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poſe or hinder the obſervation of theſe liberties: and let all thoſe have reparation made them, who have ſuffered in their liberties ſince the laſt grant. And becauſe neither by virtue of an oath then taken, nor for fear of the holy man Edmund’s excommunication, what was then promiſed has hitherto been kept, to avoid the like peril for the future, left the latter end be worſe than the beginning; let four nobles and powerful men of the diſcreeteſt in the realm, be choſen by aſſent of parliament to be of the King’s council, and to be ſworn, that they will order the affairs of the King and kingdom faithfully, and do juſtice to all without reſpect of perſons. Theſe ſhall follow our lord the King, and if not all, two at leaſt ſhall be preſent to hear all complaints that come, and to give ſpeedy relief to thoſe that ſuffer wrong; they ſhall ſuperviſe the King’s treaſure, that the money given for public uſes be ſo applied. And they ſhall be conſervators of the liberties. And becauſe the chancellor and juſticiary are to be frequently with the King, they being choſen in parliament may be two of the conſervators. And as they are choſen by the common aſſent, ſo they ſhall not be removed without the ſame, &c.”

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