If her father utterly refuses to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Money. Fifty sicles, as it is expressed, Deuteronomy xxii. 29. If the maid were of high birth, the magistrates might inflict other punishments on the seducer.