 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 pàgines
...the approaching catastrophe by a distich placed upon his tent the night before the battle : Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.' Alluding to the foreseen defection, as it is supposed, of Lord Stanley. A. — Brakenbury and Ratcliffe... | |
 | 1826 - 370 pàgines
...sarcastic smile that accompanied the handing it to the messenger, as she repeated the lines, " Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon, thy master, is bought and suld ," and then as she turned away, on saying, " A weak invention of the enemy ;" was such as deservedly... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1829 - 452 pàgines
...impending fate, and had that morning thrown an admonitory warning into his tent. It ran thus : " Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold." Richard reigned little more than two years, and was slain in the thirty-fifth year of his age. He fell... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1830 - 580 pàgines
...infidelity in him. Rym. 12. p. 271, '2. The billet afterwards thrown on the duke of Norfolk's tent, ' Jack of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold,' explicitly indicated the treason, and warned him to avoid its inevitable consequences. Graft. 850.... | |
 | John Curtis - 1831 - 288 pàgines
...the morning of the fight aot to join the King, by the well known couplet affixed to his tent — " Jack of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold." The King's knights had already performed prodigies of valor, and it was now past eleven. " The battle had... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1881 - 1258 pàgines
...(Dickon's or Diccon's BOH). We remember the placard in Richard ill., posted just before Bosworth, " Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold." Often the final sound and syllable were dropped ; as Watts for Watson, or Watterson — that is, Walterson... | |
 | John Burke - 1832 - 768 pàgines
...field ; and, the night previous to the battle, the following distich was set upon his gate : " Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold. For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold." Yet he would not desert his royal master ; but as he had faithfully lived under him, so he manfully... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1833 - 538 pàgines
...passant, the armorial ensign of his family. Near it lies a piece of paper, on which is written, ' Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold. For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.' " This paper was put in the Duke of Norfolk's tent, the night before the engagement, but not being... | |
 | R. Green - 1834 - 308 pàgines
...have originated from the earl of Northumberland, who w»s faithless in the usurper's cause : — " Jack of Norfolk be not too bold, " For Dickon thy master is bought and sold -," but the duke had taken an oath to Richard, and he could hot recede. He revered the king, but lamented... | |
 | William John Thoms - 1838 - 506 pàgines
...also created Duke of Norfolk. He it was to whom the rhyming couplet quoted by Shakspeare, — " Jockey of Norfolk be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold," was addressed. This missive failed in its object, and adhering to his master and benefactor, he was... | |
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Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold. 
