/ · 1894 Brewer’s · J · Jockey of Norfolk
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Sir John Howard, a firm adherent of Richard III. On the night before the battle of Bosworth he found in his tent the warning couplet:
“Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold,
For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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