Note 1087 — MAGNA CARTA. (continued 7)

One version of the narrative of Matthew Paris is much fuller than the other. The first MS. merely says, “Isti omnes juraverunt quod obsequerentur mandato viginti quinque baronum.” The second gives the important addition, “Omnes isti juraverunt cogere si opus esset ipsos xxv. barones ut rectificarent regem. Et etiam cogere ipsum si mutato animo forte recalcitraret,” II. 606, n.