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determined by commaundemente of somme superior Prince
he shall bringe wth him one companion. In this case ye subiect
that is bounde by his homage to helpe his lorde in battell shall
not refuze to fight for him, as in one other booke written in the
latine more at lardge I have declared. In the historie of
Ian Villano we reade that when kinge Carlo wolde
have fought wth kinge Piero of Arragon wth a hundred
knights a peece manye of kinge Carlo his men were called
and somme of them offred them selues to enter into battle
wth him, yet somme of them were proued disloyall inoughe
But whensoever any Emperor kinge or Prince, is deter:
mined to enter into particular battle, all lordes & other his
subiecte whatsoever condicion they be of, are bounde in person
to goe wth him, because they are companions in armes to
their lorde, as we declared in the booke of Nobilitie. when
the Romaines agreed to fight wth the Albanos thre to
thre particularlie. Then failed not thre of the one peo:
ple, the thre of the other to enter into Combatt, and fought
for their common welthe and contrie, as by the auntient
histories it is declared.

Whether Men within age
Weomen or Widowes, maye appointe
a Champion, or whether an Earle
maye so doe to one of lesse callinge
& estate then him selfe.

Ca. 11.