ABSTRACT
WHEN these satisfactions of the table are at an end, everyone, of both sexes and all ages, enters the church together in order to invoke the aid of God and His saints for their own safety and the health of their parents. They pass several days in such a pious duty and are deeply concerned that if any in their midst are at variance they may bring them back to mutual liking and friendship. They pray, too, that if they are menaced by enemy attack anywhere within the bounds of those realms, they may stand completely ready to defend themselves by every means. Lastly, if they see among the assembled folk any young persons who should be joined together by the bond of matrimony, in that they appear suited to it through the uprightness of their characters, they should then and there urge the parents of each to fix a day when the suitor may come to initiate their betrothal vows. 1 So it comes about that one is made of many, since although friends are many, they become a single entity in which there is one spirit and one opinion, 2 or, in those united by the tie of marriage, one flesh.
