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PG-P.734.005
30 Jan-7 Feb 1734:11,12,13,21,22 (270)
THE COBLER. A Tale.
For the Benefit of the Hipshy Cripshy.
Your sage and moralist can show
Many misfortunes here below,
A truth which no one ever miss'd,
Tho' neither sage nor moralist:
. . . [5 1/2-column moral tale of rich man annoyed with
neighbor, a happy cobler who sings and whistles all day
long. A few references to cobler's music-making:].
Chearful at working, as at play,
He sung and whistled life away. . .
Tho' pence came slow, and trade was ill
Yet still he sung and whistled still; . . .
No sooner down, that with a jerk
He fell to musick, and to work. . .
[Rich man dreams cobler jumped down his throat]
The waking dreamer groans and swells
And pangs imaginary feels;
Catches and scraps of tunes he hears
For ever ringing in his ears; . . .
[After several doctors fail to cure him, a wise doctor
enlists help of cobler, applies an emetic and "cures" him.]
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