He was a bachelor, which is a matter
Of import both to virgin and to bride,
The former’s hymeneal hopes to flatter;
And (should she not hold fast by Love or Pride)
’Tis also of some moment to the latter:
A rib’s a thorn in a wed gallant’s side,
Requires decorum, and is apt to double
The horrid sin—and what’s still worse, the trouble.