And for to drink to thee, friend, I will not fail;
For although thy jacket looks gallant and fine,
I think that my twopence as good is as thine.”
“By my soul! honest fellow, the truth thou hast spoke,”
And straight he sat down with the Tinkler to joke;
They drank to the King, and they pledged to each other;
Who’d seen ’em had thought they were brother and brother.
As they were a-drinking the King pleased to say,
“What news, honest fellow? come tell me, I pray?”