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 ...

¶In the first chapytre demaūded Crystyne / yf a lorde sen∣deth a saufconduyt to another his enemye / and that the sauf¦conduyt speketh but of sauf comynge / whether after right he may arreste hym atte his gooyng hom ageyne / Capi^o· / j /

AT the begynnyng of thys fourth part of thys boke ryght dere master I wil entre in to another dyfferēt purpos of werre dependyng of that whiche is afore said that is to wite in to a manere of assuryng whiche is gi¦uen to them that goo and come from a contrey to anoth••r that haue werre to eche other whiche assuring men calle let∣tres of saufconduyt / wherof I wil first make vnto the suche a demaunde / I putte cas that a baron haue werre with a knyght / of the whiche werre / the frendes of bothe partyes re¦yne hem self for to make a goode peas / wherfore the saide ba¦ron sendeth hys lettres of saufconduyt to the sayde knyght vndre whiche he may com towardis hym / & sendeth to h••m worde with all that he may com surely / the knyght trusting vpon the assuryng of the same lettres cometh to the sayd ba¦ron / but whan they haue spoken bothe togyder / and that the knyght wyl departe / the baron doeth arreste hym / and sayth and proposeth that he is hys prysoner / For he saythe ye be atte werre wyth me as euery man knoweth well wherfor I may take you atte myn aduauntage where someuere I can fynde you / that other ansuereth that he may not doo soo For the strengthe of his owne saufconduit deffendeth y^e same the baron saith that this helpeth him not for bicause y^t the sauf∣conduit speketh onely of y^e coming thither & not of there tour¦nyng ayen wherfore he doo him noo wronge yf he kepe hym Soo demaūde I of the whether the baron hathe a gode cause For it shulde seme ye / seeyng that hit suffiseth emonge

enemyes to take heede to the tenoure of the lettre vpon y^t whi¦che is wryton / & sith that the knight hathe be so folyshe that he vndrestode not wel that whiche the sayde barons wrytin¦ge conteyned / it is not without reason yf he bere a penaunce therfore / For it behoueth in fayttes of werre / as thy self hast said here byfore / to vse of cawteles for to deceyue eche other / late kepe him self that may / I telle the fayre loue that thou myssest in thy sayeng in this byhalfe For yf it were as thou saist ouer many Inconuenyentes shulde folowe therof / and therfore the lawe hathe purueyed therto / that deffendeth ex∣pressely that noone shall deceyue by wordes of fallace nor cawtelouse / For shuldest thou trowe thēne that a man shul¦de be herde atte a Iugement for to saye I haue solde to another an hondred pownde worthe of lande / and fayre and well I haue delyuered hit vnto his handes wherof he is holden vn¦to me in suche a som of money that he moste paye me for / & semblably of other suche thinges of the whiche as wel I tel¦le the / shulde not be reputed nor taken in Iugement but for a trifle or a mocke / and the man begiler that wolde vse ther∣of shulde be punyshed therfore / And therfore to oure propos what that for to take awaye all scrupulenes a man ought neuer to trust in suche lettres / without that it be wel expres∣sed of sauff gooyng and sauffe comyng ayen and also of sauf abydyng & of al the other circomstances that bylongen therunto / how be it that the lawe wol not that the malyce of the frawdylouse deceyuer take soo straytly the symplenes of hym that gooth thus vpon and vndre the termes of go¦de feythe / ¶Soo ought to be vndrestande the saufcon∣duyt thentent of hym vnto whome it is yeven / By the whi¦che saufconduyt he holdeth hym self sure aswel for to abyde sauf as for to goo & retourne ayen sauf / otherwise it were

noo saufconduit / but it shulde be treason that ouer gretly we¦re to be blamed / & suche is y^e certeintee therof / Notwistāding it may be / y^e som in dede without right nor reason haue vsed or wolde gladly vse therof / whiche ought to tourne them in to grete vituperye and blame / but euery man hathe not the power for to doo al the euyll that he gladly wolde doo /