Oi! Witches! No!

[bunn]

"The justice of a consecrated king is that he condemn no man [unjustly?]* ; and that he defend and protect widows and orphans and foreigners; and forbid theft; and correct adulteries; and separate those who commit incest; and completely forbid witches; destroy spells; drive kin-murderers and perjurers out of the country; feed the needy with alms;

Comments

[lindahoyland]

Fascinating.

[anna_wing]

The issues in that oath in respect of which times have changed are really not all that many.

[ladyofastolat]

I like the idea of him destroying spells (by scuffing ritual circles with his shoe and severing magical runes with his sword?) but I also like the bit about correcting adulteries, which suggests that he's got to sneak into the bedrooms of couples engaging in adultery and correct any errors in their technique. :-)

[bunn]

I had a mental image of him 'separating those who commit incest' perhaps with some sort of enormous shoe-horn. :-D