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another wife. The woman, also, who shall forsake, or 
put away her husband without cause, the above is the 
regulation w r ith regard to such. But if a man put away 
his wife on account of her great anger (violent temper,) 
and for her bad behaviour, such man put (her) away, the 
magistrates shall admonish the wife and the husband that 
they live together: but if they are perverse, they shall 
remain ; the wife shall not take another husband, and the 
husband shall not take another wife. They shall also be 
adjudged to labour till they live together again. The 
husband’s work shall be on the road or the plantation. 
The wife shall perform such work as weaving mats or 
beating cloth. For the king one part, and for the gover¬ 
nor the other part, of the work they shall do. 
XIII. Concerning the Not Making Provision for the 
Support of the Wife. 
If a man does not provide food for his own wife, but afflicts 
her with hunger, the magistrate shall admonish such a 
husband that he behave not thus ; but if he will not hear 
their counsel, and his wife, on account of this evil treat¬ 
ment, (she) leave, let him be sentenced to labour (if not 
a weak and sickly man) until the day that he will behave 
kindly to his wife. The work shall be such as making a 
road, or erecting a fence, for the king and the governor. 
XIV. Concerning Marriage. 
Marriage is an agreement between two persons, one 
man and one woman, that they will be united in marriage. 
It must not be with a brother or a sister, but with a dis¬ 
tant relation or a stranger, that a person may properly 
(lawfully) marry. 
The marriage ceremony shall be performed by a Mis¬ 
sionary, or magistrate. Those purposing to marry shall 
make the same known unto a Missionary, or to a magis¬ 
trate ; and the Missionary (or magistrate) shall cause it 
to be intimated to the people, that the propriety (of it) 
may be known. Perhaps there may be some cause that 
would render it improper for them to marry ; if not, then 
they may marry. This is the evil (that would render it 
unlawful): perhaps the man may have forsaken his wife in 
some island or country, and may have travelled to another 
land, deceitfully to marry. So also it may be with the 
wife, and is also the regulation. Therefore shall the Mis¬ 
sionary request the people, if they know of evil conduct 
