Note 11 — Part III.
Reading edition
Ante-nuptial fornication—‘on the terms of marriage’—was lamentably common, but in such cases the law of the church, while duly put in force, was considerably relaxed in its severity, if marriage followed.
Reading edition
Ante-nuptial fornication—‘on the terms of marriage’—was lamentably common, but in such cases the law of the church, while duly put in force, was considerably relaxed in its severity, if marriage followed.