To sink clod-like again to earth. I know
No glory, save the godlike joy of making
The bondmen free. When we are free, Jack Cade
Will back unto his hills, and proudly smile
Down on the spangled meanness of the court,
Claiming a title higher than their highest,—
An honest freeman!"
So far from being a vulgar agitator, catering to the prejudices of the mob, he strives to restrain them from every extravagance, teaching them their duty in golden words:
"Liberty gives nor light nor heat itself;
It but permits us to be good and happy.