into my Reach; I took them all in my right Hand, put five of them into my 
Coat-Pocket, and as to the sixth, I made a Countenance as if I would eat 
him alive. The poor Man squalled terribly, and the Colonel and his 
Officers were in much Pain, especially when they saw me take out my 
Penknife: But I soon put them out of fear; for, looking mildly and 
immediately cutting the Strings he was bound with, I set him gently on the 
Ground, and away he ran; I treated the rest in the same manner, taking 
them one by one out of my Pocket, and I observed both the Soldiers and 
People were highly obliged at this Mark of my Clemency, which was 
represented very much to my Advantage at Court.

Towards Night I with some Difficulty got into my House, where I lay on 
the Ground, and continued to do so about a Fortnight; during which Time 
the Emperor gave Orders to have a Bed prepared for me. Six hundred 
Beds of the common Measure were brought in Carriages, and worked up in 
my House; a hundred and fifty of their Beds sewn together made up the 
Breadth and Length, and these were four double, which however kept me 
but very indifferently from the Hardness of the Floor, that was of smooth 
Stone. By the same Computation they provided me with Sheets, Blankets, 
and Coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long enured to 
Hardships as I.

As the News of my Arrival spread through the Kingdom, it brought 
prodigious Numbers of rich, idle, and curious People to see me; so that the 
Villages were almost emptied, and great Neglect of Tillage and Household 
Affairs must have ensued, if his Imperial Majesty had not provided, by 
several Proclamations and Orders of State, against this Inconveniency. He 
directed that those who had already beheld me should return Home, and not 
presume to come within fifty Yards of my House without Licence from 
Court; whereby the Secretarys of State got considerable Fees.

In the mean time, the Emperor held frequent Councils to debate what 
Course should be taken with me; and I was afterwards assured by a 
particular Friend, a Person of great Quality, who was looked upon to be as 
much in the Secret as any, that the Court was under many Difficulties 
concerning me. They apprehended my breaking loose, that my Diet would 
be very expensive, and might cause a Famine. Sometimes they determined 
to starve me, or at least to shoot me in the Face and Hands with poisoned 
Arrows, which would soon dispatch me: But again they considered, that the 
Stench of so large a Carcass might produce a Plague in the Metropolis, and 
probably spread through the whole Kingdom. In the midst of these 
Consultations, several Officers of the army went to the Door of the great 
Council Chamber; and two of them being admitted, gave an account of my 
Behavior to the six Criminals above-mentioned, which made so favorable 
an Impression in the Breast of his Majesty and the whole Board in my 
behalf, that an Imperial Commission was issued out, obliging all the 
Villages nine hundred Yards round the City, to deliver in every Morning 
six Beeves, forty Sheep, and other Victuals for my Sustenance; together 
with a proportionable Quantity of Bread, and Wine, and other Liquors: for 
the due Payment of which, his Majesty gave assignments upon his 
Treasury. For this Prince lives chiefly upon his own Demesnes, seldom, 
except upon great Occasions, raising any Subsidies upon his Subjects, who 
are bound to attend him in his Wars at their own Expense. An 
Establishment was also made of six hundred Persons to be my Domesticks, 
who had Board-Wages allowed for their Maintenance, and Tents built for 
them very conveniently on each side of my Door. It was likewise ordered, 
that three hundred Taylors should make me a Suit of Cloaths after the 
Fashion of the Country: That six of his Majesty's greatest Scholars should 
be employ'd to instruct me in their Language: And, lastly, that the 
Emperor's Horses, and those of the Nobility, and Troops of Guards, should 
be frequently exercised in my sight, to accustom themselves to me. All 
these Orders were duly put in Execution, and in about three Weeks I made 
a great progress in learning their Language; during which time, the 
Emperor frequently honored me with his Visits, and was pleased to assist 
my Masters in teaching me. We began already to converse together in some 
sort; and the first Words I learnt were to express my Desire that he would 
please give me my Liberty, which I every day repeated on my Knees. His 
Answer, as I could apprehend it, was, that this must be a Work of Time, 
not to be thought on without the Advice of 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 myself, and turn out 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 I had no mind should be 
searched, wherein I had some little Necessaries that were of no 
consequence to any but myself. 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 everything 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 Mountain (for
      so I interpret the Words quinbus Flestrin) after the strictest
      search, we found only one great Piece of coarse Cloath, large
      enough to be a Foot-Cloth for your Majesty's chief Room of State.
      In the left Pocket we saw a huge Silver Chest, with a Cover of the
      same Metal, which we the Searchers were not able to lift. We