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Yes that I can, says the cobler. Come
in, honest fellow, and sit thee down by me, and I will do it for thee straight; the cobler scraping his awls and old shoes to one side, to make room for the king to sit down by him.
The king being hardly able to forbear
laughing at the kindness of the cobler,
asked him if there was not a house hard
by that sold a cup of ale, and the
people up.
Yes, said the Cobler, there is an inn
over the way, where I believe the folks are up, for the carriers go from thence very early in the morning.
