“I got swept up in the crowd. I saw him enter London.” “Jack Cade?” “The captain? He is John Mortimer.” “Jack Cade is his name, but he’s calling himself Mortimer, and John Amend-All, and all sorts of names. The name Mortimer brings out the supporters of Richard of York for him; it’s York’s family name. Cade is borrowing it, or worse, the duke is lending it. Either way it means more trouble. Where did you see him?” “Crossing the bridge, and getting the keys of the city.” “Getting the keys?” my husband demands, dumbfounded. “They greeted him as a hero, all the common people and the mayor and the
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