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[Jennifer J. Leong Cardwell, j_leongcardwell@yahoo.com, transcription 7 July 2017] On seeing in a Marriage Register at Rippon in Yorkshire the nuptials of Richard Drake to Deborah Duck

When good Richard Drake married Deborah Duck The bride Men & Bride Maids all wish'd them good [luck] While all the Parson could do was to pray That their children might tread in the very same.

[For letter comparison, probably the same author as page 281]