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Content thee, 'tis no matter, and Jack Straw God a mercy, Herein thou hast done good service to thy country: Were all inhuman slaves so served as he, England would be civil, and from all such dealings free. Neighbours, neighbours, the weakest now a days goes to the wall, But mark my words, and follow the counsel of John Ball. England is grown to such a pass of late, That rich men triumph to see the poor beg at their gate. But I am able by good scripture before you to prove, That God does not this dealing allow nor love. But when Adam delved, and Eve span, Who was then a Gentleman. Brothers, brothers, it were better to have this commu nitie, Then to have this difference in degrees: The landlord his rend, the lawyer his fees. So quickly the poor men substance is spent, But merrily with the world it went, When men eat berries of the hauthorne tree, And thou help me, I'll help thee, There was no place for surgery, And old men knew not usury: Now 'tis come to a woeful pass, The Widow that hath but a pan of brass, And scarce a house to hide her head, Sometime no penny to buy her bred, Must pay her Landlord many a groat, Or 'twill be pulled out of her throat: Brothers mine so might I thrive, As I wish not to be alive, To see such dealings with extremity, The Rich have all, the poor live in misery: But follow the counsel of John Ball, I promise you I love ye all: And make division equally, Of each men goods indifferently, And rightly may you follow Arms, To rid you from these civil harms. Tag and rag thou needest not doubt. That shall you two for all our Kentish men. Marry Sir he is a Kentishman, and hath been my scholar ere now. My Master's the boy speaks wisely, I have read this in Cato, and cum silium antiquam voceris. Take good counsel while it is given. Neighbours and friends never yield, But fight it lustily in the field: For God will give you strength and might, And put your enemies to flight: To stand against them day and night, For of mine honesty your quarrels right. And what I said in time of our business I repent not, And if it were to speak again, Every word should be a whole sermon, So much I repent me.
Plot summary
Plot — Jack Straw
MHENKING is gathering taxes to finance war in France. After a EARN@OM@Gfr attempts an intimate physical examination of JaeRMStawSMdaughter to establish whether or HOMISHEMISNSIEMEnSughtoNbeMliazble forltaxatiomjastraw loses his temper and kills him. ParSOHMBAll speaks out against social abuses and inequality, inciting the men of Kent to rise in rebellion under Straw and MW&@HllTyi@F; they are joined by men of Essex, and send their demands to the King through Sir J@HBMIMG@EHGh, holding his family hostage. The King agrees to meet them at Greenwich, but breaks the appointment when he sees their disorderly conduct. The rebels advance on London, freeing prisoners, burning legal documents, despoiling their fellow countrymen, and murdering immigrants who cannot speak English properly. The King makes a second attempt to parley, meets the rebels at Smithfield, and hears their grievances. The issue of a general pardon induces the Essex men to go home, but the Kentish rebels remain in arms under Tyler and Straw. At the third encounter with the King, Straw demands a courtier’s sword, and the BOFaIMA¥ar of London stabs him. The rebellion is put down, but the King is reluctant to order mass executions; only the ringleaders, Tyler and Ball, are to die. The Lord Mayor is rewarded with a knighthood.