Inasmuch as it is possible for any man and woman, freeborn and unencumbered, to take one another in marriage, the number of such unions has greatly proliferated in all the known world. While many of these unions are properly taken, the Church can neither vouchsafe their legitimacy, nor attest to their character, nevertheless all who have received the Rite of Initiation and the Rite of Maturation may properly be known by the honorific, Man and Wife.
As you may have cause to bind two in marriage, it is proper to use the ceremony following:
Having heard the man and woman give their free and unencumbered desires to take the other in marriage, have them both receive the Rite of Restoration; then have them kneel and recite the oaths following using these words:
MAN: Here do I, by all that is holy, swear to take this woman as my good wife; to keep her safely; to sire her children; to provide for her board and lodging; and to keep my troth.
WOMAN: Here do I, by all that is holy, swear to receive this man as my good husband, to promote his House to produce his heirs, to support his name; and to keep my troth.
MAN: Here do I, by all that is holy, swear to take this woman as my good wife; to keep her safely; to sire her children; to provide for her board and lodging; and to keep my troth.
WOMAN: Here do I, by all that is holy, swear to receive this man as my good husband, to promote his House to produce his heirs, to support his name; and to keep my troth.
Note that all proper marriages not undertaken in the presence of a priest are considered "hedge marriages" and remain so, until such time as a priest shall ratify their union.
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