The second town they came to The Bridesmen feasted knee to knee; He clothed her on with silver, A stately thing to see.
"Poems & Ballads (First Series)"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Turner and Mary Batelier bridesmaids, and Talbot Pepys and W. Hewer Bridesmen.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
After the meal the men take forthwith their swords and mantles, and room is made for the dance, and then come the two Bridesmen.
"Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II."
Gustav Freytag