Note 1558 — Chapter XVI · THE INTERREGNUM.[1503] October 15–December 25, 1066.
Reading edition
Wid. Amb. 615;
“Post aliæ plures nimium sua jura timentes,
Regi sponte suâ munera grata ferunt.
...
Omnes dona ferunt et sub juga colla reponunt;
Flexis poplitibus oscula dant pedibus.”
He likens them to flies settling on a wound.