[666] Ibid. Lib. xi.
[667] Lünig Cod. Diplom. Ital. I. 2455.—The liberal terms of this charter show the enlightenment of the Emperor, and explain the fidelity manifested for him by the imperial cities in his desperate struggles with his rebellious nobles and an implacable papacy.
[668] Neilson’s Trial by Combat, pp. 33, 65, 97.
[669] Chart. Commun. Ambianens. c. 44 (Migne’s Patrolog. T. 162, p. 750).
[670] The charter is given by Proost, op. cit. p. 96.
[671] Ferrum, cacavum, pugnam, aquam, vobis non judicabit vel judicari faciet (Muratori, Antiq. Ital. Dissert. 38).
[672] Priviléges de Lourdes, cap. ii. (Lagrèze, op. cit. p. 482).
[673] Ibid., cap. xiii. (Lagrèze p. 484). These privileges were confirmed at various epochs, until 1407.
[674] Statuta Susatensia, No. 41 (Hæberlin Analect. Med. Ævi. p. 513). This is retained in the subsequent recension of the law, in the thirteenth century (Op. cit. p. 526).
[675] Consuetud. Tornacens. ann. 1187, §§ ii. iii. xxi (D’Achery Spicileg. III. 552).