IX.-Fragment of the Treatise on Marriage.

Maximus, Sermon III. P. 538, on Modesty and Chastity. Also, John of Damascus, Book III.-Parallel Chap. 27.

It is not only fornication, but also the giving in marriage prematurely, that is called fornication; when, so to speak, one not of ripe age is given to a husband, either of her own accord or by her parents.