Chap-books of the eighteenth century . pianus, however, could not stick tohis last, so he went to assist the King of France against thePersians; whilst Crispin, whose master was the Court shoe-maker, being a handsome young man, used to be sent therewith shoes, and the Princess Ursula fell violently in love withhim, declared her passion for him, and they were privatelymarried under an oak tree in the park. Crispianus, meanwhile, had been performing prodigies otvalour, and at length returned to Maximinius with letters ofcommendation from the French king; whilst the Princess Ursula,whose confinem
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . pianus, however, could not stick tohis last, so he went to assist the King of France against thePersians; whilst Crispin, whose master was the Court shoe-maker, being a handsome young man, used to be sent therewith shoes, and the Princess Ursula fell violently in love withhim, declared her passion for him, and they were privatelymarried under an oak tree in the park. Crispianus, meanwhile, had been performing prodigies otvalour, and at length returned to Maximinius with letters ofcommendation from the French king; whilst the Princess Ursula,whose confinement drew nigh, did not know how to screenherself Love, however, is proverbially sharp-witted; so a falserumour of an enemy having landed being spread by means of firing a giin^ she escaped in the confusion, and took refugein the shoemakers house, where a son was born, whence thesaying, A shoemakers son is a prince born. Maximiniusreceived Crispianus with effusion, sent for his mother, acknow- Q 226 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. ledged his birth, and would have given him his daughter inmarriage could she have been found. At this juncture theyoung couple turned up, were forgiven, and they lived veryhappy all their lives afterwards. The original of this book seems to have been written byThomas Deloney; an edition of it was printed in 1598, and itwas entered on the Stationers Books on October 19, 1597, as a booke called the gentle Crafte, intreatinge of Shoomakers. The Famous History of the Valiant LONDON PRENTICE
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