The midwife's guide : being the complete works of Aristotle : beautifully illustrated. To which is added an appendix, explanatory of the illustrations, never before published.

  • Aristotle, pseud.
Date:
1845
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Credit: The midwife's guide : being the complete works of Aristotle : beautifully illustrated. To which is added an appendix, explanatory of the illustrations, never before published. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II I the injunction laid upon him in Paradise, before iij his fall. To conclude, a virtuous wife is a crown i and ornament to her husband, and her price is li above rubies 5 but the ways of a harlot are de- l:i ceitful. j CHAP. VIL ! Of Errors in Marriage ; Why they are ; and the Prejudices of them. \ By errors in marriage, I mean the unfitness of ' ;■ the persons marrying to enter into this state, and I'l that both with respect to age, and the constitution ' fa; of their bodies; and therefore those that design to ’ V enter into that condition ought to observe their ) ability, and not run themselves into inconvenien- ) ces ; for those that marry too young may be said ' I to marry unseasonably, not considering their in- ^ :i ability, nor examining the force of nature ; for ' ! some, before they are ripe for the consummation ^ ^ of so weighty a matter, who either rashly, of their f \i\ own accord, or by the instigation of procurers, or I marriage brokers, or else forced thereto by their parents who covet a large dowry, take upon them I i this yoke to their prejudice; by which some, be- d s’! fore the expiration of a year, have been so enfee- i' bled, that all their vital moisture has been exhaust- 11 “ ed ; which hath not been restored again without I** ]i great trouble, and the use of medicines. Where- in j| fore, my advice is, that it is no ways convenient ^ >i to suffer children, or such as are not of age, to d i{ marry or get children. |j He that proposes to marry, and wishes to enjoy happiness in that state, should choose a wife de- scended from honest and temperate parents; she IS 111 being chaste, well bred, and of good manners.