Note 1202 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE

Thus in the rituals of Edward VI. and Elizabeth, when the priest says, "Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife?" or "this man to thy wedded husband?" we have the case of espousals. Thereafter, when each party says, "I, N., take thee, N., to my wedded wife" or "husband," we see matrimony contracted, though the form is precisely that of sponsalia per verba de praesenti. See the Parker Society Liturgical Services, Edward VI., 128, 129; Elizabeth, 218, 219. The same forms are retained in the existing ritual of the English church: Bingham, The Christian Marriage Ceremony, 163, 164.