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Ay, that you ſhall, replied the king, we,ll be aſ merry as princes.' With that he called for a large glaſs of wine and drank to the cobbler and the king's good health; ſaid the cobbler, 'Honeſt Harry I will pledge thee with all my heart. Now after the cobbler drank four or five good healths, he began to be merry and fell a ſinging his old ſongs and catches, which pleaſed the king very much, and made him laugh heartily; when on a ſuddne ſeveral of his nobles came into the cellar, extraordinary rich in apparel, who ſtood bare at Harry Tudor, which put the cobbler into a great amazemennt at firſt but recovering himſelf, he looked more wiſhfully upon Harry Tudor, when preſently he knew him to be the king whom he ſaw in the preſence chamber, though in another habit. He immediately fell upon his knees, ſaying, 'May it pleaſe your Grace, Highneſs, I am an honeſt poor cobbler and mean no harm.'
No, no, ſaid the king nor ſhall you receive any here.' He commanded him therefore to riſe up, and be as merry as before, and that he ſhould uſe the ſame freedom with him as he did before, when he mended the heel of his ſhoe. This kind speech of the king's and three or four glaſſes of more wine, made the cobbler to be in as good humour as he was before; telling the king several of his ⟨pretty⟩ ſtories, and ſinging ſome of his beſt ſongs, very much to the ſatisfaction of the king and his nobles.
The COBBLER'S SONG in the KING'S Cellar.
Tune—Jenny Gin.
COME let us drink the other pot,
Our ſorrows to confound:
We'll laugh and ſing before the king,
So let his health go round.
