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there vowed to wander the worlde till suche time as he had vanqui:
shed two knights in Combat, & them he promysed to present vnto
her matie in recompence of the princelie favour she had done him.
Then traveled he into diuers countries, & in the realme of England he
valiantlie vanquished one knight, the like fortune he had to be vic:
torious of one other in Burgonde, then beinge possessed of thease
two honnorable prisonners, according to pmise he presented them to
the Qwene & she wth great honnor graciouslie receaved them
at his hande, wch done, the Qwene cawsed the Captyve knights
to be richlie apparoled, liberallie furnished wth money, well horsed
honorablie accompanied, & safely sente home to their contries.
ffor doinge the Contrarie, the Cannons of St Peters church
in Rome were greatlie reproued, makinge a gent who was ta:
ken prisonner in Combatt & geven to them, to swepe the Churche
wthout respecte of Courtesie or honnor. ffor the prisonner beinge
freelie geven ought not to be vsed in base seruices, but entreated
wth compassion & mercie, and as he had bene gratefullie geven, so
ought he gratiouslie to have bene vsed, restored to libertie.

Whether A man Uanquished & made a
prisonner, shalbe also a prisonner to ye sonne
of the Uanquishedr after his death.

Ca. 9.

A certeine knight hauinge wthout deniall
or death vanquished his ennemie accordinge to the composition
receiveth him for a prisonner & dieth, after whose death his sonne
claimeth the Prisonner to be his, whether lawfullie he maye so
doe or not? ffor diuers reasons it is thought he maye, but cheiflie
because the victorie of the father doth honnor the sonne. ffor sithe
the dishonnor wch a man vanquished in Combat hath, doth not only
blemish the fame of his sonne but also of his whole posteritie, so
the honnor wch is gained by the father, ought be the glorie of
the sonne. And the Ciuile lawe saith that whatsoeuer the father
gaineth wth intente to leave to his posteritie, the same ought in
reason to descende vnto the sonne, and everie acte in lawe done
by the father dooth conclude the sonne. Neyther can this be