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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<HEAD>INCESTUOUS MARRIAGES,
OR,
Relations of Con&s;anguinity and Affinity hindering and di&s;&s;olving <HI>Marriage,</HI> as making all <HI>Marriages</HI> within &s;uch <HI>Relations</HI>
to be Ince&s;tuous, and all Children begotten of &s;uch <HI>Marriages</HI> to be Illegitimate, or Ba&s;tards to all intents and purpo&s;es.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>I. CONSANGVINITY.</HEAD>
<P>COn&s;anguinity, Kindred, or Blood, hinders and di&s;&s;olves Marriage between three; or (taking two of them double) five
Relations.</P>
<P>1. Where one of the per&s;ons is de&s;cended from the other, that is, <HI>Parents</HI> and <HI>Children,</HI> viz. <LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Father</HI> and <HI>Daughter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mother</HI> and <HI>Sonne.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>2. Where both per&s;ons are de&s;cended immediately from a third, that is,&mdash;<HI>Brother</HI> and <HI>Si&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P>3. Where one of the per&s;ons is de&s;cended from the <HI>Brother</HI> or <HI>Si&s;ter</HI> of the other: For the&s;e
are <HI>Loco Parentum &amp; Liberorum,</HI> in place of <HI>Parents</HI> and <HI>Children,</HI> viz.&mdash;<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Vncle</HI> and <HI>Neece.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aunt</HI> and <HI>Nephew.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>Hence, by rea&s;on of Con&s;anguinity, no Man may marry his own <HI>Mother, Daughter, Si&s;ter, Aunt,</HI> or <HI>Neece.</HI>
And, by the &s;ame rea&s;on, no Woman may marry her own <HI>Father, Son, Brother, Vncle,</HI> or <HI>Nephew.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>II. AFFINITY,</HEAD>
<P>AFfinity depends upon Con&s;anguinity, and &s;o in like manner hinders and di&s;&s;olves Marriage, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>In what Relation a Man may not marry his <HI>own Kin&s;woman,</HI> in the &s;ame he may not marry his <HI>Wifes Kin&s;woman,</HI> or his
<HI>Kin&s;mans Wife.</HI> And by the &s;ame rea&s;on,</P>
<P>In what Relation a Woman may not marry her <HI>own Kin&s;man,</HI> in the &s;ame &s;he may not marry her <HI>Husbands Kin&s;man,</HI> or her
<HI>Kin&s;womans Husband.</HI> The rea&s;on of both is, becau&s;e Husband and Wife are one Fle&s;h, <HI>Gen.</HI> 2. 24.</P>
<P>Hence, by rea&s;on of <HI>Affinity,</HI> no Man may marry his <HI>Wifes Mother,</HI> or his <HI>Fathers Wife:</HI> his <HI>Wifes Daughter,</HI> or his <HI>Sonnes
Wife:</HI> his <HI>Wifes Si&s;ter,</HI> or his <HI>Brothers Wife:</HI> his <HI>Wifes Aunt,</HI> or his <HI>Vncles Wife:</HI> his <HI>Wifes Neece,</HI> or his <HI>Nephews Wife.</HI></P>
<P>And by the &s;ame rea&s;on, no Woman may marry her <HI>Husbands Father,</HI> or her <HI>Mothers Husband:</HI> her <HI>Husbands Sonne,</HI> or her
<HI>Daughters Husband:</HI> her <HI>Husbands Brother,</HI> or her <HI>Si&s;ters Husband:</HI> her <HI>Husbands Vncle,</HI> or her <HI>Aunts Husband:</HI> her <HI>Hu&s;|bands
Nephew,</HI> or her <HI>Neeces Husband.</HI></P>
<P>Where 1. Under the names of <HI>Father, Mother, Sonne, Daughter, Vncle, Aunt, Nephew,</HI> and <HI>Neece,</HI> are comprehended and un|der&s;tood,
not onely they who are &s;uch in the immediate or next Degree, but al&s;o they who are &s;uch in any Degree
what&s;oever: that is to &s;ay, <HI>Grand-father, Grand-mother, Grand-&s;onne, Grand-daughter, Great Vncle, Great Aunt, Great Ne|phew,
Great Neece,</HI> &amp;c. upward and downward <HI>in infinitum.</HI></P>
<P>2. Under the names of <HI>Brother, Si&s;ter, Vncle, Aunt, Nephew</HI> and <HI>Neece,</HI> are comprehended and under&s;tood, not onely
they who are &s;uch by whole Blood, that is, both by <HI>Father</HI> and <HI>Mother,</HI> but al&s;o they who are &s;uch by half-blood,
that is, either by <HI>Father</HI> or <HI>Mother.</HI></P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="table">
<HEAD>All the&s;e Prohibitions are briefly &s;et forth to the Eye in this following <HI>Table.</HI></HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>CONSANGVINITY.</CELL>
<CELL COLS="2">AFFINITY.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><LIST>
<HEAD>A
No Man may
marry his <HI>own</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>1 Mother, Grand-mother, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Daughter, Grand-daughter, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Si&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Aunt, Great Aunt, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Neece, Great Neece, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<HEAD>C
No Man may
