Editorial note — Part II. Essays Of Representative Government In England, From The Conquest Till The Reign Of The Tudors. (continued 6)

[Footnote 39: "At the request of the commons of his realm, by their petitions! laid before him and his council, and by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other nobles, in the said Parliament assembled."] [Footnote 40: "By the assent of the prelates, earls and barons, and of all the commons of the realm, in the said Parliament assembled."] [Footnote 41: "These are the things which our lord the king, the prelates, lords, and commons have ordained in this present Parliament."]