"I am ready," he said, "and will be ready at all times to do whatever, not only to repress, but to subdue the power of great men.

Whatsoever lands I have enclosed shall again be made common unto ye and all men, and my own hands shall first perform it.

You shall have me, if you will, not only as a companion, but as a captain; and in the doing of the so great a work before us, not only as a fellow, but for a leader, author, and principal." Ket's leadership was at once acclaimed with enthusiasm by the thousand men who formed the rebel band at the beginning of the rising.

The news spread quickly that Ket was leading an army to Norwich, and on July 10th, when a camp was made at Eaton Wood, every hour brought fresh recruits.

It is clear from Ket's speeches, and from "The Rebels' Complaint," issued by him at this time, that the aim of the leaders of the Norfolk Rising was not merely to stop the enclosures, but to end the ascendancy of the landlord class for all time, and to set up a social democracy.
Ket's address at Eaton Wood was revolutionary: "Now are ye overtopped and trodden down by gentlemen, and put out of possibility ever to recover foot.