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of Combat Moreover it was enacted by them, that for the de:
teyinge of the lawe of twentie Ducatts or more the same sholde
be tried by Combatt. Also yf anie man saye he hath geven
his lande constreyned, and his aduersarie denieth to have vsed anye
force or constreinte, the Challinger shall sweare, and the de:
fender shall likewise take his othe. It was also condiscended yt
for a Robberie of sixe ducatts or more a man might be called
to combatt, Also yf a man were not of full age diseased or
crooked, that then either parte might not appoint their Champion
It shall also be declared that all Earles widowes and personns
ecclesiasticall maye appointe their Champions, wth respecte
that the saide Champions were of equall force, and therfore
it cannot be denied by the Italions but in thes cases the
lawe of Lumbardie sholde be obserued.

For What causes men maye come
Lawfullie to combatt.

Ca. 2.

The Lawe of Lombardie saith that in case
of treason the combatt is permitted, and lykewise for
treason againste our Contrie wch the Civill Lawes do also
obserue Also Frederigo the Emperor admitteth the combat
for secrett murder done duringe truice taken, or where the wife
is cause of her husbandes secret death or that he be made
cuckolde, or vppon the death of the ffather for inheritaunce
also in case of inceste and infamie offred to a chaste woman
contrarie to her honnor, for goodes deteyned where thefte is
denied by othe, for lande wtholden duringe the space of lesse
time then thirtie yeares, and where witnesses that doe
discent in one opinion maye be permitted to fighte not wth
martiall weapon but wth staves, when t he witnesses of
the aucthor be of most importaunce, the other part shall not