The Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

DON POSAD H.
lachta fe'in, agas do chuir Did codladh
trom ar an duine, & do ghabh afna da
afnuibh as a thaobh, agas do rinde
Ebha de fin, da chur agceill duinn
gurab en chorp, agas enfheoil, agas en
fhuil fear, agas bean, agas do chur ag-
ceill duinn fos an coimhcheangal dia-
mhair ata. eidir Cliriofd, & a Eagluis,
agas arnadhbhurfin fgaraidh duine
rena Athair, agas rena mhathair, agas
leanaidh fe rena mhnaoi, do dhenamh
chumaind, agas chuidighe ria, agas
dlighidh fe gradh do thabhairt di mar
tug Criofd gradh da Eagluis .i. acho-
imhthional, agas a pobal beandaighthe.
Oir tug fe' a anam da gciond, &
mar an gcedna ata dfiachaibh ar an
mnaoi toil aiir do dhenamh, agas bhe
ith vmhal do, ag denamh atfeirbhife
in gach vile ni onorach Diadha. Oi'r
ata fi fa fmacht, agas fa riaghail afir an
fad mhairfeas fiad re cheile na mbeath
aidh, agas ata an mheidfin do neart, &
do bhridh fa Pofadh naomhthafa, nach
agan bfear fein ata cumas a chuirp odo
nithear
And God brought a faste sleape uppon hym, and toke one of his
ribbes and shaped Eva therof; doying us therby to understand,
that man and wife are one body, one flesshe, and one blood.
Signifyinge also unto us the mysticall union that is betwixt Christe
and his Churche ; for the which cawse man leaveth his father and
mother and taketh hym to his wife, to kepe company with her
the which also he ought to love, even as owr Saviour loveth his
Churche, that is to say, his electe and faithfull congregation, for
the which he gave his liffe.
And semblably also, it is the wives dewtie to studie to please and
obey her howsband, servyng hym in all thynges that be godly and
honeste ; for she is in subjection, andunderthegovernanceof her howsband,
so long as they contynew bothe aly ve. And this holie mariage,
be)Tig a thynge most honorable, is of suche vertue and force, that
therby the howsband hathe no more right orpowerover his own bodie,
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