¶Here sheweth how warres & batailles emprised by Iuste quarelle / moened in their right & droit / is thyng of Iustice & suffred of god ¶Capitulo ijo· (Book 2)
Chaton the vayllaūt cōbataūt or fyghtar / by whos for¦ce and strēgthe of armes / the romayns had many fayr vyctoryes / & whiche neuer in bataill was dyscōfyted sayth that it ought more to haue proffyted to the comyn wele the wrytyng of rules / techyngs and dyscyplyne of armes whi∣che he had cōposed & made in a boke / than in ony thynge that he euer had doō wyth his body / for he saith alle that euer that a man may doo / endureth not but one age / But that whiche is wreton endureth to the comyn prouffit eu{er}more / by which Innumerable men may the more auaylle / so is it thenne by this reason proued / that it is not a thynge of lytyl prouffyt for to wryte & make bookes / But to thende that this presēt whrke by som̄ enuyous myght be reproched sayeng that it is but ydlenes & losse of tyme as to treate of thynges not lawfull / first it is to wyte yf warres & bataylles / chyualrye & faytes of armes of whiche thynge we hope to speke / it is or not / o thynge iuste / for as in excersysing of armes ben doon many grete euyllis / extorcyons / & grieues / lyke as occisiōs rauayne by forces / to brēne by fyre & infenyte harmes may seme to som̄e that warres & bataylles shold be acursed thyng & not due / And therfore to ansuere to this questiō / it is to