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His
majesty
sent
for
three
great
scholars
,
who
were
then
in
their
weekly
waiting
,
according
to
the
custom
in
that
country
.
These
gentlemen
,
after
they
had
a
while
examined
my
shape
with
much
nicety
,
were
of
different
opinions
concerning
me
.
They
all
agreed
that
I
could
not
be
produced
according
to
the
regular
laws
of
nature
,
because
I
was
not
framed
with
a
capacity
of
preserving
my
life
,
either
by
swiftness
,
or
climbing
of
trees
,
or
digging
holes
in
the
earth
.
They
observed
by
my
teeth
,
which
they
viewed
with
great
exactness
,
that
I
was
a
carnivorous
animal
;
yet
most
quadrupeds
being
an
overmatch
for
me
,
and
field
mice
,
with
some
others
,
too
nimble
,
they
could
not
imagine
how
I
should
be
able
to
support
myself
,
unless
I
fed
upon
snails
and
other
insects
,
which
they
offered
,
by
many
learned
arguments
,
to
evince
that
I
could
not
possibly
do
.
One
of
these
virtuosi
seemed
to
think
that
I
might
be
an
embryo
,
or
abortive
birth
.
But
this
opinion
was
rejected
by
the
other
two
,
who
observed
my
limbs
to
be
perfect
and
finished
;
and
that
I
had
lived
several
years
,
as
it
was
manifest
from
my
beard
,
the
stumps
whereof
they
plainly
discovered
through
a
magnifying
glass
.
They
would
not
allow
me
to
be
a
dwarf
,
because
my
littleness
was
beyond
all
degrees
of
comparison
;
for
the
queen
's
favourite
dwarf
,
the
smallest
ever
known
in
that
kingdom
,
was
near
thirty
feet
high
.
After
much
debate
,
they
concluded
unanimously
,
that
I
was
only
relplum
scalcath
,
which
is
interpreted
literally
lusus
naturae
;
a
determination
exactly
agreeable
to
the
modern
philosophy
of
Europe
,
whose
professors
,
disdaining
the
old
evasion
of
occult
causes
,
whereby
the
followers
of
Aristotle
endeavoured
in
vain
to
disguise
their
ignorance
,
have
invented
this
wonderful
solution
of
all
difficulties
,
to
the
unspeakable
advancement
of
human
knowledge
.
After
this
decisive
conclusion
,
I
entreated
to
be
heard
a
word
or
two
.
I
applied
myself
to
the
king
,
and
assured
his
majesty
,
"
that
I
came
from
a
country
which
abounded
with
several
millions
of
both
sexes
,
and
of
my
own
stature
;
where
the
animals
,
trees
,
and
houses
,
were
all
in
proportion
,
and
where
,
by
consequence
,
I
might
be
as
able
to
defend
myself
,
and
to
find
sustenance
,
as
any
of
his
majesty
's
subjects
could
do
here
;
which
I
took
for
a
full
answer
to
those
gentlemen
's
arguments
.
"
To
this
they
only
replied
with
a
smile
of
contempt
,
saying
,
"
that
the
farmer
had
instructed
me
very
well
in
my
lesson
.
"
The
king
,
who
had
a
much
better
understanding
,
dismissing
his
learned
men
,
sent
for
the
farmer
,
who
by
good
fortune
was
not
yet
gone
out
of
town
.
Having
therefore
first
examined
him
privately
,
and
then
confronted
him
with
me
and
the
young
girl
,
his
majesty
began
to
think
that
what
we
told
him
might
possibly
be
true
.
He
desired
the
queen
to
order
that
a
particular
care
should
be
taken
of
me
;
and
was
of
opinion
that
Glumdalclitch
should
still
continue
in
her
office
of
tending
me
,
because
he
observed
we
had
a
great
affection
for
each
other
.
A
convenient
apartment
was
provided
for
her
at
court
:
she
had
a
sort
of
governess
appointed
to
take
care
of
her
education
,
a
maid
to
dress
her
,
and
two
other
servants
for
menial
offices
;
but
the
care
of
me
was
wholly
appropriated
to
herself
.
The
queen
commanded
her
own
cabinet-maker
to
contrive
a
box
,
that
might
serve
me
for
a
bedchamber
,
after
the
model
that
Glumdalclitch
and
I
should
agree
upon
.
