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hinderaunce of the common weale & defrawdinge of good
men, wherto the iniured answered I will pve vppon the
that not for anie such zeale thowe seekest my infamie
but of purpose to publish that wch thow alone doest knowe
& therfore hast done me iniurie. hereto yf the iniurer re:
plieth that notwthstanding all this the iniuries are true
in that case it semeth they maye come to combat man to
man for lief & death, but as the contrarie is decided, by
reason the right of the quarrell is certeine and not incertein
And yf the iniurer saith, he did it not of purpose to offende
the same ought to suffize though the iniured be not so con:
tented, and the lawe semeth to forbid that a bastarde, a
Creple, a blinde man or deceiuor sholde be reproued of full
intente. Yet for the preseruation of an others honnor, or
profitt of the common weale, and for kepinge them from
dignitie or office it is lawfull to offer such iniurie accor:
dinge to the opinion of Bartholo. And yf hereuppon
quarrell groweth, no combat shalbe admitted, because
the same is for revenge rather then triall of the truth
and though the iniured wolde belie the iniurer, it shalbe to
none effecte because it is contrarie to truth. Of such
lies in the laste Chapiter of this pnte booke we will
speake more at lardge.

Iff the defender doe not appeare
to combatt: How to pro:
ceede.

Ca. 24.