The fryer had on a harnesse good,
On his head a cap of steel,
Broad sword and buckler by his side,
And they became him weele. {212}
Robin Hood lighted off his horse,
And tyed him to a thorne :
“Carry me over the water, thou curtall fryer,
Or else thy life’s forlorne.”
The fryer tooke Robin Hood on his backe,
Deepe water he did bestride,