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December 16, 1894
The Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
What is this article about?
Emperor Charles V visits a cobbler's shop incognito on St. Crispin's Day, joins the celebration, and later rewards the cobbler's hospitality by allowing a boot with a crown as the coat of arms for the colors of Flanders.
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St. Crispin.
A pleasant story is told of the Emperor Charles V. One night he strolled into a cobbler's shop to get his boot mended. It happened to be the festival of St. Crispin. The cobbler was making merry with his friends and declared that no work could be done on that day for any man, even though he were Charles himself, but the stranger was cordially invited to join in the merrimaking. He did as he was bid.
"Here's to the health of Charles V.," said the cobbler. "Do you love him?" asked the emperor.
"Love him?" said the cobbler. "I do. I love his long nose—his ship well enough, but I should love him more if he taxed us less." They finished St. Crispin's day very pleasantly.
Upon the morrow the emperor sent for the cobbler to the palace and greatly surprised him by thanking him for his hospitality of the previous evening, asking him what reward he would like best. The amazed cobbler asked for a night to think of it. The next day he appeared before the emperor and requested that the colors of Flanders might bear for their coat of arms a boot with a crown upon it.—Lippincott's.
A pleasant story is told of the Emperor Charles V. One night he strolled into a cobbler's shop to get his boot mended. It happened to be the festival of St. Crispin. The cobbler was making merry with his friends and declared that no work could be done on that day for any man, even though he were Charles himself, but the stranger was cordially invited to join in the merrimaking. He did as he was bid.
"Here's to the health of Charles V.," said the cobbler. "Do you love him?" asked the emperor.
"Love him?" said the cobbler. "I do. I love his long nose—his ship well enough, but I should love him more if he taxed us less." They finished St. Crispin's day very pleasantly.
Upon the morrow the emperor sent for the cobbler to the palace and greatly surprised him by thanking him for his hospitality of the previous evening, asking him what reward he would like best. The amazed cobbler asked for a night to think of it. The next day he appeared before the emperor and requested that the colors of Flanders might bear for their coat of arms a boot with a crown upon it.—Lippincott's.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Emperor Charles V
Cobbler
St Crispin
Hospitality
Flanders Coat Of Arms
Reward
What entities or persons were involved?
Emperor Charles V
Cobbler
Where did it happen?
Cobbler's Shop, Palace, Flanders
Story Details
Key Persons
Emperor Charles V
Cobbler
Location
Cobbler's Shop, Palace, Flanders
Event Date
Festival Of St. Crispin
Story Details
Emperor Charles V, unrecognized, joins a cobbler's St. Crispin celebration instead of getting his boot mended; the next day, he rewards the cobbler's hospitality by granting a boot with a crown as the coat of arms for Flanders.