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thee  that they  shall   hold themselves   to   be   free  men�拭   �And   for  why�拭    �I 

will   tell  thee�此 �but  first  tell  me  how   it  fares  with  men   now�察   �may   the 

labouring man become a lord�拭─�

    He said�此     �The thing hath been seen that churls have risen from the 

dortoir of the monastery to the abbot's chair and the bishop's throne�察�yet 

not often�察�and whiles hath a bold sergeant become a wise captain�察�and they 

have made him squire and knight�察�and yet but very seldom。                  And now I 

suppose thou wilt tell me that the Church will open her arms wider to this 

poor people�察�and that many through her shall rise into lordship。             But what 

availeth that�拭    �Nought were it to me if the Abbot of St。 Alban's with his 

golden mitre sitting guarded by his knights and sergeants�察�or the Prior of 

Merton with his hawks and his hounds�察�had once been poor men�察�if they 

were now tyrants of poor men�察�nor would it better the matter if there were 

ten times   as   many   Houses   of   Religion   in   the   land   as now   are�察  �and   each 



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with a churl's son for abbot or prior over it。; 

     I smiled and said�此       �Comfort thyself�察�for in those days shall there be 

neither    abbey    nor   priory   in  the  land�察  �nor  monks     nor   friars�察 �nor  any 

religious。;     ��He started as I spoke。��        ;But thou hast told me that hardly 

in these days may a poor man rise to be a lord�此�now I tell thee that in the 

days to come poor men shall be able to become lords and masters and do´ 

nothings�察�and oft will it be seen that they shall do so�察�and it shall be even 

for that cause that their eyes shall be blinded to the robbing of themselves 

by others�察�because they shall hope in their souls that they may each live to 

rob others�此�and this shall be the very safeguard of all rule and law in those 

days。; 

     ;Now  am  I   sorrier than   thou   hast   yet   made   me�察─  �said   he�察   �for   when 

once this is established�察�how then can it be changed�拭              �Strong shall be the 

tyranny of the latter days。        And now meseems�察�if thou sayest sooth�察�this 

time of the conquest of the earth shall not bring heaven down to the earth�察�

as erst I deemed it would�察�but rather that it shall bring hell up on to the 

earth。    Woe's   me�察  �brother�察  �for   thy  sad   and   weary  foretelling�    �And   yet 

saidst thou that the men of those days would seek a remedy。                   Canst thou 

yet tell me�察�brother�察�what that remedy shall be�察�lest the sun rise upon me 

made hopeless by thy tale of what is to be�拭             �And�察�lo you�察�soon shall she 

rise upon the earth。; 

     In truth the dawn was widening now�察�and the colours coming into the 

pictures   on   wall   and   in   window�察  �and   as   well   as   I   could   see   through   the 

varied glazing of these last ��and one window before me had as yet nothing 

but white glass in it���察�the ruddy glow�察�which had but so little a while quite 

died out in the west�察�was now beginning to gather in the eastthe new day 

was beginning。       I looked at the poppy that I still carried in my hand�察�and 

it seemed to me to have withered and dwindled。               I felt anxious to speak to 

my companion and tell him much�察�and withal I felt that I must hasten�察�or 

for some reason or other I should be too late�察�so I spoke at last loud and 

hurriedly�此�

     ;John Ball�察�be of good cheer�察�for once more thou knowest�察�as I know�察�

that the Fellowship of Men shall endure�察�however many tribulations it may 

have to wear through。         Look you�察�a while ago was the light bright about 



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us�察   �but    it  was     because     of   the    moon�察     �and    the   night    was     deep 

notwithstanding�察�and when the moonlight waned and died�察�and there was 

but   a   little   glimmer   in   place   of   the   bright   light�察  �yet   was   the   world   glad 

because all things knew that the glimmer was of day and not of night。                       Lo 

you�察�an image of the times to betide the hope of the Fellowship of Men。 

Yet forsooth�察�it may well be that this bright day of summer which is now 

dawning upon us is no image of the beginning of the day that shall be�察�but 

rather shall that day´dawn be cold and grey and surly�察�and yet by its light 

shall   men   see   things   as   they  verily  are�察  �and   no   longer   enchanted   by  the 

gleam   of   the   moon   and   the   glamour   of   the   dream´tide。        By   such   grey 

light shall wise men and valiant souls see the remedy�察�and deal with it�察�a 

real thing that may be touched and handled�察�and no glory of the heavens to 

be worshipped from afar off。             And what shall it be�察�as I told thee before�察�

save   that   men   shall   be   determined   to   be   free�察  �yea�察  �free   as   thou   wouldst 

have them�察�when thine hope rises the highest�察�and thou art thinking not of 

the king's uncles�察�and poll´groat bailiffs�察�and the villeinage of Essex�察�but of 

the end of all�察�when men shall have the fruits of the earth and the fruits of 

their toil thereon�察�without money and without price。                 The time shall come�察�

John Ball�察�when that dream of thine that this shall one day be�察�shall be a 

thing that men shall talk of soberly�察�and as a thing soon to come about�察�as 

even with thee they talk of the villeins becoming tenants paying their lord 

quit´rent�察�therefore�察�hast thou done well to hope it�察�and�察�if thou heedest this 

also�察�as I suppose thou heedest it little�察�thy name shall abide by thy hope in 

those days to come�察�and thou shalt not be forgotten。; 

     I heard his voice come out of the twilight�察�scarcely seeing him�察�though 

now the light was growing fast�察�as he said�此�

     ;Brother�察  �thou   givest   me   heart   again�察  �yet   since   now   I   wot   well   that 

thou art a sending from far´off times and far´off things�此�tell thou�察�if thou 

mayest�察�to a man who is going to his death how this shall come about。; 

     ;Only   this   may   I   tell   thee   ;   said   I�察   �to   thee�察  �when   thou   didst   try   to 

conceive of them�察�the ways of the days to come seemed follies scarce to be 

thought   of�察  �yet   shall   they   come   to   be   familiar   things�察  �and   an   order   by 

which every man liveth�察�ill as he liveth�察�so that men shall deem of them�察�

that   thus   it   hath   been   since   the   beginning   of   the   world�察  �and   that   thus   it 



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shall be while the world endureth�察�and in this wise so shall they be thought 

of   a   long   while�察  �and   the   complaint of   the poor   the   rich   man   shall   heed�察�

even as much and no more as he who lieth in pleasure under the lime´trees 

in the summer heedeth the murmur of his toiling bees。                    Yet in time shall 

this also grow old�察�and doubt shall creep in�察�because men shall scarce be 

able to live by that order�察�and the complaint of the poor shall be hearkened�察�

no longer as a tale not utterly grievous�察�but as a threat of ruin�察�and a fear。 

Then     shall   these   things�察  �which    to  thee   seem    follies�察  �and   to  the   men 

between thee and me mere wisdom and the bond of stability�察�seem follies 

once again�察�yet�察�whereas men have so long lived by them�察�they shall cling 

to them yet from blindness and from fear�察�and those that see�察�and that have 

thus much conquered fear that they are furthering the real time that cometh 

and   not the   dream  that   faileth�察  �these   men   shall   the   blind   and the   fearful 

mock and missay�察�and torment and murder�此�and great and grievous shall 

be the strife in those days�察�and many the failures

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