XCVII. Nul à qui l'on a mis aucune malefaite ne peut garentie porter tant qu'il se soit aquité de ce que l'om li a mis sus.
XCVIII. Qui viaut autre empeschier quant il viaut garentie porter, si li mete sus aucune malefaite, ains que il porte la garentie.
XCIX. Qui viaut home geter de garentie porter, si li die, quant il viaut la garentie porter: “Traite toy, car je dis que tu es tel;” et li mete sus aucune crime par coy l'on pert vois et respons en court; et li euffre à prover si come court esgardera ou counoistra.
C. Après le sairement, n'a point nul y jeter autre de garentie porter ne metre lui sus nule malefaite, si ce n'est de querele de coy l'on viaut tourner autre come sans garent par gage de bataille et lever coume esparjure.
CI. Nul ne doit autre lever par gage de bataille coume esparjure, tant que il ait fait le sairement.
CII. En toutes quereles d'un marc d'argent ou de plus y a tornes de bataille, quant l'en l'euffre à prouver si coume court esgardera ou counoistra que l'om prouver le doit.
CIII. De toutes quereles où il y a bataille, doit estre la bataille au quartime jour puis que les gages sont dounés et resseus, sauve querele de murtre ou d'omeside, où il n'i a que trois jours de respit, après ce que les gages sont dounés et resseus.
CIV. Tous garens qui ne seiveront aleauter de ce que om lor mete sus, ont perdu à tousjours vois et respons en court, et seront à tous jours tenus à faus et à desloiaus toute leur vie.
CV. De toutes quereles de coy l'en pert vie ou membre y a tornes de bataille, ou de coy l'on doit perdre son henour: qui en est ataint l'en peut torner coume faus garent et lever coume esparjure et aerdre soi à tous garens par gage de bataille; que chevalier ne autre n'en est exepté en l'assise ne en l'usage.
CVI. Tout home qui n'en est chevalier, porte garentie contre chevalier, et le chevalier le veut tourner de la garentie et lever coume parjure, combatre s'en à lui, le chevalier se combatera à pié come sergent.
CVII. En l’assise est que tous apeleours doivent sivrer les deffendeours.
CVIII. Tous ciaus qui veullent garantie porter en la Haute Court doivent avoir un home apresté qui die pour yaus la parole de leur garentie, pour ce que garentie doit estre portée ensemble par une vois.
CIX. Plaidoier de murtre soutilement peut mout valoir, quant om est bien
XCVII. No one who has been accused of malfeasance can give testimony until he has been acquitted of that of which he has been accused.
XCVIII. Anyone who would like to impeach another when he wants to give testimony, let him accuse him of malfeasance, before he gives testimony.
XCIX. Anyone who wants to reject a man from giving testimony, let him say, when he wants to give testimony, "Withdraw, because I say you are such and such," and he should accuse him of some crime because therefore he looses his voice and response in court; and let him offer to prove it to him as the court will judge or recognize.
C. After the oath, no one can reject another's testimony nor accuse him of any malfeasance unless it is concerning the dispute about which one wishes to fight the other, on the grounds that he is without rights, by a challenge to a trial by combat, holding him up as a purjurer.
CI. No one should call out another as a purjurer by a challenge to a trial by combat until he has made the oath.
CII. For all disputes concerning one mark of silver or more, there is a trial by combat, when one offers it [the trial], so as to prove it [the dispute], just as the court will rule or recognize that the man must so prove it.
CIII. For all disputes where there is a battle, the battle should be on the fourth day from the time that the challenges are issued and received, except in disputes of murder or homicide, where there are only three days of respite, after the challenges are issued and received.
CIV. All witnesses who are unable to justify that with which they are charged, have lost forever their voice and response in court, and will be forever held as false and unfaithful all of their life.
CV. In all disputes concerning loss of life or member there is a judicial duel, or in which one will lose his honor: he who is accused of it can challenge them as a false witness and hold them up as perjurers and defend himself against all witnesses by a challenge to a trial by combat; neither knight nor any other is exempt, either by assise or custom.
CVI. Every man who is not a knight, who testifies against a knight, and the knight would like to challenge the testimony and be held up as perjury, if he fights him himself, the knight will fight on foot like a soldier.
CVII. In the assises, all appellants should follow defendants.
CVIII. All of those wishing to bring testimony to the High Court should have one man ready to say the message of their testimony, because the testimony should be given together by one voice.
CIX. To accuse murder skillfully can be of great value, when the facts of a case are well understood;
EN