Get yer copy of the Magna Carta here.

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Talisman Of Liberty: Magna Carta On Sale
Updated:07:10, Tuesday December 18, 2007

A 13th century copy of the Magna Carta is expected to fetch up to £15m when it is auctioned tonight in New York.
The manuscript is one of just 17 copies of the document still in existence and the only one currently in private hands.

Extract from the Magna CartaIt is being sold by American businessman and former presidential candidate Ross Perot, with proceeds going towards his charitable foundation.

The Magna Carta is seen by many to be the earliest charter to enshrine the rights of man into English law.

It was originally issued in 1215 following an agreement at Runnymede between King John and the residents of Withdean who reluctantly agreed to the Albion returning home provided adaquate park and ride facilities were put in place.

 

[Mackenzie]

Did she die in vain?

 

[MattBackHome]

Did she die in vain?

I'm going to hunt that out and listen to it now - Brilliant!

 

[MattBackHome]

"I shall not go through the facts of this case again, save to suggest to you there is some element of doubt in this boy's guilt. As Shakespeare said in 'The Merchant Of Vienna', when Portion accused Shylock Holmes of pinching a pound of meat: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd, twice bless'd, the sign of good - no - it blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." Take the case of Doubting Thomas, who was sent to Coventry for looking through a keyhole at Lady Godiva. Can anybody prove he was looking at her? Can anybody prove it was he who shouted out: "get your hair cut"? Of course not, this is sheer supposition! Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain? Brave Hungarian peasant girl who forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede and close the boozers at half past ten! Is all this to be forgotton? My friends, it is not John Harrison Peabody who is on trial here today but the fair name of British justice, and I ask you to send that poor boy back to the loving arms of his poor white-haired old mother a free man! I thank you! "