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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART III
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And for a small reward the Mother will bring her Daughter being a Maiden unto those that do desire her.

But it is so much abhorred for Women of the high Cast or Descent to admit Men of the low Cast to have any thing to do with them, that I think they never do it.
[Marriages.] But enough of this Ribaldry, let us turn away to more honest Practices.

To speak of their Marriages, which make the Bed lawful.

There are not many Ceremonies used in or about the same.

[No wooing.] Here is no wooing for a Wife.


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