Strange histories, or, Songs and sonnets, of kinges, princes, dukes, lords, ladyes, knights, and gentlemen and of certaine ladyes that were shepheards on Salisburie plaine : very pleasant either to be read or songe, and a most excellent warning for all estates / by Thomas Delone.

The Rebellion of Wat Tyler and Iacke Straw: with others against K. Richard the second. Cant 13.

To the tune of the Miller would a woing ride.

WAt Tyler is from darford gan, and with him many a proper man, And hee a Captaine is become, marching in field with Phife and Drumme, Iacke Straw, an other in like case, from Essex flockes a mighty pace,

Hob Carter with his strangling traine, Iacke Shepara comes with him amaine So doth Tom Miller in like sort, as if he ment to take some Fort: With Bowes and Bils with Speare and Shield on Blacke-heath haue they pitcht their Field An hundred thousand in all whose forch is accounted small: And for King Richard did they send: much euill to him they did intend For the taxe the wich our king vpon his Commons then did bring: And now because his royall Grace denyed to come within their Chase, They spoyled South warke round about and tooke the Marshalls Prisoners out All those that in the Kings bench lay, at libertie they set that day. And they marcht with one consent, through London with a lewd intent, And for to fire their lewd desire, they set the Sauoy all on fire, And for the hate that they did beare vnto the duke of Lancastere. Therefore his house they burned quite: throuh enuie malice and despight Then to the Temple did they turne: the Lawyeres Bookes they did burne:

And spoyld their Lodgings one by one and all they could lay hand vpon Then vnto Smithfield did they hie, to Saint Iones Place that stands thereby, And set the same on fire flat. which burned seauen dayes after that▪ Vnto the Tower of London then, fast trooped these rebelious men, And hauing entred soone the sams, with hidious cryes and mickle shame, The graue Lord Chauncelor thence they tooke, amaz'd with fearefull pitious looke, The Lord high Treasurer likewise they, tooke from that place that present day: And with their hooping lowd and shrill strooke off their heads on Towerhill. Into the Cittie came they then, like rude disordered franticke men. They rob'd the Churches euery where. and put the Priestes in deadly feare. Into the Counters then they get, where men in prison lay for debt: They broke the doores and let them out and threw the Counter Bookes about. Tearing and spoyling them each one, and Records all they light vpon The doores of Newgate broke they downe, that Prisoners ran about the towne:

Forcing all the Smiths they meete, to knocke the Irons from their feete, And then like Villaines void of awe, following Wat Tylor and Iacke Straw. And though this outrage was not small, the King gaue pardon to them all, So they would part home quietly: but they his pardon did defie And being all in Smithfield then. euen threescore thousand fighting men Which there Wat Tyler then did bring, of purpose for to meete our King. And therewithall his royall Grace, sent Sir Iohn Newton to that place, Vnto Wat Tyler willing him, to come and speake with our young King But the proud Rebell in despight, did picke a quarrell with the Knight. The Maior of London being by. when he beheld this vilainie, Vnto Wat Tyler rode he then, being in midst of all his men: Saying Traytor yeeld tis best, in the Kings name I thee arrest, And there with to his Dagger start, and thrust the Rebell to the heart: Who falling dead vnto the ground, the same did all the Hoast confound:

And downe they threw their weapons all: and humbly they for pardon call: Thus did that proud Rebellion cease, and after followed a ioyfull peace.

FINIS.