And I myself, with a broad arrow,
Shall cleave the apple in two."
"Now haste thee," then said the king,
"By Him that died on a tree;
But if thou do not as thou hast said,
Hanged shalt thou be.
"And thou touch his head or gown,
In sight that men may see,
By all the saints that be in heaven,
I shall hang you all three."