Show j A Comical Wedding A qnecr marriage ceremony was that in Queen Elizabethd reign before the deaf and cumb alphabet was invented between Thomas Pushy and Ursula Bridget Ursula could talkfast enough but Thomas was a deaf mute and it was required that promises should be exchanged in spoken words nobody knew how to manage the thing Finally the Bishop of London helped devisea service bv signs and Thomas proceeded proceed-ed thus Having first embraced Ursula with his arms he took her by the hand and put the nuptial ring on her finger lIe then laid hit right hand signifi antly upon his heart anl afterwards putting their palms together extended both their hands to heaven Having thus sued for the divine blessing he declared j his J purpose to dwell with Ursula till i death shoul l scpnrated them by closing J his eel di with his fingers digging the earth with his feet as though he wished to make hole in the ground and then t moving his arms and body as though he were tolling a funeral bell i I |