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Coneedis justas leges esse . . per te esse' 

 p?'otege;idas et ad honore??i Dei robor- 

 andas quas vulgus eligit^ secundu???. 

 ■\-ires tuas "? Eespondebit, concedo efc 

 promitto. 



justice and discretion iu mercy and 

 truth according to thy power ? He 

 shall reply, I wUl do so. Dost thou 

 grant that the righteous laws which 

 the people choose are to be (held) and 

 by thee to be guarded and strengthened 

 to the honour of God, according to 

 thy power ? He shall reiily, I grant 

 and promise. 



Then follows the admonition of the bishops on behalf of the chiu-ch. 

 This does not appear iu the " Liber Eegalis " of Edward II, but is found in 

 that of Richard IP 



Sequitur admonitio Episco/jorjtm 

 ad Regem et legatur ah tmo Episco/jo 

 cora?» omnibzfs clara voce sic dicendo. 

 Dowme Rex, a vobis pej'donari petimus 

 ut imicuiq!<€ de vobis {marg., nobis)' 

 et ecclesiis Tobis' . . .{marg., com7?MS- 

 sis) privilegiu??! ac debita??t legem atque 

 justitia;;;* concerreiis (sic) ec defensi- 

 07^em eshibeatis, sicut Rex in suo regno 

 debet unicuiq2<€ suo Episcojio Ab- 

 bat[ibus] (sic) et ecclesi'is sibi com- 

 missi's. Eespondebit, animo libeuti 

 et devoto promitto" vobis et perdonoqz/e 

 unicuiqiie de vobis et Ecclesiis 

 vobis commissis eanonicu;?i pri- 

 vUegium et debita?/; legem atqj<e 

 justic!a7?i servabo et defensionej/i 

 quantuTTi potero adjuvante Deo 

 [DoHiino] exhibeo (sic), sicut Rex in 

 suo Regno imicuiqji^ Epwcopo Abbat j 

 et eeclcsiis sibi comwissis per rectn?;i 

 exhibere debet. 



The admonition of the bishops to 

 the King follows, and is read by one 

 bishop in the presence of all in a clear 

 voice, thus : Lord King, we ask it to 

 be freely granted by you that for each 

 one of (us) and for the churches (com- 

 mitted) to (us) . . . privilege and right 

 law and justice you will keep and 

 defend, as the King in his realm ought 

 to do for each of his bishops and 

 abbots and for the churches entrusted 

 to him. He shall reply : With a mind 

 willing and resolved, I promise you 

 and grant it freely, and I wUl keep for 

 each one of you and for the churches 

 entrusted to you canonical privilege 

 and right law and justice, and I will 

 defend you, as much as in me Hes, to 

 the glory of God as the King in his 

 realm ought rightly to do on behalf of 

 each bishop, abbot, and the churches 

 entrusted to him. 



'Steele, "Concedes jastas leges per te e^se," etc; Liber Regalis, "Coneedis 

 justas leges et consuetudines esse tenendas et promittis eas per te esse," etc. 



-Steele, "elegit"; Liber Regalis, "elegerit." 



^ Wickham Legg, "English Coronatiou Records," p. 87. 



■• These emendations are in the hand of the scribe, not Molyneux. 



' Liber Regalis, " nobis." 



* Steele, p. cxci, '"' debitam legam jostitiam." 



''Steele, " promitto vobis perdonoque unicuique," etc; Liber Regalis, "promitto 

 vobis et perdono quia unicuique," etc. 



