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 14 KING AND THE COBLER. ' the conqueſt: for his downright honeſt ſimplicity •' has afforded as much paſtime.' Then laid the queen, ' I wish I had been there to have been per ' taker of this mirth.' Then the king replied. It ' may not be too late as yet; for I will contrive with the very firſt opportunity to give you a light of him under ſome diſguiſe; by which we will • ſoon have new proofs of his pleaſant paltime. But then ſaid the proud prelate Cardinal Wol- ſey, How do theſe frolickſ agree with your king- ly dignity? what will your friends and allies ſay, when they will hear how you converſe and take pleaſure in the company of a poor cobler? Why, ſaid the king. Wolſey, have you not heard of the induſtrions bee, that extracts honey as well from the meant flowers, as the richeſt bloſſoms ? and if ſo, why may not I experience the fidelity of my people by converſing with a pear cobler, as well as my by the crafty policy of a proud cardinal. This choak pear ſtopped the mouth of cardinal Wolſey, while the king, queen and nobles, purſued their mirth to the height of their ſatisfaction. CHAP. III. How the Cobler the next morning war thunder-ſtruct by hiſ wife, and how, upon ſinging a new ſong, which be betul made, ſhe once look or to cor.10. bus. With many other thingſ very remarkable.

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