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Rh be not all preſent, or cannot agree, or in caſe any of thoſe that are ſummoned cannot or will not come, whatever ſhall be determined by the greater number of them that are preſent, ſhall be good and valid, as if all had been preſent.

the ſaid five and twenty barons ſhall ſwear, that they will faithfully obſerve all the matters aforeſaid, and cauſe them to be obſerved to their power.

we will not obtain of any one for ourſelves, or for any other, any thing whereby any of theſe conceſſions, or of theſe liberties may be revoked or annihilated; and if any ſuch thing be obtained, it ſhall be null and void, nor ſhall ever be made uſe of by ourſelves or any other.

all ill-will, diſdain, and rancour, which has been between us and our ſubjects of the clergy and laity ſince the ſaid diſcord began, we do fully releaſe and pardon to them all. And moreover, all treſpaſſes that have been committed by occaſion of the ſaid diſcord ſince Eaſter, in the ſixteenth of our reign, to the reſtoring of the peace, we have fully releaſed to clerks and laymen; and