In Canterbury Tales, What happens to the Scots lords who dislike the idea of getting their "cork-heeled shoes" wet? How do you know? In Canterbury Tales

This quote comes from the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens." The Lords themselves drown. We find the answer to this question in Lines 81-84 which read;

O loth, both, were our good Scots lords
To wet their cork-heel'd shoon,
But long ere all the play was play'd
They wet their hats aboon.