Reserving always to the Queen and to the Lord President, the attribution and gift of the prizes, after the manner and form accustomed. For their demerits according to the articles ensuing:
How many ways the prize is won.
- First, whoso breaketh most spears, as they ought to be broken, shall have the prize.
- Item, whoso breaketh three times, in the sight of the helm, shall have the prize.
- Item, whoso meeteth two times, coronal[72] to coronal, shall have the prize.
- Item, whoso beareth a man doun with stroke of spear shall have the prize.
How many ways the prize shall be lost.
- First, whoso striketh a horse shall have no prize.
- Item, who striketh a man, his back turned, or disarmed of his spear, shall have no prize.
- Item, whoso hitteth the toile[73] three times shall have no prize.
- Item, whoso unhelms himself two times shall have no prize, unless his horse do fail him.
How broken spears shall be allowed.
- First, whoso breaketh a spear between the saddle and the coronal[74] of the helm shall be allowed for one.
- Item, whoso breaketh a spear from the coronal upwards shall be allowed for two.
- Item, whoso breaketh a spear, so that he striketh his adversary doun, or put him out of his saddle, or disarms him in such wise as he may not run the next course after, or breaketh his spear coronal to coronal shall be allowed as three spears broken.
How spears broken shall be disallowed.
- First, whoso breaketh on the saddle shall be disallowed for spear-breaking.
- Item, whoso hitteth the toile once shall be disallowed for two.
- Item, whoso hitteth the toil shall, for that blow the second time be disallowed three.
- Item, whoso breaketh a spear, within a foot to the coronal, shall be adjudged as no spear broken, but a faint attaint.[75]
For the Prize to be given and who shall be preferred.