 first Words I learnt, were to express my
Desire, that he would please to give me my Liberty; which I every Day repeated
on my Knees. His Answer, as I could apprehend, was, that this must be a Work of
Time, not to be thought on without the Advice of his Council; and that first I
must Lumos Kelmin pesso desmar lon Emposo; that is, Swear a Peace with him and
his Kingdom. However, that I should be used with all Kindness; and he advised me
to acquire by my Patience and discreet Behaviour, the good Opinion of himself
and his Subjects. He desired I would not take it ill, if he gave Orders to
certain proper Officers to search me; for probably I might carry about me
several Weapons, which must needs be dangerous Things, if they answered the Bulk
of so prodigious a Person. I said, his Majesty should be satisfied, for I was
ready to strip my self, and turn up my Pockets before him. This I delivered,
part in Words, and part in Signs. He replied, that by the Laws of the Kingdom, I
must be searched by two of his Officers: That he knew this could not be done
without my Consent and Assistance; that he had so good an Opinion of my
Generosity and Justice, as to trust their Persons in my Hands: That whatever
they took from me should be returned when I left the Country, or paid for at the
Rate which I would set upon them. I took up the two Officers in my Hands, put
them first into my Coat-Pockets, and then into every other Pocket about me,
except my two Fobs, and another secret Pocket which I had no Mind should be
searched, wherein I had some little Necessaries of no Consequence to any but my
self. In one of my Fobs there was a Silver Watch, and in the other a small
Quantity of Gold in a Purse. These Gentlemen, having Pen, Ink, and Paper about
them, made an exact Inventory of every thing they saw; and when they had done,
desired I would set them down, that they might deliver it to the Emperor. This
Inventory I afterwards translated into English, and is Word for Word as follows.
    Imprimis, In the right Coat-Pocket of the Great Man Mauntain (for so I
interpret the Words Quinbus Flestrin) after the strictest Search, we found only
one great Piece of coarse Cloth, large enough to be a Foot-Cloth for your
Majesty's chief Room of State. In the left Pocket, we saw
