Note 1195 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE

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.