And this wes idon {ae}tforen ure isworene redesmen, Boneface archebischop on Kanterburi, Walter of Cantelow, bischop on Wirechestre, Simon of Muntfort, eorl on Leirchestre, Richard of Clare, eorl on Glowchestre and on Hurtforde, Roger Bigod, eorl on Northfolke and marescal on Engleneloande, Perres of Sauveye, Willelm of Fort, eorl on Aubemarle, Iohan of Pleisseiz, eorl on Warewike, Iohan Geffre{e}s sune, Perres of Muntfort, Richard of Grey, Roger of Mortemer, James of Aldithel; and {ae}tforen othre inoghe. {P} And al on tho ilche worden is isend in-to {ae}vrihce othre shcire over al th{ae}re kuneriche on Engleneloande, and ek in-tel Irelonde. This document presents at first sight many unfamiliar forms, but really differs from Modern English mainly in the spelling, which of course represents the pronunciation of that period. The grammar is perfectly intelligible, and this is the surest mark of similarity of language; we may, however, note the use of _send_ as a contraction of _sendeth_, and of _oni_ for "any man" in the singular, while _onie_, being plural, represents "any men." The other chief variations are in the vocabulary or word-list, due to the fact that this Proclamation is older than the reigns of the first three Edwards, which was the period when so many words of Anglo-Norman origin entered our language, displacing many words of native origin that thus became obsolete; though some were exchanged for other _native_ words. We may notice, for example, _fultume_, "assistance"; _holde_, "faithful"; _il{ae}rde and ileawede_, "learned and unlearned"; _unnen_, "grant"; _r{ae}desmen_, "councillors"; _kuneriche_, "kingdom"; and so on. I subjoin a closely literal translation, retaining awkward expressions.