We kept near the five herring vessels for some time; but afterwards four of them got before us, and one little wherry fell behind us.

It irks me to think, that, stript of thy regalities, thou shouldst ferry over, a poor forked shade, in crazy Stygian wherry.

There was a flat-bottomed wherry tied up by the bank, and for this he made.

Diving from this overhanging beam,for Ovid evidently meant that Midas to be cured must dive, "Subde caput, corpusque simul, simul elue crinem," one finds as kindly a reception from the water as in childish days, and as safe a shelter in the green dressing-room afterwards; and the patient wherry floats near by, in readiness for a reëmbarkation.

"He returned in a spare wherry, some time since," he replied; and thereon they made a few paces in silence.

It irks me to think, that, stript of thy regalities, thou shouldst ferry over, a poor forked shade, in crazy Stygian wherry.

Quite satisfied with his previous encounter with the redoubtable knight, and anxious to escape before his evasion should be discovered, Dick beckoned to his companion, and, making all the haste they could to the stairs, they both jumped into the nearest wherry, when the apprentice ordered the two watermen within it to row for their lives to London-bridge.