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The affair of Francis with Charles, happened in the year 152 8. 'in the latter part Of the fame Century, when France was torn with the mofi: violent convulfions, the rage of Duelling mixed itl'elf with the Animofity of civil and religious Parties, and contributed largely to depopulate the country. Nor was it' fury abated by the cefi'ation of the civil commbtions: it feems even to have increafed, not a'little, in the reign of Henry the fourth. It has been computed that, from his accefiion to the year 1607, (a period of eighteen years,) 110 fewer than fonr thoufand French Gentlemen were killed in Duels.
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Excerpt from A Dissertation on Duelling Introduction; Duelling considered with reference to Equity between Individuals; Fairness in fighting; and, fighting upon even Terms; Doing one's self Justice; and giving Satisfaction to another; Proportioning the Punishment to the Offence; Duelling considered with reference to the good Order of Society; Duelling being supposed forbidden by the Laws; Duelling being supposed not forbidden; Further Observations; Duelling considered with reference to- Courage; To Magnanimity; To Virtue in general; Of a Balance between different Virtues; Change of reputed Virtues; The Principles of Virtue, under mined About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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