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Shoemakers - Anecdotes - Early works to 1800
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The delightful, Princely and Entertaining history of the Gentle-Craft: containing many matters of delight, very pleasant to read. Shewing what famous men have been shooe-makers in Old Time; with their Worthy Deeds and Generous Humours. Also Demonstrating why called the Gentle-Craft. And how the Proverb first came A Shooe-Maker's Son is a Prince Born. To which is Added, The Merry Pranks of the Green King of St. Martin's, a Shooe-Maker so called. With the Shooe-Makers Glory: Being a Merry Song in Praise of Shooe Makers To be Sung by them every Year on the 25th of October, being Crispin's Birth-Day. Adorned with pictures suitable to each story.
Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.Date: 1760- Books
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The delightful, Princely, and entertaining history of the gentle-craft. Containing many matters of delight, very pleasant to read. Shewing what famous men have been shoemakers in old Time, with their Worthy Deeds and Generous Humours. Also demonstrating why it was called the gentle-craft; And how the Proverb first came, A Shoemaker's Son is a Prince Born. To which is added, (what is not in any Book of the like Nature) The Merry Pranks of the Green King of St. Martin's, a Shoemaker so called. Concluding with The Shoemakers Glory: Being a Merry Song in the Praise of Shoemakers. To be sung by them every Year on the 25th of October, being Crispin. Adorned with Pictures suitable to each Story.
Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.Date: 1758