16 but l told him I would come to the court and see him as soon as convenient- ly I could.
Well said the King, don’t be troubled,
do you know this honest. fellow again, if you could see him.
The cobler replied, Yes, that I do
among a thousand.
Then, said the King, stand up, and be
not afraid, but look well about you, peradventure you may find the fellow in this company.
Whereupon the cobler arose, and look-
ed wistfully upon the king and the rest of his nobles, but it was to little or no purpose; for though he saw something in the king’s face, which he thought he had seen before, yet he could not ima- gine him to be Harry Tudor, whose heel of his shoe he had mended, and who had been so merry with him at the inn, and at his own cellar.
He therefore told the king he did not
expect to find Harry Tudor among such fine folks as he saw there: but that the person he looked for, was a plain hon- est, and true hearted fellow. Adding, withal, that he was sure that did Harry Tudor out know that he was come to court, he would make him very wel- come: for, says the cobler, when we
