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I,Landlord, take thee,Tenant, to my wedded life, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in dampness and in health, to love and to cherish, till debt us do part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.

I,Tenant, take thee,Landlord, to my wedded slave, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in dampness and in health, to love, cherish, and to prosecute, till death us do part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.

Then, as the Landlord places the Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement in the Tenant’s File, he says the following:

With this Agreement I thee wed, with my property I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.