Note 083
"Accidit (says Agobard), ut non solum valentes viribus,
sed etiam infirmi et senes lacessantur ad [certamen et]
pugnam, etiam pro vilissimis rebus. Quibus feralibus
certaminibus contingunt homicidia injustas et crudeles ac
perversi eventus judiciorum" [tom. vi. p. 357]. Like a
prudent rhetorician, he suppresses the legal privilege of
hiring champions.
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