But they, on the other hand, wondered at the folly of the men of all other nations, who, if they are but to buy a horse of a small value, are so cautious that they will see every part of him, and take off both his saddle and all his other tackle, that there may be no secret ulcer hid under any of them, and that yet in the choice of a wife, on which depends the happiness or unhappiness of the rest of his life, a man should venture upon trust, and only see about a handsbreadth of the face, all the rest of the body being covered, under which may lie hid what may be contagious as well as loathsome.
Horrelakorik gerta baledi ezkondu ondoan behar luke bakoitzak bere zorigaitza jasan; baina ezkon aintzin legeari dagokio horrelako ataketan erortzetik herritarren zaintzea. Utopiarrak hainbat gehiago arduratu dira gai honetaz, beren eskualdeetan bakarrak direlakotz ezkonlagun bakoitzarekin gelditzen direnak eta herioak baizik hauts ez dezakeen ezkonlokarria onartzen dutenak, non ez den adulteriorik edo bat edo bestearengatik bizimolde ezin jasanezkorik. Kasu horietan Senatuak emaiten dio iraina jasan duen lagunari ezkontidez aldatzeko baimena;