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 15 Here, said he, take this honest cobbler down into my cellar, and let him drink my health: and I will give orders that Harry Tudor shall come to him presently.

So away they went, the cobbler being fit to leap out of his skin for joy, not only that he had come off so well, but that he should see his friend Harry Tudor.

CHAP. V.

The Cobbler's entertainment in the King's Cellar.

The cobbler had not been long in the king's cellar, before the king came to him in the same habit that he had on when the cobbler mended his shoe; whereupon the cobbler knew him immediately, and ran and kissed him, saying, honest Harry, I have made an holyday on purpose to see you, but I had much ado to get leave of my wife Joan, who was loath to loose so much time from my work; but I was resolved to see you, and therefore I made myself as fine as I could. But I'll tell thee, Harry, when I came to court