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fbac the reuercnce of a Mans felfe, is, next Religion, the 
chiefeR Bridle of all Vices. And when hee had laid 
(his, ihe good lew pawfed a little ; Whereupon, I far more 
willing to hears him fpeake on, than to fpeake my felfe, yet 
thinking it decent, that vpon his pawleof Speech,I Ihould 
not be altogether filent, faidonely this yTbat 1 would fay to 
bint, as the Widow o/Sarepta [aid to Elias ; that hee was come 
to being to Memory our Simes j And that 1 confeffetbe Righte- 
oulneffe of Benfalem, was greater than the Righteoufndlec/ 
Europe, Ac which Ipcech hee bowed his Head, and 
went on this manner. They haue alfo many wife and excel¬ 
lent Lives touching Marriage. They allow no Polygamy. 
They haue ordained that none doe intermarry or contract , nontilla 
Monet 'o bee pafi from their firfl Inter-yiew\ Marriage with¬ 
out confent of Parents they doe not make <voyd , but theymulB it 
in the Inheritors : For the Cbildrenofjuch Marriages, are not 
admitted to inherit , aboue a third Part of thHr Parents Inheri¬ 
tance ., I haue read in a Books of one of your Men, of a Feig¬ 
ned Common-wealth, where the Married couple are permit¬ 
ted, before they Contrail , to fee one another 'Naked. This they 
dijlike : For they thinke it a Scorne , togiUeaRefufaU after [o 
Familiar Knowledge: But becaufe of many hidden Deft Its in Men 
and Womens Bodies , they haue a more Quill Way: For they haue 
neareeuery Tome , aCoupleof BooXcsf which they call Adam and 
Eues Poolcs, ) where it is permitted to one of the friends of the 
Man,and another of -he friends of the Woman , to fee them feueral¬ 
ly bath Naked . 
And as-wee were thus in Conference, there came one 
chat feemed to bee a Melfengcr, in a rich Huke , that fpake 
with the lew : whereupon hce turned to mce, and laid ; 
Tou will pardon me e, for / am commanded aw ay in hafte. The 
next Morning bee came to mee againe, ioyhili as it feemed, 
and laid j There is word come to the Gouernour of the City, 
that one of the Fathers c/Salomons Houle, will bee here this 
day Seuen-night : Wee haue jeene none of them this Do^en 
Leaves. His Combining is in State j 'Em the caufe of his com - 
ming f fecret. I will prouide you , and your Fellowes ) of a good 
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