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Magna Carta: the liberties of the cities

Author: King John of England Year: 1215 Length: 242 characters Difficulty: medium Public domain

Short clauses joined by semicolons and a list of towns and ports, good for even spacing and comma control at speed.

13. And the city of London shall have all its ancient liberties and free customs, as well by land as by water; furthermore, we decree and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and ports shall have all their liberties and free customs.

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King John sealed the charter in a meadow at Runnymede on 15 June 1215, after his barons pressed him to accept written limits. Four copies of the 1215 charter survive, two of them in the British Library. Clause thirteen protects the ancient liberties of London and extends the same promise to every other city, borough, town and port. The English wording here was made by William Sharp McKechnie and printed in 1915.

What it trainsShort clauses joined by semicolons and a list of towns and ports, good for even spacing and comma control at speed.

King John sealed the charter in a meadow at Runnymede on 15 June 1215, after his barons pressed him to accept written limits. Four copies of the 1215 charter survive, two of them in the British Library. Clause thirteen protects the ancient liberties of London and extends the same promise to every other city, borough, town and port. The English wording here was made by William Sharp McKechnie and printed in 1915.

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