Show MADE A NEW FASHION 0 good joke played in old day days on an would be fashionable old camden in his remains tells R good story of a trick played by a knight upon a would be fashionable shoemaker sir philip calthrop purged john drakes the shoemaker of norwich in the time erf king henry VIII of the proud humor which our people have to be of 0 the gentlemen s cut this knight bought as ab much fine french tawny cloth as should make him a gown and sen it to the tailor s to be made john drakes a shoe maker coming to this tallo s and see ing the knight knights s gown cloth cioth lying there bid the tailor buy cloth of the same price and pattern and make it of the same fashion as the knights not long after the knight coining coming in to the tailor to be measured tor for his gown and perceiving the like cloth lying there asked whose it was john drakes the shoemaker who will have it made 0 of the selfsame fashion that yours Is made of then make mine as full of cuts as the shears wl I 1 make it john drakes had no time to go for his gown till christmas day when he meant to wear it perceiving the same to be full of cuts he began to swear at the tailor I 1 have done naught but what you bid me the tailor for as sir philip calthrop s garment Is even so have I 1 made yours by my latchet john drakes I 1 will never wear gentlemen s fashions gain again london T P s weekly |