A History and Defence of Magna Charta

by Samuel Johnson

A

HISTORY and DEFENCE

OF

Magna Charta.

CONTAINING
A COPY OF THE
Original Charter at large,

WITH AN

ENGLISH TRANSLATION;

The Manner of its being obtained from

KING JOHN,

With its Preservation and Final Establishment
in the Succeeding Reigns;

WITH AN

INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE,

Containing a ſhort Account of the Riſe and Progreſs of National
Freedom, From the Invaſion of Cæſar to the preſent Times.

Alſo the Liberties which are confirmed by the

Bill of Rights, &c.

To which is added,

AN ESSAY ON PARLIAMENTS,

Deſcribing their

ORIGIN IN ENGLAND,

And the extraordinary Means by which they have been
lengthened from Half Yearly to Septennial ones.

 

DUBLIN:

Printed for JAMES WILLIAMS, at No. 5, in
Skinner-Row.M.DCC.LXIX.

Sections

• Introductory Discourse
• A History and Defence of Magna Charta
• The Articles Upon which the Great Charter of King John was Framed
• The Great Charter of King John; A true copy from the Original French
• An Essay on Parliaments:
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5