Notes And Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850

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, King Robert III. , commonly called Jock Ferngyear, succeeded to the throne in preference to the sons of Euphemia, his married wife. Indeed, after Euphemia's death, he married his former handfasted wife Elizabeth. " Sir J. Chardin observes that contracts for temporary wives are frequentin the East, which contracts are made before the Cadi with the formalityof a measure of corn, mentioned over and above the stipulated sum ofmoney.
Baron du Tott's account of "Marriages by Capin, " corroborated b
...y Easterntravellers, corresponds with the custom of _Handfasting_. He says: "There is another kind of marriage which, stipulating the return to be made, fixes likewise the time when the divorce is to take place. This contract is called _capin_: and, properly speaking, is only an agreement between the parties to live together _for such a price, during such a time_. " This contract is a regular form of marriage, and is so regardedgenerally in the East.
The Jews seem to have had a similar custom, which perhaps they borrowedfrom the neighbouring nations; at least the connexion formed by theprophet Hosea (chap.


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