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to forget his name, and to ask any one for him about the court, and they would soon bring him to him; for, said the king, I am very well known there.

Now the cobler little dreamt that he                      was the king that spake to him, much less that the king's name was Hairy Tudor. Therefore, with a great deal of confidence, he stands up and puts off his hat, makes two or three scrapes with his foot, and gives the king many thanks, also telling him that he was one of the most honest fellows he ever met with in all his life time, and al- though he never had been at court, yet he should not be long before he would make a holyday to come and see him

Whereupon the king, paying for what they had drunk, would have taken his leave of the cobler; but he, not be- ing willing to part with him, took hold of his hand, and said, By my faith your must not go, you shall not go, you shall first go and see my poor habitation, I