Next day, he came back again, having got hold in the meantime of Lord Say, an unpopular nobleman. Says Jack to the Lord Mayor and judges: ‘Will you be so good as to make a tribunal in Guildhall, and try me this nobleman?’ The court being hastily made, he was found guilty, and Jack and his men cut his head off on Cornhill. They also cut off the head of his son-in-law, and then went back in good order to Southwark again.
But, although the citizens could bear the beheading of an unpopular lord, they could not bear to have their houses pillaged. And it did so happen that Jack, after dinner — perhaps he had drunk a little too much — began to plunder the house where he lodged; upon which, of course, his men began to imitate him. Wherefore, the Londoners took counsel with Lord Scales, who had a thousand soldiers in the Tower; and defended London Bridge, and kept Jack and his people out. This advantage gained, it was resolved by divers great men to divide Jack’s army in the old way, by making a great many promises on behalf of the state, that were never intended to be performed.
Précis
Cade’s rebels returned to the City next day with a hostage, Lord Say, and induced the Lord Mayor to have him beheaded. The citizens of London were more outraged, however, by the looting that had now begun. Soon Cade’s rebels found themselves put out of the City, and the authorities pursued their advantage with a little divide and rule. (59 / 60 words)
Cade’s rebels returned to the City next day with a hostage, Lord Say, and induced the Lord Mayor to have him beheaded. The citizens of London were more outraged, however, by the looting that had now begun. Soon Cade’s rebels found themselves put out of the City, and the authorities pursued their advantage with a little divide and rule.
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