The history of the King and the cobler : In two parts. Part I. Shews how King Henry VIIIth used to visit the watches in the city; his acquaintance with a merry cobler; how he was entertained in the cobler's cellar and what had like to have befallen them; how, upon parting the King invited him to court, and what befel him there. Part II. Informs what past between the cobler and his wife Joan on his return from court; also how the Queen, hearing of the mirth which the cobler made, was desirous of seeing him: upon which the King disguished himself as a tanner, and went to sell the cobler some leather, and took the Queen with him, as a young country maid; how the King invited the cobler and his wife to dine with them at an inn, and what passed there; and lastly, how the cobler was put in fear of his life, and came off with flying colours.

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Uniform Title:History of the King and Cobler.
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
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Language:English
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