Cade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to …

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Cade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang him with his pen and inkhorn. Stipple engraving by J Coles after HW Bunbury, 1795. An episode in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Part 2, act 4, scene 2 Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver are taking part in Jack Cade's rebellion. They have Emmanuel hanged because he can read and write and understands arithmetic. In the background a lawyer is hanged on a gibbet. Created 20 August 1795. Cade's Rebellion (1450). Sedition. Lynching. William Shakespeare, 1564–1616. King Henry VI. John Cade (-1450). Contributors: Henry William Bunbury (1750–1811); J Coles (active 1792–1795). Work ID: pjn62tc3.

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