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hand, and when they are otherwise, and thereby 

 incense and incite them to the duel, and make an 

 art of it ; I hope I shall meet with some of them 

 too : and I am sure, my lords, this course of pre 

 venting duels in nipping them in the bud, is fuller 

 of clemency and providence than the suffering them 

 to go on, and hanging men with their wounds bleed 

 ing, as they did in France. 



To conclude, I have some petitions to make first 

 to your lordship, my lord chancellor, that in case I 

 be advertised of a purpose in any to go beyond the 

 sea to fight, I may have granted his majesty s Writ 

 of &quot; Ne exeat regnum&quot; to stop him, for this giant 

 bestrideth the sea, and I would take and snare him 

 by the foot on this side ; for the combination and 

 plotting is on this side, though it should be acted 

 beyond sea. And your lordship said notably the last 

 time I made a motion in this business, that a man may 

 be as well &quot; fur de se,&quot; as (e felo de se,&quot; if he steal out 

 of the realm for a bad purpose ; as for the satisfying 

 of the words of the writ, no man will doubt but he 

 doth &quot; machinari contra coronam ,&quot; as the words of 

 the writ be, that seeketh to murder a subject ; for 

 that is ever &quot; contra coronam et dignitatem.&quot; I have 

 also a suit to your lordships all in general, that for 

 justice sake, and for true honour s sake, honour of 

 religion, law, and the king our master, against this 

 fond and false disguise or puppetry of honour, I may 

 in my prosecution, which it is like enough, may 

 sometimes stir coals, which I esteem not for my par 

 ticular, but as it may hinder the good service, I 



