Ubi tu Gaius, ibi ego Gaia
Where you are, Gaius, there I, Gaia, will be 

Matrimonium
est institutum
ad mutuun adjutorium
et propagationem
generis humani.

Vir juvenis
conjugium inturus,
instructus sit
vel opibus,
vel arte
 vel scientia,
quae sit de pane lucrando
et sustentare familiam.

Deinde eligit sibi
puella nubilem,
(aut viduam)
quam adamat.

Ubi tamen major ratio
habenda virtutis et honestatis
quam formoe aut dotis.

Posthaec
non clam
futui eam
sed procus
apud patrem et matrem,
vel tutores vel cognatos.

Ea sibi desponsa,
fit sponsus,
et ipsa sponsa.

Tandem
fiunt nuptioe
ubi copulantur
datis manibus
ultro citroque.

Tum epulantur cum
invitatis testibus.

Abhinc dicuntur
maritus et uxor.

Marriage
is an institution
for mutual help
and propagation
of humankind.

A young man
being to be married,
should be
either wealthy,
or have a trade
or education,
that he can earn a living
and to support a family.

Then he elects for himself
a nubile girl
(or a widow)
whom he loves.

In this a greater value (ratio, calculation)
has virtue and honesty
than beauty or dowry.

Afterwards
he does not secretly (clam)
make love to her
but asks for her
her father and mother
or guardians or relatives.

When she is engaged to him
he becomes a fiance
and she his fiancee.

At last
the wedding is made
where they are joined
giving hands
one to another.

Then they feast with the
invited witnesses.

After this they are called
husband and wife.