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face, wch wordes weare farre differinge from their doings
wherfore the followinge of wordes are to be considered, and a
man ofttimes talketh one thinge and dooth an other. So in con:
clusion I saye that he that wth deedes & not wordes dooth wit:
nesse the nobilitie of his minde ought to be victorious. But
it must be considered, whether the yeldinge wordes he spake were
accepted or not, and so a pawsinge time had before ye blowe after
geven. ffor yf his wordes were receiued & staye made, in striking
after he is to be reputed not onlye as vanquished, but also a traitor
After a man be yelded the signes do shewe the acceptaunce, as
when the partie to whome he yeldeth retireth him selfe, or
that he or the ennemie laieth downe the sworde, and refraineth
further contencion. And whatsoeuer prisonner after the accep:
taunce of yeldinge offendeth him to whome he yeldeth shalbe
condemned as a traitor, & shall not deserue rewarde of victorie
But the trwe sentence of this doubte is to be discided by the
lookers on & standers by, who mighte plainlie dyscerne in what
sorte the deedes were donne, & the wordes pnounced, & whether
the wordes were spoken before the blowe geven, or the blowe
geven before the wordes, or els both at one instaunte.

When two men at Armes do encoun:
ter, the one is Vnhorsed, the other loseth
his stirrops, is amazed & wandreth
he Wote not whither. wch of them
ought to be Uictored.

Ca. 19.