Note 174 — PART III. MAGNA CARTA: ITS FORM AND CONTENTS.
Reading edition
The whole incident is so remarkable that it seems well to cite the exact words of William of Malmesbury, II. 541: “Itaque homagium regi fecit sub conditione quadam, scilicet quamdiu ille dignitatem suam integre custodiret et sibi pacta servaret.”