Brewer's: Jockey of Norfolk

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.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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