Note 234:A — Chapter VII
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"You see marriage is destinie, made in heaven, though consummated on earth."—Lely, Mother Bombie, 1594. Shakespeare, too, in the "Merchant of Venice," declares that "hanging and wiving go by destiny." In "The Cheats," written by Wilson in 1662, Scruple remarks, "Good sir, marriages are made in heaven." Many similar passages to these might be cited.