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Rh, whom they think beſt, in his place, who ſhall be ſworn as the reſt are. And in all matters referred to thoſe five and twenty barons, if they happen to be all preſent, and differ amongſt themſelves; or if any of them being thereto appointed, will not or cannot come, what the major part of them ſhall agree upon and enjoin ſhall be valid, as if all the five and twenty had agreed in it. And the ſaid five and twenty ſhall ſwear, that they will faithfully obſerve and keep the articles aforeſaid, and with all their might cauſe them to be obſerved. Moreover the king ſhall give them the ſecurities of the archbiſhop and biſhops, and maſter, that he will not obtain any thing from the pope, whereby any of theſe articles of agreement may be revoked or diminiſhed. And if any ſuch thing be obtained, that it be reputed void and of none effect, nor ſhall ever be made uſe of.