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When a proclamation is made by ye
Iudge that yf anie of the fighters
sholde passe the Limitts yt he sholde
be reputed for Vanquished.

Ca. 16.

When as by order of the Iudge it is prohi:
bited that neither of them that fighte sholde passe owte
of the lystes marked wth the plowe or otherwise ly:
mited wth woode, wthout wch saide liste who so passeth,
not only wth his whole bodie but allso wth anye parte
or member, sholde either loose the same or els be iudged
to lose the daye. It happeneth that in fight thoroughe
the violence of the blowes beinge nere the saide marke
that they fall both at once vppon the same, the one ha:
vinge his head wthout, the other wth all his bodie except
the heade. In this case it is to be doubted whether of
them sholde be iudged to lose, because to manie it semeth
that he whose heade fell owte beinge the principall
member of man And others others doe rather thinke that
he whose bodie wholie was wthout the liste ought to
be iudged to loose the daye. ffor that the greatest parte
of his bodie did offende, and some replie therto sayenge
that the heade imparteth asmuch as the whole bodie
But by the iudgement of the lawe, he whose whole
bodie fell wthout the lyste ought to loose, by reason yt
the greatest part of his members were so founde and
the heade is of no valewe wthout the other partes
yet nevertheles it was ordeyned in this case after like
order taken, that wheras two beinge in fighte, and the
one taken and the other sore hurte, and therwthall com:
minge set his hande vppon thennemies necke to put him
owte of the lyste fell downe, so as in striking he fell
owt of the lysts, but he that was taken beinge founde still
wthin the liste was iudged to winne, because the violence of
him that was taken causes his taker to fall owte of the
lists, and so to become to lose the feilde wch iudgement is