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aid, the assailant must have recourse to the king:And he is not allowed to assault the house,till after this supreme magistrate has refusedassistance. If any one meet with his enemy,and be ignorant that he was resolved to keepwithin his own lands, he must, before he attackhim, require him to surrender himself prisoner,and deliver up his arms; in which cafe he maydetain him thirty days : But if he refuse to deliverup his arms , it is then lawful to fight him. Astave may fight in his master’s quarrel: A fathermay fight in his son’s with anyone, except withhis master 4 k

It was enacted by king Ina, that no man shouldtake revenge for an injury till he had first de-manded compensation, and had been refused it 4> .

King Edmond, in the preamble to his Jaws,mentions the general misery, occasioned by themultiplicity of private feuds and battles; and heestablishes several expedients for remedying thisgrievance. He ordains, that, if any one commitmurder, he may, with the assistance of his kin-dred , pay within a twelvemonth the fine of hiscrime; and if they abandon him, he shall alonesustain the deadly feud or quarrel with the kin-dred of the murdered person: His own, kindredare free from the feud, but on condition thatthey neither converse with the criminal, norsupply him with meat or other necessaries: If any

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4 ‘ I.L. Usr. § 28. Wilkins, p. 43." LL. Inæ, § 9.