[参考译文]结婚这种仪式太古老了。现在已进入第三个千年期,仍然还有这样的婚礼:新娘头戴面纱,被当作个人物品由一个男人(父亲)交给另一个男人(丈夫),仪式则由第三个男人主持,他问:“是哪一位交托这名女子?哪一位接受?”——这是1552年祈祷书里的话。16世纪女人出嫁凭一纸契约, The ceremony is too old to marry. Now in its third millennium, there is still such a wedding: the bride wears a veil and is treated as a personal belonging from a man (father) to another man (husband) and the ceremony is hosted by a third man. He asked: “Which of whom was the trustee? Which one accepted?” - This is the prayer book of 1552. The 16th century woman was married with a paper contract.