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BNL.737.012
21-28 Jul 1737:11 (1741)
London, April 13. 1737. Extract of a letter, dated Paris,
April 17.
There is a very merry process actually depending at this
time before the Parliament of Bretagne, the history of which
I here regale you with. A gentleman and a young lady, of
12,000 livres a year each, resolving to join their persons
and fortunes together, they were married with leave of the
Parish Priest, by a Carmelite Fryar, brother of the
bridegroom. The day pass'd merrily according to the custom
of this country, but the bride found herself so much
indispos'd at supper with eating and drinking, and dancing
too much, you may imagine, that she complain'd to her
mother; and the good old lady, begg'd of her son in-law not
to lie with his spouse that night. [The mother locked the
bridegroom in his room, but did not lock the bride in hers.
The next morning to the surprise of the mother and the
husband, the bride complained her husband had not left her
alone all night. When they looked for the brother-and-
Carmelite-Fryar, he could not be found; so similar
physically was he to his brother, it was he who had been
with the bride all night without her knowledge. . .[2/3ds of
a col]
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