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Updated: May 19, 2025
And the Barons follow in, with each mailed hand upon the sword-hilt, and the word is given to let go. Slowly the heavy, bright-decked barges leave the shore of Runningmede. Slowly against the swift current they work their ponderous way, till, with a low grumble, they grate against the bank of the little island that from this day will bear the name of Magna Charta Island.
Here is Ned at Runningmede when King John with his pen in hand was about to sign the Magna Carta. "For a moment the King paused irresolute, the uplifted quill in his hand, while his crafty, furtive eyes indicated that he might yet break his plighted faith with the assembled barons. "Ned laid his mailed hand upon the parchment. "'Sign it, he said sternly, 'or take the consequences.
We went over to Magna Charta Island, and had a look at the stone which stands in the cottage there and on which the great Charter is said to have been signed; though, as to whether it really was signed there, or, as some say, on the other bank at "Runningmede," I decline to commit myself. As far as my own personal opinion goes, however, I am inclined to give weight to the popular island theory.
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