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***** By The Archivist Of Brussels . _ Of two men and two women who were waiting to be married at the first Mass in the early morning ; and because the priest could not see well , he took the one for the other , and gave to each man the wrong wife , as you will hear . _ One morning there were assembled in the cathedral of Sainte Gudule at Brussels , many men and women who wished to be married at the first Mass , which is said between four and five o'clock ; and amongst others who wished to enter this sweet and happy condition , and promise before the priest to live honestly and uprightly , were a young man and a young woman who were not rich , who were standing near each other , waiting for the priest to call them to marry them . Near them were an old man and an old woman , who had great possessions and wealth , but who , out of covetousness and the desire to have more , had also promised troth to one another , and were also waiting to be married at this first Mass. . The priest came and recited this much-desired Mass , and at the end thereof , as is the custom , had ranged before him those who wished to be married , of whom there were many , without counting the four I have mentioned . Now you must know that the good priest who was standing ready before the altar to accomplish the wedding rites , was blind of one eye , having lost an eye by some mischance a little time before .