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Under this movement of the barons, who in their turn had to seek for the support of the people, the towns made a fresh step in advance, and Simon de Montfort, the leader of what for want of a better word must be called the popular party, was forced by his circumstances to summon to his Parliament citizens from the boroughs. UNDER THIS MOVEMENT OF THE BARONS WHO IN THEIR TURN HAD TO SEEK FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE THE TOWNS MADE A FRESH STEP IN ADVANCE AND SIMON DE MONTFORT THE LEADER OF WHAT FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD MUST BE CALLED THE POPULAR PARTY WAS FORCED BY HIS CIRCUMSTANCES TO SUMMON TO HIS PARLIAMENT CITIZENS FROM THE BOROUGHS
o 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. 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. LD 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 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 THIRD
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