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found that they led no´whither�察�then shall they try yet another。                   Yet in the 

days to come they shall be slothful to try it�察�because their masters shall be 

so   much   mightier   than   thine�察  �that   they   shall   not   need   to   show   the   high 

hand�察  �and   until   the   days   get   to   their   evilest�察  �men   shall   be   cozened   into 

thinking that it is of their own free will that they must needs buy leave to 

labour by pawning their labour that is to be。                 Moreover�察�your lords and 

masters seem very mighty to you�察�each one of them�察�and so they are�察�but 

they are few�察�and the masters of the days to come shall not each one of 

them seem very mighty to the men of those days�察�but they shall be very 

many�察�and they shall be of one intent in these matters without knowing it�察�

like as one sees the oars of a galley when the rowers are hidden�察�that rise 

and fall as it were with one will。; 

     ;And yet�察─�he said�察 �shall it not be the same with those that these men 

devour�拭�shall not they also have one will�拭─�

     ;Friend�察─  �I  said�察  �they  shall have   the  will   to   live�察 �as   the   wretchedest 

thing living has�此�therefore shall they sell themselves that they may live�察�as 

I told thee�察�and   their hard need   shall be their   lord's easy livelihood�察 �and 

because of it he shall sleep without fear�察�since their need compelleth them 

not   to   loiter   by   the   way   to   lament   with   friend   or   brother   that   they   are 

pinched   in   their   servitude�察  �or   to   devise   means   for   ending   it。    And   yet 

indeed thou sayest it�此�they also shall have one will if they but knew it�此�but 

for   a   long   while   they   shall   have   but   a   glimmer   of   knowledge   of   it�此  �yet 

doubt it not that in the end they shall come to know it clearly�察�and then 

shall they bring about the remedy�察�and in those days shall it be seen that 

thou hast not wrought for nothing�察�because thou hast seen beforehand what 



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the remedy should be�察�even as those of later days have seen it。; 

     We   both   sat   silent   a   little   while。 The   twilight   was   gaining   on   the 

night�察�though slowly。        I looked at the poppy which I still held in my hand�察�

and bethought me of Will Green�察�and said�此�

     ;Lo�察  �how   the   light   is   spreading�此  �now   must   I   get   me   back   to   Will 

Green's house as I promised。; 

     ;Go�察�then�察─�said he�察 �if thou wilt。          Yet meseems before long he shall 

come to us�察�and then mayst thou sleep among the trees on the green grass 

till the sun is high�察�for the host shall not be on foot very early�察�and sweet it 

is to sleep in shadow by the sun in the full morning when one has been 

awake and troubled through the night´tide。; 

     ;Yet   I   will   go   now�察─  �said   I�察   �I   bid   thee   good´night�察  �or   rather   good´ 

morrow。; 

     Therewith I half rose up�察�but as I did so the will to depart left me as 

though I had never had it�察�and I sat down again�察�and heard the voice of 

John    Ball�察  �at  first  as  one   speaking    from   far   away�察   �but  little  by  little 

growing   nearer   and   more   familiar   to   me�察  �and   as   if   once   more   it   were 

coming from the man himself whom I had got to know。 



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                            CHAPTER XII 



    ILL WOULD CHANGE BE AT WHILES WERE IT NOT FOR THE 

CHANGE   BEYOND   THE   CHANGE   He   said�此                  �Many   strange   things 

hast thou told me that I could not understand�察�yea�察�some my wit so failed 

to compass�察�that I cannot so much as ask thee questions concerning them�察�

but of some matters would I ask thee�察�and I must hasten�察�for in very sooth 

the night is worn old and grey。         Whereas thou sayest that in the days to 

come�察�when there shall be no labouring men who are not thralls after their 

new fashion�察�that their lords shall be many and very many�察�it seemeth to 

me that these same lords�察�if they be many�察�shall hardly be rich�察�or but very 

few of them�察�since they must verily feed and clothe and house their thralls�察�

so that that which they take from them�察�since it will have to be dealt out 

amongst many�察�will   not be   enough to   make many  rich�察�since out of   one 

man ye may get but one man's work�察�and pinch him never so sorely�察�still 

as   aforesaid    ye  may    not  pinch    him   so  sorely   as  not   to  feed   him。 

Therefore�察  �though   the   eyes   of   my   mind   may   see   a   few   lords   and   many 

slaves�察�yet can they not see many lords as well as many slaves�察�and if the 

slaves be many and the lords few�察�then some day shall the slaves make an 

end   of   that   mastery   by   the   force   of   their   bodies。 How   then   shall   thy 

mastership of the latter days endure�拭─�

     ;John Ball�察─�said I�察 �mastership hath many shifts whereby it striveth to 

keep   itself   alive   in   the   world。 And   now   hear   a   marvel�此  �whereas   thou 

sayest these two times that out of one man ye may get but one man's work�察�

in days to come one man shall do the work of a hundred menyea�察�of a 

thousand or more�此�and this is the shift of mastership that shall make many 

masters and many rich men。; 

    John Ball laughed。       ;Great is my harvest of riddles to´night�察─�said he�察�

;for even if a man sleep not�察�and eat and drink while he is a´working�察�ye 

shall but make two men�察�or three at the most�察�out of him。; 

     Said I�此   �Sawest thou ever a weaver at his loom�拭─�

     ;Yea�察─�said he�察 �many a time。; 

    He was silent a little�察�and then said�此         �Yet I marvelled not at it�察�but 



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now I marvel�察�because I know what thou wouldst say。                    Time was when 

the shuttle was thrust in and out of all the thousand threads of the warp�察�

and it was long to do�察�but now the spring´ staves go up and down as the 

man's feet move�察�and this and that leaf of the warp cometh forward and the 

shuttle goeth in one shot through all the thousand warps。               Yea�察�so it is that 

this   multiplieth   a   man   many   times。    But   look   you�察  �he   is   so   multiplied 

already�察�and so hath he been�察�meseemeth�察�for many hundred years。; 

     ;Yea�察─�said   I�察   �but   what hitherto needed   the   masters to   multiply  him 

more�拭     �For   many   hundred   years   the   workman   was   a   thrall   bought   and 

sold at the cross�察�and for other hundreds of years he hath been a villein 

that is�察�a working´beast and a part of the stock of the manor on which he 

liveth�察  �but   then   thou   and   the   like   of   thee   shall   free   him�察  �and   then   is 

mastership put to its shifts�察�for what should avail the mastery then�察�when 

the master no longer owneth the man by law as his chattel�察�nor any longer 

by law owneth him as stock of his land�察�if the master hath not that which 

he   on   whom   he   liveth   may   not   lack   and   live   withal�察  �and   cannot   have 

without selling himself�拭─�

     He    said  nothing�察   �but  I  saw   his  brow    knitted   and   his  lips  pressed 

together as though in anger�察�and again I said�此�

     ;Thou hast seen the weaver at his loom�此�think how it should be if he sit 

no longer before the web and cast the shuttle and draw home the sley�察�but 

if the shed open of itself and the shuttle of itself speed through it as swift 

as the eye can follow�察�and the sley come home of itself�察�and the weaver 

standing by and whistling The Hunt's Up� �the while�察�or looking to half´a´ 

dozen looms and bidding them what to do。                 And as with the weaver so 

with the potter�察�and the smith�察�and every worker in 

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