There seemed no limit to the bleeding of the "common man," under the pretence of compensation for damage done by the insurrection.
The condition of the families of the dead and of the fugitives was appalling.

Numbers perished from starvation.

The wives and children of the insurgents were in some cases forcibly driven from their homesteads and even from their native territory.

In one of the pamphlets published in 1525 anent the events of that year we read: "Houses are burned; fields and vineyards lie fallow; clothes and household goods are robbed or burned; cattle and sheep are taken away; the same as to horses and trappings.

The prince, the gentleman, or the nobleman will have his rent and due.