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sayenge thowe liest falcelye & wickedlie traitor as thow art
and thowe shalt never be hable to prove it vppon my person
wch is ever readie to mainteine that thow hast lied. In this
case it is necessarie that the parties doe come to combat, for the
triall of truth, wch the victorie can only declare. All
the auntient & younge lawiers agre, and their opinion con:
firmed by Frederigo themperor, that in case of treason com:
bat is to be permitted, thoughe the saide Emperor did for:
bit all combatts, yet for terror to traitors and murderers yt
traiterouslie and secretlie doe offende, not only their contry
and royall crowne, but allso privat men, wthout leave
of their Superiors maye against such traitors proceede
and yf the offence be manifeste wthout penaltie he maye
be slaine, vnles the Prince doe spetiallie pardon him &
remitt the offence. ffor in that case he maye not be mo:
lested nor chardged wth wordes, yf the Prince have re:
mitted the same. And yf a man saye thowe were a traitor
it maye be true, but no case of combatt, but yf the iniured
saye it is not true, then it shalbe a case of combatt, because
such wordes by odious, according to the gospell of St
Marke, who saide of Iudas, that better it were, he never
had bene borne, declaring therby that such wicked personns
are abhominable to the nature of man, and the revenge
ought to be geven quicklie and not delaied. ffor knowinge
wthin him selfe, that he is guiltles, he ought to embrace the
combatt, and cheiflie before the Prince who is the livinge
lawe vnited wth a Sowle, and therfore shall saie thowe
liest falcelie, and theruppon hazarde his liffe, in witnes
therof not refuzing combatt. Thus speakinge he shall
humblie kneelinge before his Prince, and cravinge pardon
for speaking in his presence (for who so offreth iniurie in ye
pnce of the Prince committeth a publique offence in molesting
his eares, and other offences wth the mindes of all soldiers)
wherto the answere & punishmt shalbe spedie, repulsinge
the publique and privat iniurie, and declare him selfe a
good & loyall knight to thende it maye be knowne the iniurer
hath spoken falslie, for in suche cases, silence is not good
because it breedeth suspition. And therfore the spedie
geving the lie, and not to be silent, is the Remedie.