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Of fowre gentlemen, two of them defienge the
other two, & whether two of the maye
ioyntlie offend one enemie.

Ca. 35.

Itt hapened that fowre gent beinge determined to fight
for lyfe did enter the lists and one of them fled, renounced the
quarrell or made a deniall the other two his ennemies offred
to fighte wth his companion lefte alone who refuzed not, sayeng
he wolde fight wth one of them after the other, But they affirmed
that they might fight both together against him alone, because the
combat beinge for life, he ought beinge abandoned to defende him
self against booth the ennemies. A question therfore was deman:
ded whether he alone ought at one instannt fight wth both the
ennemies? wherunto was answered that he oughte, forasmuch as
the nature of combat for liffe is, that men may vse therin all
aduantags, for the flienge or denienge of the one, bindeth the other

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