But in that yee bee lieges learne to obay,[285] Submitting your willes to your prince’s lawes: It fitteth not a subiect to haue[286] his owne way, Remember this prouerbe[287] of the cat’s clawes: For princes like lions haue long and[288] large pawes That reache at randon, and whome they once twitch, They clawe to the bone before the skin itch. 16. But to my purpose, I being once bent, Towardes the atchieuing of my attemptate, Fower bould barons were of mine assent, By oth and allyaunce fastly confederate: First _Henry_ of _Derby_, an earle of estate, _Richard_ of _Arundell_, and _Thomas_ of _Warwicke_, With _Mowbray_ the[289] _Marshall_, a man most warlicke. 17. At _Ratecote_ bridge assembled our bande, The commons in clusters came to vs that day To daunt _Robert Veere_, then duke of _Irelande_, By whome king _Richard_ was ruled alway: Wee put him to flight, and brake his aray, Then maugre the king, his leaue or assent, By constable’s power wee calde a parliament.[290] 18. Where not in roabes, but with[291] baslardes bright, Wee came [for] to parle of the publike weale, Confirming our quarell with maine and [with] might, With swordes and no wordes wee tried our appeale: In steede of reason declaring our zeale, And whome so wee knew with the king in [good] grace, Wee plainely depriued of[292] power and [of] place. 19. Some with short processe were banisht the land, Some executed with capytall paine, Whereof who so list, the whole to vnderstand,[293] In the parliament roll it appeareth plaine, And furder how stoutly wee did the king straine, The rule of his realme wholly to resygne, To the order of those, whome wee did assigne. 20. But note the sequele of such presumption, After wee had these miracles wrought,[294] The king inflamed with indignation, That to such bondage hee should bee brought,[295] Suppressing the ire of his inwarde thought, Studied naught else but how that hee might Bee highly reuenged of this[296] high dispite. 21. Aggreeued was also this latter offence, With former matter his ire to[297] renue: For once at _Windsore_ I brought to his presence, The maior of _London_ with all his retinue, To aske a reckoning[298] of the realme’s reuenue: And the souldiers of _Brest_ by mee were[299] made bolde, Their wages to claime[300] when the towne was solde.[301] 22.