4th Torturer. Go we to the other ende
Fellows, fasten fast your hende,[294]
And pull well at the band.
1st Torturer. I counsel, fellows, by this weather
That we draw now all together,
And look how it will fare.
2nd Torturer. Now let see, and leave your din
And draw we ilka syn from syn.[295]
For nothing let us spare.
3rd Torturer. Nay, fellows, this is no play,
We no longer draw one way,
So mickle have I espied.
4th Torturer. No, for as I have bliss
Some can twig whoso it is
Seeks his ease on his own side.
1st Torturer. It is better, as I hope
Each by himself to draw this rope,
And then may we see
Who it is that erewhile
All his fellows can beguile
Of this company.
2nd Torturer. Since thou wilt so have, here's for me!
How draw I?--as might thou the![296]
3rd Torturer. Men drew right well!
Have here for me, half a foot.
4th Torturer. Wema,[297] man! thou came not to't.
Men drew it never a deal
But have for me here that I may!
1st Torturer. Well drawnën, son, by this day!
Thou goes well to thy work.