Footnotes

"Think, man, thy life But that thou keepest

May not ever endure, Unto thy executor's care,

That thou dost thyself If ever it avail thee

Of that thou art sure; It is but chance."

—Extract from Parochial Books of Chester-le-Street, Durham.

"It is plain that at this period the privilege of a separate pew was confined to persons of the first rank; the rest sat promiscuously on forms in the body of the church, and the privilege is here extended only to sick wives and brides, who sat to hear the preacher deliver 'The Bride's Bush,' or 'The Wedding Garment beautified.'"—Surtees' Hist. of Durham.