•want ofchaftity, runs the riik o f having her redcap torn off'
her head publickly in church by the curate, and her hair cut
by fcme relation, in token o f infamy. Hence; i f any o f them
happen to have fallen into an - illicit amour, they; commonly
o f their own accord, lay afide the- badge o f virginity, and remove
into another part o f the country.
" G f 'tBèìr Marriages, Pri'gndAvy\“ ^atid' Childbirthi
Nothing is:mofp common mppngtfre.Mprlacchi than.marriages»-
concluded-between the oldjpeopl^qfjthe refpedtive families, eipe-
cially when thopartks-flivftipt^^c^dj^ance, and neither fee
nor know eacb.iotl|eK;.j|a1pjd tb^prdipftyyrpiotive o f thefe alliances.»
is,, the ambition .of being rela ted. to:(a, numerous and powerful, family,
fampu? foy haying prp^eqdiiYf-Ji^th men. The.father of.
the future, bridegroom, or i'ome other near.relation o f mature age,,
goes to aik the young woman,». or r-atiicn a-young woman of fuch.
a familyioiasJ: hiy^ag.j cpmp^o^y?3ia^y.-4eterminatp,)ckofce.; Upon,
this, .. all the giris, o f the ho ufè ■. a r e A e jy n. t o . 11 i m, and he chufes
which pleafes hknlbeit,. though generally refpeiting the right of.
fenioritpu 1A dsniab.io. Ach cafes ,is;,yery rare,¡jnor. doep. the.father,
of the maid, enquire nmch into .the cir-cumftances o f the fa--
liiily. that .inks her. :Someti:nes a daughter o f the mailer is given
in marriage;to'.therfervant,.non tenant:,, as. was .ufual.in patriarchal:
timès ; fo littletare, the,-: women regarded in this ..country. Qn.
thefe occafioiis, however, - the Morlucchi girl.s enjoy a privilege
which óurs would -alfó w iA to have,, as in juftice they certainly
Ought-. -For he . who» ails i by proxy,, having obtained his,
iiiit, is obliged to- go and bring the bridegroom ; 'and if, o a
Féèing each other, the young people are reciprocally content, the
marriage is concluded, but not otherwiie. In foine parts, it .is.
the
the cuilom for the bride to go to fee the houfe and family o f the
propofed huftand, befoie.;Ae gflveS a definitivtoanfwer parid-, if
the place or perfons: are difagrèaable to-her/uAe'isuait- liberty tv
annul thecontraél. But, i f Aeris contentedi'sAe returns to her
father's-houfe, efcorted by thebridegrooni and .neare,ft »relations'.
There the marriage day is appointed- ;? on which the bridegroom
comes to the bride’s houfe, attended by all his friends»of greatefh
note, who, on this occafion, arecalled Svat-i-, and are-all armed1,
and on horfeback, in their holiday cloaths, with-a peacocks
feather in their‘ cap, which1 iS'-thbdifl'itt£tìvè ornament hfed by
thofe whfci’are invited- to windings.-‘ ‘'T h è company goese-afmedi
t ir repulfc any attack,- or afñbuíh,WtóS1 Iríi^hf %eiriteñdeá‘ to;difi-
tufb • tìVe feafl. ' litófeiè&tòàtìters were not
un'fréqiient, ábeordihgJTtínthé:hhc<fi^s-hf l iháhy ’naftiOft'áb'héroié
fongs. ' In ohe o f thefe - is tüíd’ thè ító ry o f Janeo Vojsisd of'.SV-
bighe,- who .WàsnfcbteAp6ffryiWith1 the famóu's’ Gréùfgè. Gaflriotìcifi
named Seandetbéfi and'- BèfrBihèd tó 'J 'd ^W ^ '^ ^ a fid à r .'-v ih o k
brothers, being' Wot ' ;hh -’friehds; {'wheil ' he1 cáífie’ to Conclude- the
marriage, engaged him in the'-punélih'o o f performing certain
feats,. upon. condition, that, i f he iucceeded,’ he was to have
the bridef- and,, i f noU” -he-Waé¡¡tó dòfe hist-life;- -Thefe,were,
as -the fong relates ; that, » he-Wis¡ to pierce’ an apple iiuck on the
point o f áffpéar,, wiith ’hbpttórt,-at ^’certain diilance; then he
was-to fpring over nine borles, placed one bende another, »at one
leap;, and, laitly, to difcaycr.hk-,future.:..fpoufe;ijhmong nine
young women,. all covered I with veils..--, a Janea, it fesms, was a
váliant foldier, but not .expert? iiiifuchi ¡trialsi o f ikill ;d howeypr,
his nephew undertaok/.-themiim.his-place, --add jia,qbje$ion
was made, as they-fay, -A the -ÉuÉ®m,rm-: a ,certain iflaod,.,
to hire one to fight for another, at a boxing match.. T h e
expedient .made ufe o f by Zecuh* pspbsw,,,, to know