John Smith, do you take this woman, Mary White ,to be your lawful¹ wedded² wife, to live together in the estate of matrimony!Will you love her honor her ,comfort her and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking³ all others ,be true to her as long as your both shall live?
约翰 史密斯，你愿意娶Mary White 为合法的妻子共同过婚姻生活吗？你愿意爱她，尊重她，安抚她，守护她，不论她健康或有病，在你们的有生之年不另作他想，忠诚对待她吗？

THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY OF
_____ AND _____

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THE VOWS⁴

We are gathered here this ____ to unite this man ____ and this woman _____ in the bonds of holy matrimony which is an honorable estate. Into this, these two now come to be joined.

If anyone present can show just and legal cause why they may not be joined, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.

Who gives this woman to this man? ________

(MAN)_______, will you have this woman as your lawful wedded wife, to live together in the estate of matrimony? Will you love her, honor her, comfort her, and keep her in sickness and in health; forsaking all others, be true to her as long as you both shall live? (I will).

(WOMAN)_______, will you have this man as your lawful wedded husband, to live together in the estate of matrimony? Will you love him, honor him, comfort him, and keep him in sickness and in health; forsaking all others, be true to him as long as you both shall live? (I will).

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THE RING

BEHOLD⁵ the symbol of wedlock⁶. The perfect circle of love, the unbroken union of this man and this woman united here today. May you both remain faithful to this symbol of true love.

Please join hands and repeat after me (man first, while placing ring on proper fingers).

I,_______, take _____ as my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.

I,_______, take _____ as my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.

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For as much as ______ and ______ have consented together in wedlock, and have witnessed the same before this company of friends and family, and have given and pledged their promises to each other, and have declared the same by giving and receiving a ring, and by joining hands.

By the authority vested in me by the State of New Hampshire,

I pronounce this couple to be husband and wife.

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This Ceremony was performed on______, 19___

by

Terry M. Clark, Justice of the Peace

105 Sugar Hill Rd., East Swanzey, N.H. 03446

(603) 352-3179