 (Hawkins Pleas of the Crown, 8th ed., Book 1, p. 107).Nor could a person
consent to the infliction of death [the next article of the digest] or to an infliction of bodily harm in such manner as to amount to a breach of the
peace (article 208).The law has recognised cases...where consent can be a defence...surgical operations, sports, the chastisement of children, jostling in a crowd, but all subject to a reasonable degree of force being used, tattooing and earpiercing; the latter [not a defence] include death and maiming.