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Either by the king, the feudal lords, the clergy, or the bands of men at arms who roved through the country, selling themselves to any prince who would employ them, the wretched people were stripped of everything, and used to hide in holes and caves from ill usage or insult, till they broke out in a rebellion called the Jacquerie, and whenever they could seize a castle revenged themselves, like the brutes they had been made, on those within it. EITHER BY THE KING THE FEUDAL LORDS THE CLERGY OR THE BANDS OF MEN AT ARMS WHO ROVED THROUGH THE COUNTRY SELLING THEMSELVES TO ANY PRINCE WHO WOULD EMPLOY THEM THE WRETCHED PEOPLE WERE STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING AND USED TO HIDE IN HOLES AND CAVES FROM ILL USAGE OR INSULT TILL THEY BROKE OUT IN A REBELLION CALLED THE JACOHOIS AND WHENEVER THEY COULD SEIZE A CASTLE REVENGED THEMSELVES LIKE THE BRUTES THEY HAD BEEN MADE ON THOSE WITHIN IT
ept off multitudes throughout Europe, a pestilence apparently bred by filth, famine, and all the miseries of war and lawlessness, but which spared no ranks. It had scarcely ceased before Philip died, in 1350. His son, _John_, was soon involved in a fresh war with England by the intrigues of Charles the Bad, and in 1356 advanced southwards to check the Prince of Wales, who had come out of Guienne on a plundering expedition. The French were again totally routed at Poitiers, and the king himself, with his third son, Philip, were made prisoners and carried to London with most of the chief nobles. 3. The Jacquerie.--The calls made on their vassals by these captive nobles to supply their ransoms brought the misery to a height. The salt tax, or _gabelle_, which was first imposed to meet the expenses of the war, was only paid by those who were neither clergy nor nobles, and the general saying was--"Jacques Bonhomme (the nickname for the peasant) has a broad back, let him bear all the burthens. TH WHICH SWEPT OFF MULTITUDES THROUGHOUT EUROPE A PESTILENCE APPARENTLY BRED BY FILTH FAMINE AND ALL THE MISERIES OF WAR AND LAWLESSNESS BUT WHICH SPARED NO RANKS IT HAD SCARCELY CEASED BEFORE PHILIP DIED IN THIRTEEN FIFTY HIS SON JOHN WAS SOON INVOLVED IN A FRESH WAR WITH ENGLAND BY THE INTRIGUES OF CHARLES THE BAD AND IN THIRTEEN FIFTY SIX ADVANCED SOUTHWARDS TO CHECK THE PRINCE OF WALES WHO HAD COME OUT OF GUIENNE ON A PLUNDERING EXPEDITION THE FRENCH WERE AGAIN TOTALLY ROUTED AT POICIERS AND THE KING HIMSELF WITH HIS THIRD SON PHILIP WERE MADE PRISONERS AND CARRIED TO LONDON WITH MOST OF THE CHIEF NOBLES THREE THE JACQUERIE THE CALLS MADE ON THEIR VASSALS BY THESE CAPTIVE NOBLES TO SUPPLY THEIR RANSOMS BROUGHT THE MISERY TO A HEIGHT THE SALT TAX OR GABELLE WHICH WAS FIRST IMPOSED TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF THE WAR WAS ONLY PAID BY THOSE WHO WERE NEITHER CLERGY NOR NOBLES AND THE GENERAL SAYING WAS JACQUES BONON THE NICKNAME FOR THE PEASANT HAS ABROAD BACK LET HIM BEAR ALL THE BURTHENS
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