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 HE cobbler being thus ſet forth, ſtrutted thro' the ſtreets like a crow in a gutter, thinking himſelf as fine as the beſt of them all: in this manner he came to court, ſtaring on this body and that body as he walked up and down; and knowing no body to ask for Harry Tudor: at laſt he eſpied one, as he thought, in the habit of a ſervant man, to him he made his address, ſaying, 'Doſt thou hear, honeſt fellow, do you know one Harry Tudor, who belongs to the court?'

'Yes,' ſaid the man, 'follow me, and I will bring you to him.'

With that he had him preſently up to the guard-chamber, telling one of the yeomen of the guard, there was one who enquired for Harry Tudor.

Replied the yeoman, 'I know him very well, if you will pleaſe to go along with me, I will bring you to him immediately.'

So the cobbler followed the yeoman, much admiring the finery of the rooms he went through; and thinking within himſelf that the yeoman was miſtaken in the perſon he enquired after.

'For, ſaid he, the man whom I look for, is a plain merry honeſt fellow, his name is Harry Tudor, we drank two pots together not long ſince, I ſuppose he may belong to ſome lord or other about the court.'

'I tell you friend, replied the yeoman, I know him very well, do you but follow me and I ſhall bring you to him ſtraight.'

So going forward, he came to the room where the king was, accompanied with ſeveral of the nobles.

As ſoon as the yeoman had put by the array he