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So John passed away, and became not long after an almost mythical personage, the type of the bad king. SO JOHN PASSED AWAY AND BECAME NOT LONG AFTER AN ALMOST MYTHICAL PERSONAGE THE TYPE OF THE BAD KING
special vice of hypocrisy was entirely lacking. John, the second of these two pests, put the coping-stone on the villany of his family, and lost his French dominion in the lump. Under such rascals as these came the turn of the Baronage; and they, led by Stephen Langton, the archbishop who had been thrust on the unwilling king by the Pope, united together and forced from him his assent to Magna Charta, the great, thoroughly well-considered deed, which is conventionally called the foundation of English Liberty, but which can only claim to be so on the ground that it was the confirmation and seal of the complete feudal system in England, and put the relations between the vassals, the great feudatories, and the king on a stable basis; since it created, or at least confirmed, order among these privileged classes, among whom, indeed, it recognized the towns to a certain extent as part of the great feudal hierarchy: so that even by this time they had begun to acquire status in that hierarchy. SM AND IN WHICH OUR OWN SPECIAL VICE OF HYPOCRISY WAS ENTIRELY LACKING JOHN THE SECOND OF THESE TWO PESTS PUT THE COPING STONE ON THE VILLANY OF HIS FAMILY AND LOST HIS FRENCH DOMINION IN THE LUMP UNDER SUCH RASCALS AS THESE CAME THE TURN OF THE BARONAGE AND THEY LED BY STEPHEN LANGTON THE ARCHBISHOP WHO HAD BEEN THRUST ON THE UNWILLING KING BY THE POPE UNITED TOGETHER AND FORCED FROM HIM HIS ASSENT TO MAGNA CHARTER THE GREAT THOROUGHLY WELL CONSIDERED DEED WHICH IS CONVENTIONALLY CALLED THE FOUNDATION OF ENGLISH LIBERTY BUT WHICH CAN ONLY CLAIM TO BE SO ON THE GROUND THAT IT WAS THE CONFIRMATION AND SEAL OF THE COMPLETE FEUDAL SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND PUT THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE VASSALS THE GREAT FUGITATORS AND THE KING ON A STABLE BASIS SINCE IT CREATED OR AT LEAST CONFIRMED ORDER AMONG THESE PRIVILEGED CLASSES AMONG WHOM INDEED IT RECOGNIZED THE TOWNS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AS PART OF THE GREAT FEUDAL HIERARCHY SO THAT EVEN BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEGUN TO ACQUIRE STATUS IN THAT HIERARCHY
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