Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...

¶Of the puyssaunce and auctoryte of the captayne of the prynces knyghthode after the lawe / and for wh̄at thynges men of armes may renne in to capitall peyne / ¶Capytulo / iiij^o· (Book 4)

MAister it suffyseth me ynoughe as to this cas / But please the to telle me yf I haue here bifore all ynoughe suffysauntly spoken of thoffice of the hed captayne of the oost of the prynce how be it that other tymes I haue be in∣fourmed of many thynges pertynent to hys offyce / yet I de¦syre to here more therof of the / fayre loue to this I ansue¦re the that fayre / and well thou haste sayde therof ¶ Yit mayst thou adde therunto other auctorytees that the lawes gyue hym wyth the charges that

apparteyne to hym / that is to wite to gyue licence to his men of armes for to go where it is nede / aswell for theyre owne besynesses in tyme couenable / as for the fayt of y^• werre with out whiche licence they owe not to vndretake noo thynge / Soo it apperteyneth to hym to comytte them here and there to the proffyte of the werre after hys gode aduyse and the co¦unseille that he hathe / and to hym apperteyned to gyue good kepe that fro the countrey noo man of werre departe for to goo som els where without the lordis leue / And ought to kepe the keyes of the castelles and of the townes there as be gooynge to the werre hathe lodged him self Item to hym be¦longeth to comytte and ordeyne them that shall kepe watche in the oost / and to take dyligētly kepe vpon al the his what mesure of corne and of wyne / & that the weyght & all suche thynges be there Iuste / and to punysshe them that falsly vse of the same Item to hym apparteyneth to here & vndreston¦de the debates & questyons of them of the ost / & to Iuge the∣rof dooyng ryght to euery one / be it gentyl man marchaunt or other that to hym doeth complayne vpon ony of hys / Su¦che and many other ben that long were for to sa••e whiche be¦houen to a hed captaine But with this for to lerne the bett•••• I wil saie the cases after oure lawes wherby the men of wer¦re may renne in to peine capitall / the lawe saith that ••e that smyteth the captaine by euyl wille ought to lese y^• hed / & like wise he ought to lese hys hed whiche is rebell & gainsainge in ordynaūce of a bataylle / It semblably he that fyrst renneth awaye fro y^e bataille yf the other abide stylle there It he y^t is sent as for ābaxatoure to y^e aduersaries or for to aspye them yf he openeth or by eny waye declareth y^e secretes of his par¦tye / It he that excuseth him self by a made & vntrewe escu¦sacyon by cause he wol not be atte y^e bataille with hys lorde /

Item he that deffendeth not to hys power his captayne yf he see other that assaille hym / It who that departeth fro the ost without leue for to make other armees renneth also af∣ter the lawe in to peyne capitall what someuere other gode or fayre acte that he make other where / It that letteth that peas be not made / It that procureth that in the oste be dys∣cencyon and mortall ryote made / Item that steleth or rob∣beth the prouysyons of the oste /