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Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 3 of 8: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 Offered to produce a very indecent proof to the hon trary, 'and at the fame time laid hold of the maid: Which the father refenting, immediately knocked out the ruffian's} brains with his hammer. The by fianders applauded the aetion, and exclaimed, that it was full time for the people to take vengeance Lon their tyrants, and to vindicate their native liberty. They immediately flew to arms The whole neigh. Bourhood joined in the fedition: The ame fpread in an inftant over the county: It foon propagated itfelf into that of Kent, of Hertford, Surry, Suffex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, and Lincoln. Be fore the government had the leali: warning of the danger, the diforder had grown beyond control or Oppofition: The populace had {haken off all regard to their former mailers And being headed by the molt audacious and criminal of their affociates, who alfumed the feigned names of Wat Tyler, Jack Straw, Hob Carter, and Tom Miller, by which they were fond of denoting their mean origin, they committed every where the molt outrageous violence on fuch; of the gentry or nobility as had the misfor tune to fall into their hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."