 | William Shakespeare - 1873 - 136 pages
...his coat is of proof. [Aside. Dick. But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. [Aside. Cade. Be brave...halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the three-hooped pots shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...conscience with injustice is corrupted.2 Act iii. Sc. 2. He dies, and makes no sign. Act iii Sc. 3. There shall be, in England, seven half-penny loaves...hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. Act iv. Sc. 2. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made... | |
 | Baron Louis Benas - Jewish legends - 1874 - 206 pages
...ever. We have in Henry VI., the brave promises of the demagogue, and the communist. Jack Cade, says. " Be brave then, for your captain is brave and vows...England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny ; the three hoop'd pot shall have ten hoops, and I will make it felony to drink small beer ; all the realm... | |
 | Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge - Great Britain - 1925 - 444 pages
...strained higher, unlesse the rest may well be tuned and accorded thereunto.'—LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY. ' There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves...hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. . . .'—Jack Cade, Henry VI, Part II, Act. n. it. ON the 18th October, 1865, Lord Palmerston died,... | |
 | Upton Sinclair - Literary Collections - 1925 - 412 pages
...Cade, "for your captain is brave and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven half -penny loaves sold for a penny, the three-hooped pot shall...hoops, and I will make it felony to drink small beer." Just as soon as the Cade of Shakespeare gets power he sets himself up to be a nobleman, and offers... | |
 | George Unwin - Economic history - 1927 - 596 pages
...been entrusted with the Assize of Bread and Ale. The promise made by Jack Cade to his followers — " there shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold...a penny ; the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops " 1 — is not a mad absurdity, but merely represents the exaggerated view taken by an enthusiastic... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - Great Britain - 1928 - 374 pages
...nothing of ale at a penny a quart." They evidently had adopted Jack Cade's programme of Reform — "The three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops, and I will make it felony to drink small beer." Mrs. Edward Bulwer wrote to a friend (26th January 1831) : "All the common people are now persuaded... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - Great Britain - 1928 - 370 pages
...nothing of ale at a penny a quart." They evidently had adopted Jack Cade's programme of Reform — "The three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops, and I will make it felony to drink small beer." Mrs. Edward Bulwer wrote to a friend (26th January 1831) : "All the common people are now persuaded... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1917 - 988 pages
...Butcher, Smith the Weaver, and a Sawyer with infinite numbers." Those worthies there higbly resolved : " There shall be in England seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny ; the threehooped pot shall have 10 hoops," and they would make it a felony to drink small beer. All the realm should be in common,... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1865 - 494 pages
...overtlirowne. " Holinshed. The Historie of Scotland. Cade. Be brave then ; for your captain is brave and vowg reformation. There shall be, in England, seven half-penny...loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall liave ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer : all the realm shall be in common.... | |
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Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny : the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony, to drink small beer : all the realm shall be... 
