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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 conclusion I saye that he that wth deedes & not wordes dooth witnesse 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 acceptaunce 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 encounter, 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.