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When in combatt for Lyfe or other there
be corporall hurtes geuen wch be of more
or lesse honnor, or more or lesse praiseworthie

Ca. 8.

It happeneth sometimes in Combatt that one loseth his eie
and the other his teathe, whether of them receaveth greater
reproche In wch case it is thoughte yt because the eie is neerest
the soule, it is more reprochefull to him that looseth the same then
yf he had loste his teeth, Also the eie conteyneth all the sences of
the bodie, & teeth be only instruments of the mouthe, yf a man be
hurte on ye face he receaveth more dishonnor then yf he were won:
ded on the breste, the heade, the armes or the sholders, for the lawe
saith that the face of man is the similitude of God, and for this reason
a man maye not by iustice be burned on the face, for not disfiguring
the devine image, yf the right eie be lost in battle it is of greater
reproche, then yf it were the lefte, because the right eie is in the
better opinion of men. In like manner we saye that who so loseth
his right hande in battle is more reproued then he that loseth his
lefte, by reason the right lande is more apte & necessarie, so yf
in fighte one be hurte on the arme, & the other on the legge, the
honnor shalbe awarded accordinge to the dignitie of the member
yf it happen that two gentlemen doe fighte, the one havinge two
eies and the other but one, yf he that hath but onlye one doothe
lose the same, he shall receave more reproch then yf the other
had loste one of his. Yf a man loseth his whole hande he is
more dishonnored then he that looseth one eie, and yf happelie
one loseth a hande and the other a foote, he that hath lost his
foote receaveth moste reproche.