Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 139
en one of theirnumber accidentally looked into thecradle, and — the stolen sheep lay there !The lad, who was supposed to be thethief, was brought before King James VIof Scotland. He was tried, convicted,and sentenced to die. He began to pleadwith the king. He was a poor, igno-rant fellow, he said;… … THE JESTER AND HIS FAITHFUL FRIENDS. with his squint would send the people intoshouts of laughter. Archee Armstrong was the well-beloved jes-ter of King James VI. of Scotland, afterwardJames I. of England, and this is the traditionalstory of their introduction : One day a shepherd with the carcass…
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