ABSTRACT
THE weddings of the nobility are solemnized according to their degree and rank by the ceremonies I have mentioned, with the priest's blessing, the putting on of a ring, and the wedding gift,1 after the pattern of a Christian marriage. Such ceremonies are established by law (of which I intentionally say nothing here) equally for kings, for private citizens of high birth, and for common folk; that is to say that those who have been joined in matrimony shall live together in both peace and war, in good fortune and bad, as each promises voluntarily in the sight of the Church, after a ring and a kiss have been given and received,2 when they are questioned and blessed by a priest.
