Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps ya ba da shawara, a cikin gabatarwar waƙar zuwa waƙar, "ƙaddara John Ball na yanki mai zuwa don zama firist wanda ya ɗauki matsayi mai daraja a cikin tawaye
yanayin zafi. Richard na biyu. " Kathleen Horning ya lura da "kalubalen da John Ball ya yi wa aristocracy na Ingila", kuma ta ba da shawara, "Yana da kamar John Ball zai kasance a gida a cikin yanayin siyasar Amurka na shekarun 1960, tare da Woodstock tsara yana ƙoƙarin samun kansa 'baya zuwa gonar.' "