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KING AND THE COBLER. The king being hardly able to forbear laughing at the kindneſs of the cobler, aſked him if there was not a hauſe hard by which fold a cup of good ale, and if the people were up? 'Yeſ' ſaid the coller, 'there is an inn Te (illegible text) the way there, I believe the folk are up, for the go from there very early in the morn With that the king borrowed an old ſhoe of the cobler's, and went over to the inn, deſiring the cab- ler to bring his ſhoe thither to him, as ſoon as he lind put on his heel, again the cobler promiſed he Would; ſo making what hast he could to put the heel on, he carried it over to the king ſaying. 'Honeſt blade, here is thy ſhoe, I'll warant thee it will not come off again in hifto. 'Very well,' ſaid the king, 'what muſt yeſ have for your pains ? A couple of pence," anſwered the cobler. 'Well' ſaid the king ſeeing thou art an ho- neſt merry fellow, here's a Teſter for thee; come fit thee down by me, I will drink a full pot with thee: come here's a good health to the king.' With all my heart, ſaid the cobler, ' I will pledge the were it in water.' So the cobler ſat down by the king and was ve- ry merry, and drank of the liquor freely. He alſo ſung ſome of his merry ſongs and catches wheret the king lau shed hertily, and was very pleaſant and jocound with the cobler, telling him withal that his name was Harry Tudor, and that he belong- ed to the courts and that if he would come and foe him there, he would make him very welcome, be. cauſe he was ſuch a merry fellow stand charged him to be there and not to forget his name, and to aſk any one about the court for him and they would bring him to him: For ſaid the king, I am very well known there.