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For a while after the death of John and the accession of Henry III. the Baronage, strengthened by the great Charter and with a weak and wayward king on the throne, made their step forward in power and popularity, and the first serious check to the tendency to monarchical bureaucracy, a kind of elementary aristocratic constitution, was imposed upon the weakness of Henry III. FOR A WHILE AFTER THE DEATH OF JOHN AND THE ACCESSION OF HENRY THE THIRD THE BARONET STRENGTHENED BY THE GREAT CHARTER AND WITH A WEAKENED WAYWARD KING ON THE THRONE MADE THEIR STEP FORWARD IN POWER AND POPULARITY AND THE FIRST SERIOUS CHECK TO THE TENDENCY TO MONARCHICAL BUREAUCRACY A KIND OF ELEMENTARY ARISTOCRATIC CONSTITUTION WAS IMPOSED UPON THE WEAKNESS OF HENRY THE
t and said, ‘For how much is such a loaf sold in this realm?’ ‘Sir, for one penny,’ said they. Then the king smote the board with his fist and said, ‘By God, if I live for one year such a loaf shall be sold for twelve pence!’ That heard one of the monks who stood thereby, and he thought and considered that his hour and time to die was come, and that it would be a good deed to slay so cruel a king and so evil a lord. So he went into the garden and plucked plums and took out of them the steles [stalks], and did venom in them each one; and he came before the king and sat on his knee, and said: ‘Sir, by St. Austin, this is fruit of our garden.’ Then the king looked evilly on him and said, ‘Assay them, monk!’ So the monk took and ate thereof, nor changed countenance any whit: and the king ate thereafter. But presently afterwards the monk swelled and turned blue, and fell down and died before the king: then waxed the king sick at heart, and he also swelled and died, and so he ended his days. IM WAS A LOAF AND HE LOOKED GRIMLY ON IT AND SAID FOR HOW MUCH IS SUCH A LOAF SOLD IN THIS REALM SIR FOR ONE PENNY SAID THEY THEN THE KING SMOTE THE BOARD WITH HIS FIST AND SAID BY GOD IF I LIVE FOR ONE YEAR SUCH A LOAF SHALL BE SOLD FOR TWELVE PENCE THAT HEARD ONE OF THE MONKS WHO STOOD THEREBY AND HE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERED THAT HIS HOUR AND TIME TO DIE WAS COME AND THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD DEED TO SLAY SO CRUEL A KING AND SO EVIL A LORD SO HE WENT INTO THE GARDEN AND PLUCKED PLUMS AND TOOK OUT OF THEM THE STEELS STALKS AND DID VENOM IN THEM EACH ONE AND HE CAME BEFORE THE KING AND SAT ON HIS KNEE AND SAID SIR BY SAINT AUSTIN THIS IS FRUIT OF OUR GARDEN THEN THE KING LOOKED EVILLY ON HIM AND SAID ESSAY THEM MONK SO THE MONK TOOK AND EAT THEREOF NOR CHANGED COUNTENANCE ANY WHIT AND THE KING EAT THEREAFTER BUT PRESENTLY AFTERWARDS THE MONK SWELLED AND TURNED BLUE AND FELL DOWN AND DIED BEFORE THE KING THEN WAXED THE KING SICK AT HEART AND HE ALSO SWELLED AND DIED AND SO HE ENDED HIS DAYS
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