marry his <HI>Wifes</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>1 Mother, Grand-mother, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Daughter, Grand-daughter, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Si&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Aunt, Great Aunt, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Neece, Great Neece, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<HEAD>E
No Man may
marry the <HI>Wife</HI>
of his</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 Father, Grand-father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Sonne, Grand-&s;onne, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Brother.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Vncle, Great Vncle, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Nephew, Great Nephew, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><LIST>
<HEAD>B
No Woman
may marry her
<HI>own</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>1 Father, Grand-father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Sonne, Grand-&s;onne, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Brother.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Vncle, Great Vncle, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Nephew, Great Nephew, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<HEAD>D
No Woman may
marry her <HI>Hu&s;|bands</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>1 Father, Grand-father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Sonne, Grand-&s;onne, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Brother.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Vncle, Great Vncle, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Nephew, Great Nephew, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<HEAD>F
No Woman may
marry the <HI>Hu&s;|band</HI>
of her</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 Mother, Grand-mother, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Daughter, Grand-daughter, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Si&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Aunt, Great Aunt, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Neece, Great Neece, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>All the&s;e Relations of <HI>Con&s;anguinity</HI> and <HI>Affinity</HI> are prohibited Marriage</HEAD>
<P>1. By the <HI>Leviticall Law,</HI> or Law of God, either in expre&s;&s;e terms, or (which is all one) by divers nece&s;&s;ary con&s;equences, from
likene&s;s, parity, or majority of Rea&s;on: which is as much as a man is forbidden to marry his own <HI>Grand-mother,</HI> or his own
<HI>Daughter.</HI> For neither of the&s;e is there forbidden in expre&s;s terms, but both evidently by divers nece&s;&s;ary Con&s;equences.</P>
<P>2. By the <HI>Civil</HI> or <HI>Imperiall Law,</HI> in divers expre&s;s Texts of the <HI>Dige&s;t, Code,</HI> and <HI>In&s;titutes.</HI></P>
<P>3. By the <HI>Canon Law.</HI></P>
<P>4. By the <HI>Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Lawes</HI> of the Church of <HI>England</HI> in all Ages: Particularly, &s;ince the <HI>Reformation,</HI> in the Table &s;et
forth by Authority, 1563. confirmed and commanded to be &s;et up in all Churches by the 99^t^h <HI>Canon</HI> 1603.</P>
<P>5. By &s;everall Statutes or Acts of Parliament in this ca&s;e provided: Particularly, by that very Statute 32 <HI>H. 8. Cap.</HI> 38.
which is the onely Statute objected again&s;t us; and by that very Clau&s;e of that Statute, which is chiefly in&s;i&s;ted upon, <HI>viz.</HI>
[<HI>That no re&s;ervation or prohibition, Gods Law except, &s;hall trouble or impeach any Marriage Without the Levitical Degrees.</HI>]
Which plainly imports, that all Marriages <HI>Within the Leviticall Degrees</HI> (as all the&s;e are) &s;hall be troubled and impeached, though
there were no exception again&s;t them by any other Law of God.</P>
<P>6. By the Lawes of all other Churches in the Chri&s;tian World, of what Countrey, Government, or Per&s;wa&s;ion in Religion
&s;oever they be.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, whereas this whole Table con&s;i&s;ts of 30 Prohibitions, di&s;tingui&s;hed into &s;ix Cla&s;&s;es by <HI>A. B.</HI> for <HI>Con&s;anguinity, C. D.
E. F.</HI> for <HI>Affinity,</HI> and every Cla&s;s into five Prohibitions, by 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. They are &s;o ordered and di&s;po&s;ed, that they mutual|ly
explain and inferr one another above 100 wayes: So that grant any one of them, and grant all; Deny one, and deny all.</P>
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<P>Imprimatur,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Jan. xxii. 1677/8.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>H. LONDON.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Robert Pawlet</HI> at the <HI>Bible</HI> in <HI>Chancery-lane,</HI> 1677/8.</P>
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