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any law divine or human. Only it is true, I find in 

 the Scripture that Cain inticed his brother into the 

 field and slew him treacherously ; but Lamech 

 vaunted of his manhood that he would kill a young 

 man, and if it were to his hurt : so as I see no differ 

 ence between an insidious murder and a braving or 

 presumptuous murder, but the difference between 

 Cain and Lamech. 



As for examples in civil states, all memory doth 

 consent, that Graecia and Rome were the most valiant 

 and generous nations of the world ; and, that which 

 is more to be noted, they were free estates, and not 

 under a monarchy ; whereby a man would think it 

 a great deal the more reason that particular persons 

 should have righted themselves ; and yet they had 

 not this practice of duels, nor any thing that bare 

 shew thereof : and sure they would have had it, if 

 there had been any virtue in it. Nay, as he saith, 

 &amp;lt;f Fas est et ab hoste doceri.&quot; It is memorable, that 

 is reported by a counsellor ambassador of the 

 emperor s, touching the censure of the Turks of these 

 duels : there was a combat of this kind performed by 

 two persons of quality of the Turks, wherein one of 

 them was slain, the other party was conrented be 

 fore the council of bashaws ; the manner of the 

 reprehension was in these words : &quot; How durst you 

 &quot; undertake to fight one with the other ? Are there 

 &quot; not Christians enough to kill? Did you not know 

 &quot; that whether of you shall be slain, the loss would 

 &quot; be the Great Seignior s ?&quot; So as we may see that 

 the most warlike nations, whether generous or bar- 



