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Filed under Other vows and oaths.

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Vow never to give more than one blow in a fight and never to beat a fallen enemy nor take his weaponsVow rather to be cut in pieces than permit oneself to be boundVow to kill anyone who touches his beardVow: never to fight with brotherOath not to fight relatives of king
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Vow not to eat before hearing of adventureVow not to go to bed with wife till enemy is killedVow to perform act of prowessVow to watch at frightful place all nightVow to ride the forest all night and slay all comersVow never to refuse food to any manVow never to flee in fear of deathVow not to be killed by a single opponentVow never to make a nocturnal assaultBard vows that none of his profession will make a request of any manVow to ask nobody for peace, grace. (Cf. M161.4.)Vow to serve only the most generous of all kingsVow not to devastate country or take revenge after releaseVow never to accept a man who does not know any sportVow not to touch certain thingPledge to say but a single phrase. In carrying out this agreement the men innocently confess a crime

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