 | Suffolk Institute of Archaeology - 1774 - 564 sidor
...Norfolk. On August 22nd, 1485, he was killed at Bosworth Field. Though warned the night before, Jocky of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy Master is bought and sold, — he would not withdraw from the field of battle. By his first wife Catherine, daughter of William... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1805 - 272 sidor
...venerable apostate — the MR Next month the public shall know all. Suffice it at present to add, " Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For DICKON thy master is BOUGHT and SOLD ! ! !" THE IMPERIAL REVIEW ! Our publishers have informed all those who have done us the high honour... | |
 | Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 sidor
...That we shall conquer — but on my tent, This morning early, was this paper found. Glost. [Reads.] Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold. A. weak invention of the enemy ! <.,( me, gentlemen, now each man to his charge, And, ere we do bestride... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 sidor
...That we shall conquer — but on my tent, This morning early, was this paper found. Glost. [Reads.] Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold. A weak invention of the enemy ! Come, gentlemen, now each man to his charge, And, ere we do bestride... | |
 | 1809 - 702 sidor
...appearances, I could not look in his face without thinking of the caution in Richard the Third : ' Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.' As for his excellentissimo, the general, he has much more the appearance of a parish beadle, or a twopenny-postman,... | |
 | R. B. - 1811 - 184 sidor
...some, who caused this rhyme to be set upon the Duke of Norfolk's teat, the night before the fight. Jack of Norfolk. be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold. Yet this Duke continued firm to King Richard, and lost his life in his quarrel. On King Richard's side... | |
 | 1812 - 474 sidor
...boa?1 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 brought... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 604 sidor
...King Richard ; and, on the night before he was to set forward, this was set on his gate : '' " Jack of Norfolk, be not too bold, " For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold." Yet he would not absent himself from him; but as he faithfully lived under him, so he manfully died... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 604 sidor
...King Richard ; and, on the night before he was to set forward, this was set on his gate : h " Jack of Norfolk, be not too bold, " For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold." Yet he would not absent himself from him; but as he faithfully lived under him, so he manfully died... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1813 - 416 sidor
...ie from one utterly ruined by the treacherous practices of others. So, in King Richard III: " Jocky of Norfolk, be not too bold, " For Dickon thy master is bought and sold." The expression appears to have been proverbial. See Vol. X. p. 514, n. 4. MALONE. 9 ring'd about —... | |
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Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold. 