This
man
was
a
most
ingenious
artist
,
and
according
to
my
direction
,
in
three
weeks
finished
for
me
a
wooden
chamber
of
sixteen
feet
square
,
and
twelve
high
,
with
sash-windows
,
a
door
,
and
two
closets
,
like
a
London
bed-chamber
.
The
board
,
that
made
the
ceiling
,
was
to
be
lifted
up
and
down
by
two
hinges
,
to
put
in
a
bed
ready
furnished
by
her
majesty
's
upholsterer
,
which
Glumdalclitch
took
out
every
day
to
air
,
made
it
with
her
own
hands
,
and
letting
it
down
at
night
,
locked
up
the
roof
over
me
.
A
nice
workman
,
who
was
famous
for
little
curiosities
,
undertook
to
make
me
two
chairs
,
with
backs
and
frames
,
of
a
substance
not
unlike
ivory
,
and
two
tables
,
with
a
cabinet
to
put
my
things
in
.
The
room
was
quilted
on
all
sides
,
as
well
as
the
floor
and
the
ceiling
,
to
prevent
any
accident
from
the
carelessness
of
those
who
carried
me
,
and
to
break
the
force
of
a
jolt
,
when
I
went
in
a
coach
.
I
desired
a
lock
for
my
door
,
to
prevent
rats
and
mice
from
coming
in
.
The
smith
,
after
several
attempts
,
made
the
smallest
that
ever
was
seen
among
them
,
for
I
have
known
a
larger
at
the
gate
of
a
gentleman
's
house
in
England
.
I
made
a
shift
to
keep
the
key
in
a
pocket
of
my
own
,
fearing
Glumdalclitch
might
lose
it
.
The
queen
likewise
ordered
the
thinnest
silks
that
could
be
gotten
,
to
make
me
clothes
,
not
much
thicker
than
an
English
blanket
,
very
cumbersome
till
I
was
accustomed
to
them
.
They
were
after
the
fashion
of
the
kingdom
,
partly
resembling
the
Persian
,
and
partly
the
Chinese
,
and
are
a
very
grave
and
decent
habit
.
The
queen
became
so
fond
of
my
company
,
that
she
could
not
dine
without
me
.
I
had
a
table
placed
upon
the
same
at
which
her
majesty
ate
,
just
at
her
left
elbow
,
and
a
chair
to
sit
on
.
Glumdalclitch
stood
on
a
stool
on
the
floor
near
my
table
,
to
assist
and
take
care
of
me
.
I
had
an
entire
set
of
silver
dishes
and
plates
,
and
other
necessaries
,
which
,
in
proportion
to
those
of
the
queen
,
were
not
much
bigger
than
what
I
have
seen
in
a
London
toy-shop
for
the
furniture
of
a
baby-house
:
these
my
little
nurse
kept
in
her
pocket
in
a
silver
box
,
and
gave
me
at
meals
as
I
wanted
them
,
always
cleaning
them
herself
.
No
person
dined
with
the
queen
but
the
two
princesses
royal
,
the
eldest
sixteen
years
old
,
and
the
younger
at
that
time
thirteen
and
a
month
.
Her
majesty
used
to
put
a
bit
of
meat
upon
one
of
my
dishes
,
out
of
which
I
carved
for
myself
,
and
her
diversion
was
to
see
me
eat
in
miniature
:
for
the
queen
(
(
who
had
indeed
but
a
weak
stomach
)
)
took
up
,
at
one
mouthful
,
as
much
as
a
dozen
English
farmers
could
eat
at
a
meal
,
which
to
me
was
for
some
time
a
very
nauseous
sight
.
She
would
craunch
the
wing
of
a
lark
,
bones
and
all
,
between
her
teeth
,
although
it
were
nine
times
as
large
as
that
of
a
full-grown
turkey
;
and
put
a
bit
of
bread
into
her
mouth
as
big
as
two
twelve-penny
loaves
.
She
drank
out
of
a
golden
cup
,
above
a
hogshead
at
a
draught
.
Her
knives
were
twice
as
long
as
a
scythe
,
set
straight
upon
the
handle
.
