Possible Clues:

• King with jester around: he will do contortions
• Having been told what to do by the court, he can only squirm
• Twist up
• Court order gets the man to squirm
• This command indeed might make him squirm
• With such a legal command, well may he squirm
• Twist the wire, cutting out the terminal
• Twist it to make it wither
• Governor upholds court order, making us squirm
• Classical order (usually expressed in capitals)