The people at first stared on one another, and afterwards began unanimously to express their dislike.

An impudent fellow among them, reflecting on my trade, cried out, 'Stinking fish;' which was immediately reiterated through the whole crowd.

I was then forced to slink away home; but I was not able to accomplish my retreat without being attended by the mob, who huzza'd me along the street with the repeated cries of 'Stinking fish.' "I now proceeded to court, to inform his majesty of my faithful service, and how much I had suffered in his cause.

I found by my first reception he had already heard of my success.

Instead of thanking me for my speech, he said the city should repent of their obstinacy, for that he would show them who he was: and so saying, he immediately turned that part to me to which the toe of man hath so wonderful an affection, that it is very difficult, whenever it presents itself conveniently, to keep our toes from the most violent and ardent salutation of it.
"I was a little nettled at this behavior, and with some earnestness claimed the king's fulfilling his promise; but he retired without answering me.