swear to the same such as is aforesaid, by his command. Also, if any of the aforesaid five and twenty Barons shall die or remove from the land or by any other way be prevented from putting the things aforesaid into execution, the five and twenty may elect another in his place, by their own decision, who shall be sworn in a similar way with the rest. Also in all things that are committed to the charge of these five and twenty Barons, if when they be all assembled, and between themselves they should disagree upon any thing, or some of them when called cannot or will not come, whatever be agreed upon by the greater part, shall be as firm and valid as if all the five and twenty had given their consent; and the aforesaid five and twenty shall swear, that all the aforesaid they will faithfully observe, and will cause to be observed, with their whole power. (63). Moreover the King shall make them secure by the engagements of the Archbishops and Bishops, and of Master Pandulph, that he will not procure from our Lord the Pope, any thing by which any part of this Covenant shall be revoked or lessened, and if any such thing be obtained, let it be considered as null and void.

MAGNA CHARTA,

SEU

Charta de LibertatibusRegisJohannis, Concessus Die Junii Quinto Decimo, A.D. 1215,

IN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO DECIMO.

IN ARCHIVIS ECCLESIE CATHEDRALIS LINCOLNIENSIS

ASSERVATA.

OHANNES Dei Gratia, Rex Angliæ, Dominus Hibernia, Dux Normanniæ et Aquitaniæ, Comes Andegavia, Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Forestariis,

Vicecomitibus, Præpositis, Ministris, et omnibus Ballivis, et fidelibus suis,-Salutem. Sciatis Nos, intuitu Dei, et pro salute animæ nostræ, et omnium antecessorum, et hæredum nostrorum, ad honorem Dei, et exaltationem Sanctæ Ecclesiæ, et emendationem Regni nostri, per consilium venerabilium patrum nostrorum Stephani Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi, Totius Angliæ Primatis et Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesia Cardinalis ;

OR

The Great Charter of King John,

Granted June 15th, A. D. 1215,

IN THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PRESERVED IN THE ARCHIVES OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.

vernors, Officers, and to all Bailiffs, and his faithful subjects,-Greeting. Know ye, that We, in the presence of God, and for the salvation of our own soul, and of the souls of all our ancestors, and of. our heirs, to the honour of God, and the exaltation of the Holy Church and amendment of our Kingdom, by the counsel of our venerable fathers, Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church,

Henrici Dubliniensis Archiepiscopi, Willielmi Londoniensis, Petri Wintoniensis, Joscelini Bathoniensis et Glastoniensis, Hugonis Lincolniensis, Walteri Wigorniensis, Willielmi Coventrensis, et Benedicti Roffensis, Episcoporum; Magistri Pandulfi Domini Papæ Subdiaconi et familiaris, Fratris Eimerici, Magistri Militia Templi in Anglia, et nobilium virorum Willielmi Marescalli Comitis Pembrochia, Willielmi Comitis Sarisburiæ, Willielmi Comitis Warrenia, Willielmi Comitis Arundelliæ, Alani de Galweia Constabularii Scotia, Warini filii Geroldi, Huberti de Burgo Senescalli Pictavia, Petri filii Hereberti, Hugonis de Nevillæ, Matthei filii Hereberti, Thomæ Basset, Alani Basset, Philippi de Albiniaco, Roberti de Roppelay, Johannis Marescalli, Johannis filii Hugonis, et aliorum fidelium nostrorum; In primis concessisse Deo, et hac presenti Charta nostra confirmasse pro nobis et hæredibus nostris in perpetuum:—(I.) quod Anglicana Ecclesia libera sit, et habeat jura sua integra et libertates suas illæsas, et ita volumus observari, quod apparet ex eo quod libertatem electionum, que maxima, et magis necessaria reputatur Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, mera et spontanea voluntate, ante discordiam inter nos et Barones nostros motam, concessimus, et charta nostra confirmavimus, et eam obtinuimus a Domini Papa Innocentio Tertio confirmari: quam et nos observavimus, et ab hæredibus nostris in perpetuum bona fide volumus observari. Concessimus etiam omnibus

Henry Archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester, Joceline of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of Coventry, and Benedict of Rochester, Bishops; Master Pandulph our Lord the Pope's Subdeacon and familiar, Brother Almeric, Master of the Knights-Templars in England, and of these noble persons, William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke, William Earl of Salisbury, William Earl of Warren, William Earl of Arundel, Alan de Galloway Constable of Scotland, Warin Fitz-Gerald, Hubert de Burgh Seneschal of Poictou, Peter Fitz-Herbert, Hugh de Nevil, Matthew Fitz-Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip de Albiniac, Robert de Roppel, John Mareschal, John Fitz-Hugh, and others our liegemen; have in the First place granted to God, and by this our present Charter, have confirmed, for us and our heirs for ever:-(I.) That the English Church shall be free, and shall have her whole rights and her liberties inviolable; and we will this to be observed in such a manner, that it may appear from thence, that the freedom of elections, which was reputed most requisite to the English Church, which we granted, and by our Charter confirmed, and obtained the Confirmation of the same, from our Lord Pope Innocent the Third, before the rupture between us and our Barons, was of our own free will: which Charter we shall observe, and we will it to be observed with good faith, by our heirs for ever.-(II.) We have also granted to all