[The Womens craft to compass and conceal their Debauchery.] To fetch wood out of the Woods to burn, and to fetch home the Cattle is the Woman’s work.  If they cannot have their opportunities at home, now they appoint their meetings, while the Husband stays at home holding the Child.  In the Evenings it is common for them with whom the Women be acquainted, to come and wait behind the House when it is dark to attend their coming forth to them.  To which end they give them notice either by breaking of a stick, or by putting some Betel over the Wall to fall in such places as they have appointed, where she will look to find it.  And when she has such notice, she cannot want an excuse to go forth to meet him.

They bear such love to their Bedfellows, that I have known this done, The Husband hath beset the House, and the Womans Friend in it, when she hath holpen him to make a hole thro the Thatch to get out at, which he hath done and made his Escape, and she remain behind to suffer all the blame her self.  When other opportunities are wanting to enjoy the Company of their Paramours whole Nights together, they usually take occasion to be discontented and fall out with their Husbands, and so go home to their Friends houses, to get longer enjoyments.  Who to shew their Friendship will not hinder but further them in what they delight in.

[They do treat their Friends with the use of their Wives and Daughters.] In some Cases the Men will permit their Wives and Daughters to lye with other Men.  And that is, when intimate Friends or great Men chance to Lodge at their houses, they commonly will send their Wives or Daughters to bear them company in their Chamber.  Neither do they reckon their Wives to be Whores for lying with them that are as good or better than themselves.

[The Mother for a small reward prostitutes her Daughter.] They do not matter or regard whether their Wives at the first Marriage be Maids or not.  And for a small reward the Mother will bring her Daughter being a Maiden unto those that do desire her.  But it is so much abhorred for Women of the high Cast or Descent to admit Men of the low Cast to have any thing to do with them, that I think they never do it.

[Marriages.] But enough of this Ribaldry, let us turn away to more honest Practices.  To speak of their Marriages, which make the Bed lawful.  There are not many Ceremonies used in or about the same. [No wooing.] Here is no wooing for a Wife.  The Parents commonly make the Match, and in their choice regard more the Quality and Descent than the Beauty.  If they are agreed, all is done.  The Match being thus made, the Man carrieth or sends to the Woman her Wedding Cloths; which is a Cloth containing six or seven yards in length, and a Linnen Wast-coat wrought with Blew and Red.  If the Man be so poor that he cannot buy a Cloth, it is the Custom to borrow one.  In case the Man with his Friends goes and carries it himself, that Night they both sleep together to beget acquaintance one with the other.  And then they appoint a day when he is to come and fetch her home; which is the Marriage-Day.