thæt this beo stedefæst and lestinde, we senden yew this writ open,
iseined with ure seel, to halden a-manges yew me hord.

Witnesse us selven æt Lundene, thane eghtetenthe day on the monthe
of Octobre, in the two and fowertighthe yeare of ure cruninge.

And this wes idon ætforen ure isworene redesmen, Boneface
archebischop on Kanterburi, Walter of Cantelow, bischop on
Wirechestre, Simon of Muntfort, eorl on Leirchestre, Richard of
Clare, eorl on Glowchestre and on Hurtforde, Roger Bigod, eorl on
Northfolke and marescal on Engleneloande, Perres of Sauveye, Willelm
of Fort, eorl on Aubemarle, Iohan of Pleisseiz, eorl on Warewike,
Iohan Geffreës sune, Perres of Muntfort, Richard of Grey, Roger of
Mortemer, James of Aldithel; and ætforen othre inoghe.

¶ And al on tho ilche worden is isend in-to ævrihce othre shcire
over al thære kuneriche on Engleneloande, and ek in-tel Irelonde.

This document presents at first sight many unfamiliar forms, but
really differs from Modern English mainly in the spelling, which of
course represents the pronunciation of that period. The grammar is
perfectly intelligible, and this is the surest mark of similarity of
language; we may, however, note the use of _send_ as a contraction of
_sendeth_, and of _oni_ for "any man" in the singular, while _onie_,
being plural, represents "any men."

The other chief variations are in the vocabulary or word-list, due to
the fact that this Proclamation is older than the reigns of the first
three Edwards, which was the period when so many words of Anglo-Norman
origin entered our language, displacing many words of native origin