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ffor the more spedie and perfect resolution of this case it
behoueth to recite the qualitie of the wordes wheruppon
the quarrell groweth betwext the Challenger & defender
for triall of iustice and honnor in armes. And hereuppon to
deliuer proffitable doctrine we will pceede to wager of battle
I saye therfore for the first quarrell yf a man doe call an other
traitor, who in deede hathe committed treason against his Prince
and his by him & his mercie pardoned, & restored to his honnor &
fame, yf notwthstandinge this pardon an other man doe likewise
call him traitor wthout anie iuste cause, but of purpose to offer
him iniurie I saye such iniurie is vndeserued and wrongfullie
laide vppon him, because the pardon of the Prince hath
purged his former offences. But yf the iniurer be desirous
that the combatt sholde proceede, then shall he saye thowe
hast bene a traitor to thy prince, and yf thowe denie it I
will proue it vppon the wth my sworde. likewise yf one
assaileth an other wth his sworde, and he that is assailed de:
fendeth him self wth a staffe & therewth geueth ye Bastanado
to him that vsed his sworde, yf he that recouereth it dooth saye, thowe
hast dishonorablie geuen me the Bastonado, against all reason
he sholde be thought to saye it. ffor who so assaileth an other to
geue him the Cortellato, and he in his defence bestoweth on him
the Bastonado, yet ought he not to think him self iniuried.
ffurther a man dooth chardge me that I am a [bavde?] to my owne
wief. I answere it is not true and I am not privie of suche
adulterie, yf he fighteth wth me vppon this quarrell not having
proof of my privitie of such adulterie he sholde fight againste
iustice. Moreover yf thowe doe chardge me to have counterfeyted
money, I answere that the same is vntrue, because I never made
anye, yf thow will mainteine I am a counterfeitor of monye, &
not certeinlye knowinge I have doune it. I saye thy quarrell
is vniuste. In like mannor yf thowe call me traitor, for having
harbored a Rebell to the kinge, and I answere the same is
vntrue, But yf thowe doest continue the quarrell not
hable to prove it, or by other meanes knowe it, thow shalt
fight in an vniuste quarrell. Also yf thow call me
Bastarde, and I answere I am lawfullie borne, In this
case thow shall vniustlie fight yf of thy selfe thow knowe it
not. But yf vppon mine owne confession, such words be layed