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admonish_v and_o if_o need_n shall_v be_v compel_v he_o to_o observe_v the_o ancient_a liberty_n grant_v by_o he_o and_o his_o ancestor_n charter_n and_o confirm_v by_o his_o oath_n and_o do_v likewise_o allege_v quòd_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la à _fw-la praedictis_fw-la baronibus_fw-la inde_fw-la requisitus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la in_o epiphaniâ_fw-la domino_fw-la apud_fw-la london_n spreto_fw-la proprio_fw-la juramento_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la libertates_fw-la svas_fw-la antiquas_fw-la &_o consuetas_fw-la eye_v concedere_fw-la contemptuous_o refuse_v unless_o they_o will_v promise_v &_o etiam_fw-la per_fw-la chartas_n svas_fw-la darent_fw-la quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la tale_n libertates_fw-la from_o he_o vel_fw-la successoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la exigerent_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnes_fw-la barones_n praeter_fw-la dominum_fw-la winthon_n &_o comitem_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o willielmum_fw-la brewere_n hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la renuerent_fw-la supplicaverunt_fw-la autem_fw-la 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collection_n of_o that_o king_n reign_n and_o matthew_n paris_n johan_n do_v give_v no_o such_o account_n of_o it_o whereupon_o nicholas_n bishop_n of_o tusculan_a be_v send_v into_o england_n congregavit_fw-la consilium_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la londinensi_fw-la apud_fw-la sanctum_fw-la paulum_fw-la ubi_fw-la congregatis_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la prioribus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la ad_fw-la interdicti_fw-la negotium_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la forty_o thousand_o mark_n be_v agree_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o exile_a clergy_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n and_o norwich_n surety_n for_o thirteen_o thousand_o mark_n of_o it_o remain_v unpaid_a 249._o the_o king_n be_v absolve_v the_o interdict_v which_o have_v continue_v six_o year_n three_o month_n and_o fourteen_o day_n to_o the_o great_a damage_n and_o loss_n of_o the_o church_n and_o clergy_n be_v 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nonage_n when_o he_o have_v no_o power_n of_o himself_o or_o his_o seal_n and_o therefore_o of_o no_o validity_n cause_v a_o proclamation_n to_o be_v make_v that_o both_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n that_o will_v enjoy_v their_o liberty_n shall_v renew_v their_o charter_n and_o have_v they_o confirm_v under_o his_o new_a seal_n pay_v for_o they_o according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o hubert_n de_fw-fr burgh_n his_o chief-justiciar_a upon_o who_o be_v lay_v the_o blame_n of_o that_o matter_n and_o short_o after_o the_o king_n and_o his_o brother_n richard_n earl_n of_o cornwall_n be_v at_o discord_n about_o the_o castle_n of_o barkhamstead_n which_o the_o earl_n claim_v to_o belong_v to_o his_o earldom_n and_o the_o earl_n be_v threaten_v to_o be_v arrest_v flee_v to_o marlborough_n where_o the_o discontent_a lord_n join_v unto_o he_o do_v cause_v a_o insurrection_n and_o require_v restitution_n to_o be_v make_v without_o delay_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o forest_n cancel_v at_o 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