Note 1348 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE

"But this penalty was not renewed at each violation of the act, and the offender was able by a writ of error to obtain a delay of about a year and a half, during which time he carried on his profession without molestation, made at least 400 l. or 500 l. and then frequently absconded."—Lecky, Hist. of Eng. in the 18th Century, I, 533; cf. Burn, Fleet Marriages, 6.