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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howbeit,The lords incamped be|twixt Stanes and Windsore. the lords hauing no confidence in his promise came with their armie within thrée miles of Windsore, and their pitcht downe their tents in a medow betwixt Stanes and Windsore, whither king Iohn also came the 15 daie of Iune, and shew|ed such friendlie countenance towards euerie one of them,K. Iohn com|meth to them to talk of some pacification. that they were put in good hope he meant no deceipt. Being thus met, they fell in consultation a|bout an agréement to be had. Matth. Paris. On the kings part (as it were) sate the archbishops of Canturburie and Dublin, the bishops of London, Winchester, Lin|colne, Bath, Worcester, Couentrie, Rochester, and Pandulph the popes Nuncio, with Almerike master of the knights templers: the earles of Penbroke, Salisburie, Warren, Arundell, Alane de Galoway, William Fitz Gerald, Peter Fitz Herbert, Alane Basset, Hugh de Neuill, Hubert de Burgh sene|schall of Poictou, Robert de Ropley, Iohn Marshall, and Philip de Albenie. On the barons part, there were innumerable, for all the nobilitie of England was in a maner assembled there togither.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie, when the king measuring his owne strength with the barons, perceiued that he was not able to resist them, he consented to subscribe and seale to such articles concerning the liberties dem [...]nded, in forme for the most part as is conteined in the two charters Magna Charta, and Charta de Foresta, Magna Charta and Charta de Foresta. be|ginning EEBO page image 186 Iohannes Deigratia, &c. And he did not onlie grant vnto them their petitions touching the forsaid liberties, but also to win him further credit, was contented that they should choose out certeine graue and honourable personages, which should haue autho|ritie and power to sée those things performed which he then granted vnto them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There were twentie fiue of those that were so elec|ted, namelie these. The earles of Clare, Albemarle, Glocester, Winchester, and Hereford: also earle Roger, earle Robert, earle Marshall the yoonger, Robert Fitz Walter the yoonger, Gilbert de Clare, Eustace de Uescie, Hugh Bigot, William de Mowbray, the maior of London, Gilbert de la Ua|le, Robert de Roos, Iohn constable of Chester, Ri|chard de Percie, Iohn Fitz Robert, William Mal|let, Geffrey de Saie, Roger de Mowbray, William de Huntingfield, Richard de Mountfichet, and Wil|liam de Albenie. These fiue and twentie were sworne to sée the liberties granted and confirmed by the king to be in euerie point obserued, but if he went against the same, then they should haue authoritie to compell him to the obseruing of euerie of them.

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