform 

 the before-going rules and particulars, containing 

 twenty two in number, to the best of my power. As 

 witness my hand, the 16th day of December, 1751 : 

 (Signed) "Jacob Sprier." 

 Oldbcck. 

 Philadelphia. 



ANCIENT AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 



(Continued fromYo\. vi., pp.60, 61.) 



Since communicating to you a short list of a 

 few books I had noted as having reference to this 

 obscure subject, I have stumbled over a few others 

 which bear special reference to the Quichua ; and 

 of which I beg to send you a short account, which 

 may be worthy a place in your valuable pages. 



The first work upon the Quichua language, of 

 which I find mention, is a grammar of the Peru- 

 vian Indians (Gramatica 6 arte general de la 

 lengua de los Indios del Peru), by the brother 

 Domingo de San Thomas, published in Valladolid 

 in 1560 ; and republished in the same year with 

 an appendix, being a Vocabulary of the Quichua. 

 The demand for the first edition appears to have 

 been considerable ; or, what is more likely, from 

 the extreme rarity of the work, the careful author 



