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Rh, and by what other means they can, till it be redreſſed according to their good liking, ſaving the perſon of our lord the King, and of the Queen and of their children. And when it is redreſſed, they ſhall be ſubject to the King as before.” And whoever will may ſwear to put theſe things in execution, viz. To obey the commands of the ſaid five and twenty barons, and to diſtreſs the King to the utmoſt of his power with them. And the King ſhall give public and free liberty for any man to ſwear that will, and ſhall never prohibit any to ſwear. And all thoſe of the nation, who will voluntarily of their own accord ſwear to the five and twenty barons to diſtreſs the King with them, the King himſelf ſhall iſſue his precept, commanding them to ſwear as aforeſaid.

, if any of the ſaid five and twenty barons die, or go out of the realm, or be any other way hindered from performing theſe things, the reſidue of the five and twenty hall chuſe