Thus did these people disperse and run away on all sides. The king, the lords, and the army returned in good array to London, to their great joy. The king immediately took the road to the Wardrobe to visit the princess his mother, who had remained there two days and two nights under the greatest fears, as indeed she had cause. On seeing the king her son, she was mightily rejoiced, and said, “Ha, ha, fair son! what pain and anguish have I not suffered for you this day!”--“Certainly, madam,” replied the king: “I am well assured of that; but now rejoice and thank God, for it behooves us to praise him, as I have this day regained my inheritance and the kingdom of England which I had lost.” The king remained the whole day with his mother. The lords retired to their own houses. A proclamation was made through all the streets, that every person who was not an inhabitant of London, and who had not resided there for a whole year, should instantly depart; for that, if there were any found of contrary description on Sunday morning at sunrise, they would be arrested as traitors to the king, and have their heads cut off. After this proclamation had been heard, no one dared to infringe it, but all departed instantly to their former homes quite discomfited. John Ball and Jack Straw were found hidden in an old ruin, thinking to steal away; but this they could not do, for they were betrayed by their own men. The king and the lords were well pleased with their seizure: their heads were cut off, as was that of Tyler, and fixed on London Bridge in the place of those gallant men whom they beheaded on the Thursday. The news of this was sent through the neighboring counties, that those might hear of it who were on their way to London, according to the orders these rebels had sent them; upon which they instantly returned to their homes without daring to advance farther. CHAUCER’S BALLADE SENT TO KING RICHARD. Somtyme the worlde was so stedfast and stable, man’s held That mannes worde was holde obligacioun; it false deceiving And now hyt is so fals and disceyvable deed (as concluding or binding a man) That worde and dede, as in conclusyoun, Is like nothing upside-down Ys lyke noothyng; for turned up-so-doun all meed (gain) Is alle this worlde, for mede and wilfulnesse, lack That alle is loste for lakke of stedfastnesse. What maketh this worlde to be so variable (desire, that folk have, to be in dissension) But luste, that folke hav in dissensioun? among now held unfit For amonges us nowe a man is holde unhable, if (unless) can some collusion But yf he kan, by somme collusyoun, neighbor Do his neghbor wronge or oppressioun. wretchedness What causeth this but wilfulle wrecchednesse, all is lack That alle ys loste for lakke of stedfastnesse?