John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10434 Appendix John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 10434 |
AUTHOR: | Appendix |
QUOTATION: | Gentle craft. |
ATTRIBUTION: | According to Brady (“Clavis Calendaria”), this designation arose from the fact that in an old romance a prince of the name of Crispin is made to exercise, in honour of his namesake, Saint Crispin, the trade of shoemaking. There is a tradition that King Edward IV., in one of his disguises, once drank with a party of shoemakers, and pledged them. The story is alluded to in the old play of “George a-Greene” (1599):—
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