CARD Leap Year
CH1979.56
Handwritten in blue on stuck-on flap at top: "A speedy \ answer \ will \ obl \ Will you have \ me to be your Wedded Wife?" Written in black on front of car "Leap Year. \ From a work entitled Courtship, Love and \ Matrimony, printed i the year 1606. \ " Albeit it is nowe (sic) become a part of the \ common lawe (sic) in regard to social \ relations of life, that as often as every \ bessextile year dost return the ladyes have \ the sole privilege, during the time it continueth, of making love unto the \ men, which they doe (sic) either by wordes \ or lookes, as to them it seemeth proper, \ and moreover, no man wi be entitled \ to the benefit of clergy who dothe refuse \ to accept the offers of a ladye, or who \ dothe in any wise treate her proposal \ with slight or contumely." \ N.B. It must be remembered \ that the above is in full force \ the present day." Card mainly white with coloured flowers stuck on at top and bottom. Opens up but no writing inside.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | CH1979.56 |
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| Accession Date: | 6 Mar 1979 |
Material
| Paper | paper |
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| Paper/Paper |
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Measurement
| length | 195mm |
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| width | 124mm |
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