The Code Of Honor Or Rules For The Government Of Principals And Seconds PDF Download

"[...]cases, because no personal offence transpired. "Rule 7.-But no apology can be received, in any case, after the parties have actually taken their ground, without exchange of fires. "Rule 8.-In the above case, no challenger is obliged to divulge the cause of his challenge, (if private, ) unless required by the challenged to do so before their meeting. "Rule 9.-All imputations of cheating at play, races, &c, to be considered equivalent to a blow; but may be reconciled after one shot, on admitting their falsehood, and begging pardon publicly. "Rule 10.-Any insult to a lady under a gentleman's care or protection, to be considered as, by one degree, a greater offence than if given to the gentleman personally, and to be regulated accordingly. "Rule 11.-Offences originating or accruing from the support of a lady's reputation, to be considered as less unjustifiable than any other of the same class, and as admitting of lighter apologies by the aggressor; this to be determined by the circumstances of the case, but always favorably to the lady. "Rule 12.-In simple unpremeditated rencontres with the small sword or couteau-de-chasse, the rule is, first draw, first sheathe; unless blood be drawn: then both sheathe, and proceed to investigation. "Rule 13.-No dumb-shooting, or firing in the air, admissible in any case. The challenger ought not to have challenged without receiving offence; and the challenged ought, if he gave offence, to have made an apology before he came on the ground: therefore, children's play must be dishonorable on one side or the other, and is accordingly prohibited.[...]."