Produced by Simon Gardner, JackMcJiggins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Notes This Plain Text version uses symbols from the ASCII and Latin-1 character sets. Typeface differences in the original are indicated as follows: italic typeface is represented by _underscores_ small caps typeface is represented by UPPER CASE blackletter font is represented by %percent symbols% plain text appearing within italics is represented by =equals symbols= Special characters in the original are indicated as follows: [oe] represents the oe ligature ^o, ^{th} represent superscript characters [=x] represents a macron (horizontal bar above a character) [per] represents a conventional abbreviation for "per" [ver] represents a scribal abbreviation in the quoted document [Gr: ... ] is used to denote Greek transliteration. Archaic, unusual and inconsistent spellings have been retained from the original text. Where changes to the text have been made for typographical errors, these are listed at the end of the book. * * * * * THE SIMPLE COBLER OF AGGAWAM in AMERICA. willing To help 'mend his Native Country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-Leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to be paid for his work, by Old English wonted pay. IT IS HIS TRADE TO PATCH ALL THE YEAR LONG, gratis. Therefore I pray Gentlemen keep your purses. By THEODORE DE LA GUARD. _In rebus arduis ac tenui spe, fortissima qu[oe]que consilia tutissima sunt._ Cic. In English, When bootes and shoes are torne up to the lefts, Coblers must thrust their awles up to the hefts. This is no time to feare _Apelles gramm: Ne Sutor quidem ultra crepidam._ LONDON, Printed by J. D. & R. I. for STEPHEN BOWTELL, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, 1647. NOTICE OF THE AUTHOR.