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burne & consume the Townes wth fire, as a mirror of such mys:
cheif we maye call to minde that Cursed Nero who for his
excedinge cruelties in Rome hath challenged the name of
Nero the Cruel, wch so longe as the worlde endureth shalbe odious
to all people as well Iewes and Sarasins as Christians, and this
his name proceedeth of his crueltie, the dyspizinge of Iustice &
oppressinge the People of Rome. whensoeuer any lawe or or:
der is made by a Iudge aucthorized & the truth founde, no triall
by sworde is admitted, and publication is vsed onlye, when a gent
refuseth the combat lawfullie offred. In conclusion therfore I
saye whensoever any Iudiciall acte is passed no combat can
ensue. yet the youthfull knights whose bloud boyleth in heate
and collor, doe commonlie refuze to have other Iudgement then
the sworde in thease cases of iniurie and slaunder. And the
lawe of armes in deede affirmeth that the sworde is the true
satisfaction of the wrongs, yet by mine aduise the same shalbe
perfourmed wth great discretion & Iudgemente, because of
dishonnor & damnation. Therfore I saye the Iudiciall order
ought in this to suffize, and as in other worldlie dyfferents
Iustice is receaved, so in this case it is not ever necessarie that
wth his owne hande a man doe come to thexequution therof.

In what mannor A man hauinge
an vnlaufull quarrell maie come
to combatt.

Ca. 29.