Rome antiquarians surest I hat the best man is so called because be was originally the chief of the bridegroom's bodyguard, who were a necessary protection in lawless time?., especially when, as was not infrequently (lie case, the bride had been stolen. A more romantic but less plausible explanation of the best nrft'i is that he (invariaMy a liar-hrlor) is K.vmhilical of broken li.-' n-iil, )|,r. |.i,sl "hidi ihr hndesrooin is jiultiu? behind iiiui. Another theory whic-li offpri w.orU* oul in pi'ar.Hf.'" ia ,1-lml-liio flebtiay it to marry oue ot the urittse. ffiaittJ..
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 18
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