[1189] 32 Hen. VIII., c. 38: Statutes at Large, II, 173, 174; Evans, Statutes, I, 152-54. The act of 25 Hen. VIII., c. 22: Evans, I, 151, prescribes the Levitical degrees.
[1190] Friedberg, op. cit., 311, 312. See the elaborate discussion of the divorce controversy by Burnet, Hist. of the Reformation, I, 26 ff., particularly 74 ff.
[1191] 2 and 3 Ed. VI., c. 23: Statutes at Large, II, 284, 285; Evans, Statutes, I, 154, 155. Cf. Jeaffreson, Brides and Bridals, I, 114 f., 124 ff.
[1192] Swinburne, Of Spousals, 15. This learned treatise was first published in 1686, although written a century before. See the introductory address "To the Reader."
[1193] Ibid., 1-3.
[1194] Ibid., 236.
[1195] Ibid., 14. In Twelfth Night, Act V, scene i, Olivia calls Cesario "husband;" and in Act IV, scene iii, referring to the future nuptials, speaks of keeping celebration "according to my birth." In Measure for Measure, Act I, scene iii, Claudio calls Julietta his "wife;" and in Act IV, scene i, the duke, addressing Mariana who had been affianced to Angelo, says, "he is your husband on a precontract." Cf. Douce, Illustrations of Shakespeare, I, 114.
[1196] Swinburne, op. cit., 193 ff.
[1197] Ibid., 194.
[1198] Swinburne, op. cit., 194, 195, 196.