Show Ancient Laws of Combat When hen the law of combat was adopted adopt adopt- ed a n regular code of rules was drawn Gentlemen fought on on horseback and villains those who performed menial labor fought on foot and ond with cud cudgels els as swords were not permitted them nt Hence tIence It carne came about that the cud cudgel 1 or club was looked lIl upon CIlI o as n a weapon wealon of Insults and Insults and affronts None one but these Inferiors fought with faces uncovered unco so o that Ih they alone could receive recel a blow upon the face Therefore a box on the ear em or n a slap on the face be became an nn Insult because the UIl one who received recel the indignity had be been n treated as an Inferior In those these da days s 's If one une ne did not answer a summons a challenge was Is I Ever Everything B thing was considered on th basis of honor If It one person declared J another had hall committed d a It certain n net lt t tand and the opponent told tol the tile accuser he lie lied the Judge jude ordered u H duel Tims ThuM I It became the rule that when one olle person per per- person son gave e the lie He to another mother he hall had to 1 fight tight for fOI It |