[1] Arrogant and prou [...] words of a villen.When therefore the said sir Iohn Newton called vpon him to come awaie to the king, he answered as it were with indignation:

If thou (saith he) hast so much hast to returne to the king, thou maist depart, I will come at my pleasure. When the knight there|fore was come from him, he followed indéed, but somwhat slowlie.

And when he was come néere to the place in Smithfield where the king then was, with certeine lords and knights, & other companie about him, the said sir Iohn Newton was sent to him a|gaine, to vnderstand what he meant. And bicause the knight came to him on horssebacke, & did not alight from his horsse, Wat Tiler was offended, & said in his furie, that it became him rather on foot than hors|backe to approach into his presence. The knight not able to abide such presumptuous demeanour in that proud and arrogant person, shaped him this answer:

It is not amisse that I being on horssebacke, should come to thée sitting on horssebacke.