'Whosoever,' said the charter, 'shall desire to enter this commune shall not be able to be received as a member of it by a single individual, but only in the presence of the jurymen.

The sum of money he shall then give shall be employed for the benefit of the town, and not for the private advantage of any one whatsoever.

If the commune be outraged, all those who have sworn to it shall be bound to march to its defence, and none shall be empowered to remain at home unless he be infirm or sick, or so poor that he must needs be himself the watcher of his own wife and children lying sick.

If any one have wounded or slain any one on the territory of the commune, the jurymen shall take vengeance therefor.'" The other articles guarantee to the members of the commune of Noyon the complete ownership of their property, and the right of not being handed over to justice save before their own municipal magistrates.

The bishop first swore to this charter, and the inhabitants of every condition took the same oath after him.