Excerpt from The Peddler of Hearts: A Play for Young People Prince. Long cloak over slashed tunic. Short puffed trousers, long stockings and low buckled shoes. Lace ruffles at sleeves and lace collar. A flat velvet cap with a white feather, sword, and gold chain about neck. Burgomaster. Broad, low-crowned black hat. Deep white collars and cuffs. Long-tailed brown or crimson coat and knee breeches. Thick gold chain about neck. Low buckled shoes. Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker and cobbler. Peas ant smocks over knee-breeches, white stockings and low black shoes. Butcher and Baker have white caps and aprons. Candle stick-maker carries bag Of tools and bundle of wicks and moulds. Butcher wears string of imitation sausages round his neck, and when quarrelsome can use a ham as a weapon. Baker fights with a long loaf Of bread which he wields as a boy does a baseball bat. Cobbler wears a leather apron and plays a fiddle. Where the music is furnished by an orchestra, he can use an imitation in strument. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.