him old shoes and slippers, and turnip-tops and brickbats, stones and tiles." He was the object of no end of lampooning on the part of the Royalists. Pepys, in his "Diary," 25th January, 1659-60, has an interesting memorandum in regard to the notoriety of the cobbler-colonel: "Coming home, heard that in Cheapside there had been but a little before a gibbet set up, and a picture of Huson (Hewson) hung upon it, in the middle of the street."[109] One of these squibs bore the title, "Colonel Hewson's Confession; or, a Parley with Pluto," and referred to his removal of the gates of Temple Bar. Lord Braybrooke informs us that Hewson "had but one eye, which did not escape the notice of his enemies." Nor did the burly cobbler-colonel escape the notice of Dr. Butler, who makes him a conspicuous figure in the first part of "Hudibras"[110] under the nickname of _Cerdon_: "The upright Cerdon next advanc'd, Of all his race the valiant'st: Cerdon the Great, renowned in song, Like Herc'les, for repair of wrong. He rais'd the low, and fortify'd The weak against the strongest side: Ill has he read that never hit On him in Muses deathless writ. He had a weapon keen and fierce, That through a bull-hide shield would pierce, And out it in a thousand pieces, Though tougher than the Knight of Greece his, With whom his black-thumb'd ancestor Was comrade in the ten years' war. * * * * * Fast friend he was to reformation, Until 'twas worn quite out of fashion; Next rectifier of every law, And would make three to cure one flaw. Learned he was, and could take note, Transcribe, collect, translate, and quote."[111] [107] "Biographical History of England," vol. iii. [108] The author of "Crispin Anecdotes," p. 127, says, "Praise-God Barebones was a shoemaker, but from all the writer can learn he was a leather-seller; and Bloomfield is reported as saying that Secretary Craggs was a chip of leather. On what authority it is hard to say. His father, the postmaster-general, is more likely to have been in such a position; but _his_ trade was that of a country barber."--Grainger, Noble's continuation, vol. iii. [109] Pepys' Diary, note, January 25th, 1659-60. [110] Part I. Canto II., 409-430, etc. [111] Part I. Canto II., 409-430, etc. Later on,[112] Hudibras describes the scene at the bear-gardens when Hewson and the Puritan party endeavor to put a stop to the savage sport of bear-baiting. The mob turn on the Puritans, but as for the fat colonel-- "Quarter he scorns, he is so stout, And therefore cannot long hold out." [112] Part I. Canto III, 118, 119.