ABSTRACT
The extract takes the form of a dialogue in which effeminate men and bachelors are attacked. Some brutal and inventive penalties are proposed for men who refuse to marry. Text from The Levellers: A Dialogue between two young Ladies, concerning Matrimony, proposing an Act for enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing single Persons, With the danger of Celibacy to a Nation. Dedicated to a member of Parliament (1703). Text from Harleian Miscellany (1745).
