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1. AT Common Law, the Wife Indow∣able only of the third Foot; of the Tenements of which her Husband, dy'd seis'd during the Espousals: to hold in seve∣ralty during Life. Which is but reason∣able though she brought nothing, (a vir∣tuous Woman being more valuable then Rubies;) otherwise in case of a rude or Careless Husband, she and her Children may beg.