The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood: Translated from the French by Sir Gilbert Hay, KnightLlull, Ramon
Philosophy
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood: Translated from the French by Sir Gilbert Hay, Knight
Llull, Ramon
Chivalry
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Gif a Man may ficht for his wyf in armes. 64
How the ta Brothir may defend the tothir in armys. 65
Gif a Baron be vassall to twa Lordis that makis weris in syndry
contreis, to quhilk of tham sall he mak seruice till. 66
And gif a Baron be vassall to twa lordis the quhilkis makis were
ilkane apon othir, quham to sall he mak seruice. 67
Quhethir Bondis suld be constreynit to the weris. 68
Quhilk Folk may nocht be stren[gh]eit to mak weris, supposs
thai be chargit. 69
Gif a Man be hurt sarely be ane othir, and he hurt him agayne,
gif he sal be punyst. 70
Gif a Man bonde makis slauchter be the bidding of his Lord,
suld he be punyst. 71
Quhethir a Bonde may defend him again his Lord, and he war sett
to sla him. 72
Gif a Monk may defend him fra his Abbot, and he wald sett to sla him. 73
Gif the sone may lefully defend him agayn his fader, and he wald
sla him. 74
Gif a Man may lefully defend him agayn his awin juge, or nocht. 75
Gyf a Man be banyst a realm, and happin to cum in agayne be ony cas,
gif men wald set on him, to tak him, quhethir he aucht to
defend him. 76
Gif a Preste be assailit wyth his inymyes berand Goddis sacrit body
on him, quhethir he aw to lay doun Goddis body, and defend him,
or nocht. 77
Gif a Man may for mark be prisoner that maid neuer caus bot
for otheris. 78
How, and in quhat maner, mark suld be tholit or gevin be the Prince. 79
How suld mark be gevin aganis a Citee that allegis to na soverayne. 80
Gif all Lordis may graunt markis. 81
How, or be quhat resoun, may it be steynd that the King of France
be nocht subject to the Empire. 82
Quhethir gif the King of Ingland be subject ony way to the Empire. 83
Gif a Burgess haldand change and house at Parise be tane and robbit
be the way cummand to Parise-wart, quhethir he is to be gevin
power of merk to for the gude recouering. 84
Quhethir a Scolare at the study in Parise of Ingland borne, aw
to be prisonare. 85
Quhethir a Seruand suld joyse the priuilege that his maister has
lang joisit. 86
Gyf ane Inglissman cummys to Parise to visyte his sone at the scule,
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