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Twoe gent fightinge within the lists for cause
of honnor fell both to the grounde, the one then
gettinge aduauntage put his dagger to the others throte,
sayenge, yelde thy selfe my prisonner, wch he did & was accep:
ted. Theruppon they departed them seslues, & stoode vp on their
feete, but before they wente owt of the lists the gent victory:
ous saide vnto his ennemie, that sith they had fought for
cause of honnor, it suffized not the victorie was his, but wolde
also that thennemie shole confesse him seslf a Prisonner
& denie all the quarrell. ffor in combatts of honnor, either
death or deniall is required. wherunto the prisonner an:
swered, forasmuch as he was receiued a prisonner & the
fight ended, he was not bounde to make more denialls. The
gent victorious replied saienge, that seinge he was a prisoner
he might constraine him to denie, because the combat for life
is of such nature, that so longe as the fighters have weopon
in hande, the combat is not ended, and havinge spoken those
wordes, threatned wthhis sworde t make him denie the
wordes. The other still affirmed that the combat was not
wth such condicion agreed vppon, but that the vanquished sholde
be a prisonner & not otherwise. The gent victorious
notwthstandinge persistinge in his request saide they
ought retorne to their former estate for he wolde force the
prisonner to denie. The other answered he wolde not fight
for that quarrell wch was not iuste, for he was not bounde
to retorne to that place of disaduauntage, where he was
yelded, beinge let loose wth pmise to be onlye a prisonner. In
this case it is demaunded, whether the prisonner be bounde
to denie, or retorne to that estate wherin he was when
he yelded? wherunto may resolutely be answered that he
ought not. ffor beinge once accepted for a prisonner, the
gent victorious cannot alter that wherwth he was once
pleased, & the rather because he had wthout more request
let the prisonner lose & departed wth his owne advan:
tage. Angelo of Perugia gave this opinion of two gent
of ffraunce fightinge at Padoua affirminge that when:
soeuer a gent dooth yelde in fight & is accepted the combat
is ended & the parties cannot repent them. ffor he that