The
spoons
,
forks
,
and
other
instruments
,
were
all
in
the
same
proportion
.
I
remember
when
Glumdalclitch
carried
me
,
out
of
curiosity
,
to
see
some
of
the
tables
at
court
,
where
ten
or
a
dozen
of
those
enormous
knives
and
forks
were
lifted
up
together
,
I
thought
I
had
never
till
then
beheld
so
terrible
a
sight
.
It
is
the
custom
,
that
every
Wednesday
(
(
which
,
as
I
have
observed
,
is
their
Sabbath
)
)
the
king
and
queen
,
with
the
royal
issue
of
both
sexes
,
dine
together
in
the
apartment
of
his
majesty
,
to
whom
I
was
now
become
a
great
favourite
;
and
at
these
times
,
my
little
chair
and
table
were
placed
at
his
left
hand
,
before
one
of
the
salt-cellars
.
This
prince
took
a
pleasure
in
conversing
with
me
,
inquiring
into
the
manners
,
religion
,
laws
,
government
,
and
learning
of
Europe
;
wherein
I
gave
him
the
best
account
I
was
able
.
His
apprehension
was
so
clear
,
and
his
judgment
so
exact
,
that
he
made
very
wise
reflections
and
observations
upon
all
I
said
.
But
I
confess
,
that
,
after
I
had
been
a
little
too
copious
in
talking
of
my
own
beloved
country
,
of
our
trade
and
wars
by
sea
and
land
,
of
our
schisms
in
religion
,
and
parties
in
the
state
;
the
prejudices
of
his
education
prevailed
so
far
,
that
he
could
not
forbear
taking
me
up
in
his
right
hand
,
and
stroking
me
gently
with
the
other
,
after
a
hearty
fit
of
laughing
,
asked
me
,
"
whether
I
was
a
whig
or
tory
?
"
Then
turning
to
his
first
minister
,
who
waited
behind
him
with
a
white
staff
,
near
as
tall
as
the
mainmast
of
the
Royal
Sovereign
,
he
observed
"
how
contemptible
a
thing
was
human
grandeur
,
which
could
be
mimicked
by
such
diminutive
insects
as
I
:
and
yet
,
"
says
he
,
"
I
dare
engage
these
creatures
have
their
titles
and
distinctions
of
honour
;
they
contrive
little
nests
and
burrows
,
that
they
call
houses
and
cities
;
they
make
a
figure
in
dress
and
equipage
;
they
love
,
they
fight
,
they
dispute
,
they
cheat
,
they
betray
!
"
And
thus
he
continued
on
,
while
my
colour
came
and
went
several
times
,
with
indignation
,
to
hear
our
noble
country
,
the
mistress
of
arts
and
arms
,
the
scourge
of
France
,
the
arbitress
of
Europe
,
the
seat
of
virtue
,
piety
,
honour
,
and
truth
,
the
pride
and
envy
of
the
world
,
so
contemptuously
treated
.
But
as
I
was
not
in
a
condition
to
resent
injuries
,
so
upon
mature
thoughts
I
began
to
doubt
whether
I
was
injured
or
no
.
For
,
after
having
been
accustomed
several
months
to
the
sight
and
converse
of
this
people
,
and
observed
every
object
upon
which
I
cast
mine
eyes
to
be
of
proportionable
magnitude
,
the
horror
I
had
at
first
conceived
from
their
bulk
and
aspect
was
so
far
worn
off
,
that
if
I
had
then
beheld
a
company
of
English
lords
and
ladies
in
their
finery
and
birth-day
clothes
,
acting
their
several
parts
in
the
most
courtly
manner
of
strutting
,
and
bowing
,
and
prating
,
to
say
the
truth
,
I
should
have
been
strongly
tempted
to
laugh
as
much
at
them
as
the
king
and
his
grandees
did
at
me
.
Neither
,
indeed
,
could
I
forbear
smiling
at
myself
,
when
the
queen
used
to
place
me
upon
her
hand
towards
a
looking-glass
,
by
which
both
our
persons
appeared
before
me
in
full
view
together
;
and
there
could
be
nothing
more
ridiculous
than
the
comparison
;
so
that
I
really
began
to
imagine
myself
dwindled
many
degrees
below
my
usual
size
.
