Text 77: From Thomas Usk’s Appeal, 1384 (ii):
Original text:
Also, atte Goldsmithes halle, when al the people was assembled, the mair, John Northampton reherced as euel as he koude of the eleccion on the day to forn, & seyde that truly: ‘Sirs, thus be ye shape for to be ouer ronne, & that ,’ quod he, ‘I nel noght soeffre; lat vs rather al be ded atones than soeffre such a vylenye.’ & than the comunes, vpon these wordes, wer stered, & seiden truly they wolde go to a nother eleccion, & noght soeffre thys wrong, to be ded al ther for attones in on tyme; and than be the mair, John Northampton, was euery man boden gon hom, & kome fast a yein strong in to Chepe with al her craftes, & I wene ther wer a boute a XXX craftes, & in Chepe they sholden haue sembled to go to a newe eleccion, &, truly, had noght the aldermen kome to trete, & maked that John Northampton bad the poeple gon hoom, they wolde haue go to a Newe eleccion, & in that hete haue slayn hym that wolde haue letted it, yf they had myght; and ther of I appele John Northampton.
(Original text extracted from page 240 from Freeborn, Dennis. From Old English to Standard English. 3rd edition, New York, Palgrave MacMillan,2006)
Our Modern translation:
Also, at the Goldsmiths Hall, when all the people were gathered, the mayor, John Northampton, criticised as much as he could of the election on the previous day and said that truly: “Sirs, this sets the scene for us to be trampled under foot, and that”, he said, “I will not tolerate; let us rather die here and now than suffer such mischief.” And then the common people, on listening to these words, were stirred, and said truly they wanted to hold another election, and not tolerate this wrong, or else all die together; and then by the mayor, John Northampton, every man was told to go home and come back quickly in strength to Cheapside with all their fellow craftsmen, and I reckon there were about 30 different craftsmen, and they were meant to assemble in Cheapside to hold a new election, and, truly, if the aldermen had not come to negotiate, and persuaded John Northampton to ask the people to go home, they would have held a new election and, in the heat of the moment, would have killed anyone who tried to stop them, if they had strength; and of this I accuse John Northampton.
Original text:
Also, atte Goldsmithes halle, when al the people was assembled, the mair, John Northampton reherced as euel as he koude of the eleccion on the day to forn, & seyde that truly: ‘Sirs, thus be ye shape for to be ouer ronne, & that ,’ quod he, ‘I nel noght soeffre; lat vs rather al be ded atones than soeffre such a vylenye.’ & than the comunes, vpon these wordes, wer stered, & seiden truly they wolde go to a nother eleccion, & noght soeffre thys wrong, to be ded al ther for attones in on tyme; and than be the mair, John Northampton, was euery man boden gon hom, & kome fast a yein strong in to Chepe with al her craftes, & I wene ther wer a boute a XXX craftes, & in Chepe they sholden haue sembled to go to a newe eleccion, &, truly, had noght the aldermen kome to trete, & maked that John Northampton bad the poeple gon hoom, they wolde haue go to a Newe eleccion, & in that hete haue slayn hym that wolde haue letted it, yf they had myght; and ther of I appele John Northampton.
(Original text extracted from page 240 from Freeborn, Dennis. From Old English to Standard English. 3rd edition, New York, Palgrave MacMillan,2006)
Our Modern translation:
Also, at the Goldsmiths Hall, when all the people were gathered, the mayor, John Northampton, criticised as much as he could of the election on the previous day and said that truly: “Sirs, this sets the scene for us to be trampled under foot, and that”, he said, “I will not tolerate; let us rather die here and now than suffer such mischief.” And then the common people, on listening to these words, were stirred, and said truly they wanted to hold another election, and not tolerate this wrong, or else all die together; and then by the mayor, John Northampton, every man was told to go home and come back quickly in strength to Cheapside with all their fellow craftsmen, and I reckon there were about 30 different craftsmen, and they were meant to assemble in Cheapside to hold a new election, and, truly, if the aldermen had not come to negotiate, and persuaded John Northampton to ask the people to go home, they would have held a new election and, in the heat of the moment, would have killed anyone who tried to stop them, if they had strength; and of this I accuse John Northampton.
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