The history of the king and the cobler. : In two parts. Part I. Shews how King Henry VIIIth used to visit the watches in the city ; his acquaintance with a merry cobler ; how he was entertained in the cobler's cellar, and what had like to have befallen them : how upon parting the King invited him to court and what befell him there. [P]art II. Informs what passedbetween [sic] the cobler andhis [sic] wife Joan on his return from court ; also how the queen, hearing of their mirth which the cobler made, was desirous of seeing him ; upon which the kin disguised himself as a tanner and went to sell the cobler some leather, and took the queen with him, as a young country maid: how the King invited the cobler and his wife to dine with them atan [sic] inn, and what passed there, and lastly haw [sic] the cobler was put in fear of his life and came of with flying colours..
Edinburgh : Printed by J. Morren. Cowgate.,
[1800?]
Dated from period of activity of publisher and external evidence.
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Scotland Edinburgh.