sell] As constrained: by povertie, or with intent to prefer her from a servant, to be a wife upon the promise of him, that taketh her; so to accept of her, either as a principall, or secondary wife: as (when polygamie was in practice) the first wife was usually chiefe, the other of an inferiour condition. as the men-servants] That is, a woman shall not be dismissed with so little care as a man, who is strong and better able to preserve himselfe from injuries, and harmes: nor shall an Hebrew servant be put off, as a stranger borne of another Nation; especially of the Canaanites, (who were to be slaves to the Israelites:) and by this she must either be continued in the house, and entertained like a daughter, or a secondary wife; and if he part with her, after he hath taken her to his bed, he shall procure an husband for her, by offering a meete price, and convenient apparell to make her the more acceptable, and more gracefull in his sight.