“Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,
Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.”

—  John Heywood

Some things that provoke young men to wed in haste,
Show after wedding, that haste makes waste.
Part I, chapter 2.
Proverbs (1546)

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