A King's Kiss Worth 20.
fiome'imed Kdward IV. applied personally to the rich for aid; sometimes by letters, and sometimes by means of Comtnixsioners, in the manner used in former times for the tailages oh the tenants of demesne. The first method is amusingly illustrated in the case of the bent volent widow of the well-known story.' Edward, one of the handsomest men of the age until worn put by debauchery, wan, moreover, a particular favourite with the ladies ; and this rich widow, when he asked her for a benevolence, gave bim £20 .down at once, saying :— By my troth, for ihj lovely conntenance Jthou shalfc have even 4^o' The King, who had 'looked "for scarce half that sum, thanked her, and lovinglie kissed her,' gaining her heart and parse, for she doubled the benevolence, paying another £20, either ' because she esteemed the kits of a king so precious a jewele, 1 or 'because the flavour of his breath did so comfort her stomach.'
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Southland Times, Issue 90124, 25 January 1886, Page 3
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164A King's Kiss Worth 20. Southland Times, Issue 90124, 25 January 1886, Page 3
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