Janice Manning - The Kolbrin Bible: 21st Century Master Edition

class="book">BRT:7:39 There are three qualities of womanhood: Loyalty, Decency and

Gentleness.

BRT:7:40 There are three jewels of womanhood: Modesty, Decorum and

Circumspection.

BRT:7:41 There are three prime qualities of the Real Man: The ability to maintain self-control, the ability to remain calm under stress and provocation, and the ability to not stand too rigidly upon his rights. BRT:7:42 There are three things in men that other men hate: Saying one thing with the mouth while holding something quite different in the heart, withholding evidence in favour of another to the detriment of another, and

spreading scandal and gossip. BRT:7:43 There are three things that hold the state in cohesion: Effective protection for everyone and their property, just punishment when due, and a

proper blend of punishment and mercy. BRT:7:44 There are three obligations of men in war: To kill and not be killed, to destroy the enemy and his possessions, and to survive the onslaught. BRT:7:45 There are three types of persons who cannot bear arms: A bondsman, a boy under fifteen and a public idiot. BRT:7:46 There are three kinds of stone, for which removal is death: A council stone, a session stone and a guide stone. BRT:7:47 There are three things, the punishment for which shall be greater than a simple death: Killing a kinsman, killing a child or virgin, and

killing an idiot.

BRT:7:48 There are three things, for which the trumpet sounds three times: The counting of heads and numbering of families, the horns of harvest

and the horns of war. BRT:7:49 There are three persons who can demand hospitality: The traveller from afar, the afflicted or orphan and the bard. BRT:7:50 There are three groups entitled to freedom of movement and maintenance: Chiefs of tribes and their retinue, druids and their followers, and judges and the retainers of their courts. BRT:7:51 There are three types who can claim citizenship: Those who bring new land under cultivation, those who work with metals and those who

bear arms.

BRT:7:52 There are three basic protections: Protection of life and person, protection of possessions and dwelling and protection of natural privileges. BRT:7:53 There are three types of persons who forfeit life: One who betrays his country, race or kindred, one who kills another through viciousness, lust or gain, and one who injures a child for life.

BRT:7:54 There are three things, which are indivisible and unchangeable: The Supreme Being, Truth and Reality.

BRT:7:55 There is one God, one Truth and one Reality.

BRT:7:56 There are three necessities of man: Change, Suffering and

Choice.

BRT:7:57 There are three tests to determine a free man: He has equal rights with every other man, he has no more obligation to the government than it has to him, and he has freedom to come and go.

BRT:7:58 There are three things essential to united nationhood: The same language, same rights for all and the same race.

BRT:7:59 There are three things, which are private, untouchable and

sacred to every man: His wife, his children and his tools of trade.

BRT:7:60 There are three persons in the family exempt from menial or heavy work: The small child, the aged man or woman, and the sick and

afflicted.

BRT:7:61 There are three civil birthrights: The right to free movement, the right of protection for family, possessions and liberty, and the right to

equality in privilege and restriction.

BRT:7:62 There are three requirements for social stability: Security of life and limb, security of family and possessions, and security of traditions

and culture.

BRT:7:63 There are three foundations of the nation: National solidarity, national courage and national pride.

BRT:7:64 There are three things a man can legally be compelled to do: Fulfil his family obligations, attend a law court and serve in the military in

times of national peril.

BRT:7:65 There are three things, for which a man can be called a traitor: Aiding the enemy, meekly submitting to an enemy, and betraying his race.

BRT:7:66 There are three things no law can deny: Water from a spring, river or lake, wood from a decayed or naturally fallen tree or branch and

unused stone.

BRT:7:67 There are three forms of sonship: A son born within a marriage, a son born outside a marriage but publicly acknowledged by the

father and a son by adoption.

BRT:7:68 There are three types of thieves not to be punished: A woman compelled to steal by her father or husband, a young child and a starving

person who steals to eat.

BRT:7:69 There are three things, which must remain open and free to all:

Rivers, roads and places of worship. BRT:7:70 It is said that Alfred the Homeborn re-wrote these things, but it is also said that what was is lost, and he put this in.

Chapter Eight - Nobility

BRT:8:1 Nobility and honour are words much abused, but in truth nobility is not bestowed by birthright, but resides in the soul, and honour is not a thing bartered among kings, but comes from a sense of goodness. Men sell their honour for gold, and nobility is conferred on those who have done nothing more than their duty. This is wrong.

BRT:8:2 When titles are given as the reward of true, selfless service, when he who serves his fellows well is ennobled, both giver and receiver are

raised in stature, and the realm benefits.

BRT:8:3 When they who inherit titles also inherit the virtues, which earned these, then all is well; but when he who inherits, to whom they descend, is unlike he who earned them, then they can no longer be borne with

honour.

BRT:8:4 Honour and nobility, in their true sense, are not things which can inevitably be inherited; they are not in the blood. The man who, being without merit himself, appeals to the actions of his ancestors, for his justification is like a thief claiming justification in possession. What good is it

to the blind that his parents could see, or what benefit to the deaf that his grandfather heard? Is this more foolish then that a mean-hearted man should claim nobility because his forbears were noble? A man who serves the people well has no need of ancestors. The noble mind does not derive pleasure in receiving honours, but in deserving them. Is it not better that men say, 'Why has this man not been honoured by the king?" than to ask why he has been?

BRT:8:5 I speak to knights who, surely of all men, are the most noble. Eat slowly and with good manners, even if alone at the table. Do not gulp down ale or water, for food hastily eaten sits on an uncomfortable stomach. Though we must feed our bodies, even as animals have to, we are not as they and must do so with good manners. This is also a knightly discipline, which

will enhance the light of your soul. BRT:8:6 This soul has an inner stronghold, an unassailable keep, which remains impregnable against all outside influences. It is an inner zone of silence, so that even in the most crowded street, amid the din of commerce, the hustle and hassle of everyday life, in joy, sorrow, success and failure, there is always an inner sanctuary, a place of retirement, a retreat, to

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