“The pardons,” he says, through his clenched teeth. “Those damned pardons. Those hundreds of pardons.” “Yes?” “Jack Cade took his pardon in the name of John Mortimer. The name he used in battle.” “So?” “So they chased after him, despite his pardon, and they have captured him, despite his pardon. He showed them his pardon, signed by the king, blessed by the bishop, written fair in the name of John Mortimer. But they are going to hang him in the name of Jack Cade.”
