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 another habit, he immeditaly fell upon his knees, saying,

May it please your Grace, may it please your Highness, I am a poor honest cobler, and mean no harm.

No, no, said the King, nor shall you receive any here, I assure you,

He then commanded him to rise, and be as merry as he was before and though he knew him to be the King, yet he should use the same freedom with him as he did when he mended the heel of his shoe.

This kind speech of the King's, and three or four glasses of wine, made him be in as good humour as he was before, telling the King several of his droll stories, and singing some of his best songs, very much to the satisfaction of the King and all his nobles.