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,