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
be thair frendis maid efter thaire decesse, and sum be thame self or thai
be dede; be the quhilkis, quhen all the lygnie is failit, and the surname,
[gh]it will the valliance of thame be knawin be thair armes, the quhilkis
in armes are callit Takenis: ffor and syndry lordis or gentilis tuke all
ane armes, or takenis, it was bot a confussioun. And a mare grete resoun
ffor be all gude custumes of noblesse, lordis, and gentilis, makis thair
selis efter thair armes, and gif ane suld bere ane otheris armes in his
sele, men suld nocht wit quhais it war. Item, all Kingis suld kepe that na
man do till othir dishonour, schame, na villany, na injure, na new
novelliteis. And it is to presume, gif ony man wald newly tak ane alde
armes of ane otheris that it war for dispyte or injure to despise him to
prouoke noise and debatis for alde fede or enuy, the quhilk the Prince suld
stanch. And as to the argument, it is na thing lyke till a man to be callit
lyke till ane othir or syndry in a town; For quhy? For sik cause men has
gert geve ilke man his surname that makis the difference. Bot and mony men
bare ane armes, how suld ony man, Haralde, or othir, knaw men, na geve the
honoure of gude dede till him that had honourabily deseruit it, or to geve
lak and dishonour till cowardis or flearis fra bataillis: And tharefore, in
all sik debatis, the Prince suld ger sett remede. And gif ony complaynt
war, se, be Harraldis and men of knawlage, quha had rycht, quha wrang, and
do justice.
HERE SPERIS THE DOCTOURE GIF A FRANCH KNYCHT SAW A DUCHEMAN OF ALMANE
BERAND HIS ARMES BUT DIFFERENCE, AND HE APPELLIT HIM OF WERE TO FECHT WITH
HIM, OR FORBERE THE ARMES; QUHETHIR AW HE TO BE ADMYTTIT, BE PRINCE, OR
NOCHT TO FEICHT IN BARRIERIS WITH HIM.
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