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THE
HISTORY
OF THE
KING AND THE COBLER.
CHAP. I.
How King Henry VIII. used to visit
the Watches in the City, and how
he became acquainted with a merry
jovial Cobler.
It was the custom of King Henry the eighth, to walk late in the night into the City disguised, to observe and take notice how the constables and watch performed their duty, not only in guarding the city gates, but also in diligently watching the inward parts of the city, that so they
