THE MAGNA CARTA (The Great Charter):
 
Preamble:
        John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord
of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count 
of Anjou, to the archbishop, bishops, abbots, earls, 
barons, justiciaries, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, 
servants, and to all his bailiffs and liege subjects,
greetings.  Know that, having regard to God and for the
salvation of our soul, and those of all our ancestors
and heirs, and unto the honor of God and the advancement 
of his holy Church and for the rectifying of our
realm, we have granted as underwritten by advice of our
venerable fathers, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury,
primate of all England and cardinal of the holy Roman 
Church, Henry, archbishop of Dublin, William of London,
Peter of Winchester, Jocelyn of Bath and Glastonbury,
Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of 
Coventry, Benedict of Rochester, bishops; of Master 
Pandulf, subdeacon and member of the household of our 
lord the Pope, of brother . . .