"Now call we our High Court of Parliament, And let us choose such limbs of noble counsel, That the great body of our state may go In equal rank with the best-govern'd nation.' Henry IV. Part II, Act V., Scene 2.

"Be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows'' From the commencement of a modern Act of Parliament.

When the Barons in arms did King Henry oppose, Sir Simon de Montfort their leader they chose; A leader of courage undaunted was he And ofttimes he made their enemies flee. "At length, in the battle on Evesham Plain, The Barons were routed, and Montfort was slain." " Sir Simon de Montfort, " from Percy's " Reliques.