The fryer tooke Robin on's backe againe,

And stept in to the knee,

'Till he came at the middle streame,

Neither good nor bad spake he;

And comming to the middle streame,

There he threw Robin in;

"And chuse thee, chuse thee, fine fellow,

Whether thou wilt sink or swim."

Robin Hood swam to a bush of broome,

The fryer to a wigger[36] wand;