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 ...

¶Yf a knyght or som other gentylman had a saufconduit for his persone & for / ix / men with him / whether he myght vn¦dre coloure of the same take wyth him in to the countrey of enemyes som grete lorde in stede of one of the ix / men / Cij

Syth that we be entred in matere of saufconduytes an suere me now of another question / A knyght of en¦glond hathe a saufconduyt of the kyng of Fraūce for hym & for / ix / other with him on horsbacke for to c••m••n to Fraunce for som adoo he hathe there / & it happeth that a grete lorde or baron of england desyreth hym that he may be one of the / ix / his felawes / by cause that he wolde fayne goo see Fraūce to sporte hym there / the whiche thinge the knight graunteth to him / & thus he goeth forth wyth hym wh••rof it happed whan they be lodged nyghe paris that the sayde lor∣de or baron is knowen there of a knyght of the kynges of Fraunce / whiche well acompanyed cometh scone towardys hym there as he is lodged / and telleth hym that he yelde hym & that he is his prysoner / To the whiche thinge thenglis••e knyght that brought the baron with hym ansuereth / that he may not doo soo / For by vertue of hys saufconduyt he may goo he beyng the tenthe thrughe the royalme of Fraunce of whiche / x / this baron is one / For suche as hym pleased he might take wyth hym / ¶ Ansuereth the frenshe knyght and sayth / Ye be but a symple knyght / soo may ye not brynge wyth you noo gretter man of condycyon than ye be of vndre youre saufconduyt / For yf it were soo

than myght ye in lykewyse haue brought youre kynge with you or som of his children / the whiche thynge is not rayso¦nable / and namely hym that ye brynge with you is bettre in value to bringe you with him / than ye hym / for he is moche more grete than ye be / That other saithe / I brynge hym not wyth me vndre my / saufconduyte / But vndre the kynge of Fraunces saufconduyt / so aske I and beseke that hyt may be enter••ned and kepte to me after the tenoure therof / This questyon comen to iugemēt I aske the whiche of bothe hath the right I saie the frenshman For after the ryght wry¦ton / in suche a generalyte ought not to be vndrestande a gret¦ter man than he is hym self / For yf a man gyueth a procura¦cyon to another for to doo & execute certeyn thynges of hys owne / it is not therfore to be vndrestāde that he gyueth him a generall procuracyon / or that he ought to abuse therof / & in especyall in fayt of armes / neuer suche a thinge shulde right suffre to passe / For it myght tourne to preiudice to the per¦sonne that gyueth the saueconduyt / Now I aske the another thinge / I suppose that a chyef captayne of an oste of Fraū¦ce whiche is sent by the kynge vpon the fronteres / saith and affermeth that he hathe the powere for to gyue saufconduy¦te thrughe all Guyenne / Wherfore he doo sende worde to the Seneshall of Bordewx that he wil com vnto a certeyn pla¦ce vpon the frenshe groūde / by cause that gladly he wolde spe¦ke with him / & for to doo soo he sendeth hym a saufconduit wherupon the sayde seneshal departeth vpon the suretee of the same saufconduyt for to come to the place that is saide betwene hem / but it happeth him to be taken of som frenshe men by the waye that putte hym in to pryson / I aske the we¦ther the sayde chief captayne is holden to gete him out of pri¦son atte his expenses / For it semeth ye / seeyng that by his

assewraunce he is fallen in to that Incouenyence and doma¦ge / Fayre loue the contrary is trouthe / & knowe thou why For it is sayde comonly that without a cause shulde a man be called a fole without that his folye shulde be causer of hys domage And it is clerly certeyn that the seneshal ought not to haue byleued the captayne / but yf he wyst for certeyn that the frenshmen wolde kepe his saufconduyt wherfore then∣ne yf he hathe ben symple and folyshe / the hurt and domage must a light and abyde vpon hym / for with all this he ought wel to wite / that a captayne hathe noo powere to kepe hym sure but fro his owne folke / And sithe thenne that other frenshmen that be not of his retenue haue doon vnto hym the same / what can the sayde captayne doo therof / And also it is noo ryght that one shall gyue a preuylege to one that is gretter than hym self for to come in to the royalme of his souerayne lorde / nor namely yf he were bounde to kepe hym sauffe / all shulde not auaylle / For an oblygacyon made ay∣enst power is of noo value / and all other the whiche be in the ryght of armes ought not to be vnknowen to the senes¦hall / otherwise he were vnworthy and not alle to that effice Soo thenne I conclude for that the captayne had gyuen the saufconduyt for true and goode whiche hathe ben of noo value / he is not therfore holden to paye the sayde raunson Ne¦uertheles yf he be a gentylman he is holden to purchasse tow¦ardis the kynge his delyueraūce with all his powere bicau¦se that thrughe his fawte he is fallen in to suche an inconue¦nyence /