WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY
AND WITH SWORD IN HANd
WILL EVERY OUTLANDISH ENEMY KNOW US,
BUT AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF STRIFE
OVER FIELD, OVER BEACH,
WE WILL LIGHT THE BONFIRE ON THE VIKING GRAVES OF OUR FATHERS
EVERY TOWN HAS ITS WITCH,
AND EVERY PARISH ITS TROLLS,
WE WILL KEEP THEM FROM LIFE WITH THE FIRE OF JOY
WE WANT PEACE IN THIS COUNTRY,
ST. JOHN, ST JOHN!
IT CAN BE WON WHERE THE HEARTS
NEVER GET DOUBTFULLY COLD.
JOHANNA FERROUR (THE PEASANTS' REVOLT, 1381). A RADICAL LEADER WHO SPEARHEADED ATTACKS IN LONDON, ORDERING THE BURNING OF THE SAVILE PALACE AND FAMOUSLY DRAGGING THE HATED LORD CHANCELLOR, SIMON SUDBURY, TO HIS EXECUTION.
"CAPTAIN" DOROTHY (KIRBY MALZEARD RIOT, 1607): LED A FORCE OF 37 WOMEN ARMED WITH KNIVES AND STONES TO SMASH NEW FENCES AND CLAIM BACK COMMON LANDS IN THE NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.
THE HATFIELD CHASE RIOTS (1620S–1630S): PERIODIC UPRISINGS WHERE BANDS OF WOMEN ATTACKED DRAINAGE WORKMEN, DESTROYED DIKES, AND FILLED IN DRAINAGE DITCHES TO DEFEND THEIR COMMON WETLANDS.
ANN CARTER / "CAPTAIN" ALICE CLARK (MALDON GRAIN REVOLTS, 1629): LED A CROWD OF HUNDREDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO BOARD GRAIN SHIPS AND SEIZE CORN DESTINED FOR EXPORT, PROTESTING STARVATION CAUSED BY ENCLOSURES AND MERCHANT GREED.
THE THORPE MOOR UPRISING (1622): A GROUP OF YORKSHIRE WOMEN GATHERED AT NIGHT ARMED WITH SPADES TO SYSTEMATICALLY LEVEL DITCHES AND CHOP DOWN HEDGES ERECTED BY LOCAL LANDLORDS.
