. Encyclopedia of natural and artificial wonders and curiosities including a full and authentic description of remarkable and astonishing places, beings, animals, customs, experiments, phenomena, etc., of both ancient and modern times, in all parts of the globe : comprising correct accounts of the most wonderful freaks of nature and arts of man . fery Hudson, the famous English dwarf, was born atOakham in Rutlandshire, in 1619; and about the age of sevenor eight, being then but eighteen inches high, was retained inthe service of the Duke of Buckingham, who resided at Bur-eigh on the Hill. Soon
. Encyclopedia of natural and artificial wonders and curiosities including a full and authentic description of remarkable and astonishing places, beings, animals, customs, experiments, phenomena, etc., of both ancient and modern times, in all parts of the globe : comprising correct accounts of the most wonderful freaks of nature and arts of man . fery Hudson, the famous English dwarf, was born atOakham in Rutlandshire, in 1619; and about the age of sevenor eight, being then but eighteen inches high, was retained inthe service of the Duke of Buckingham, who resided at Bur-eigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles L theking and queen being entertained at Burleigh, little Jeffreywas served up to table in a cold pie, and presented by theduchess to the queen, who kept him as her dwarf. Fromseven years till thirty, he never grew taller; but after thirtyhe shot up to three feet nine inches, and there fixed. Jef-fery became a considerable part of the entertainment of thecourt. Sir William Davenant wrote a poem called a battle between him and a turkey cock; and in 1638 waspublished a very small book, called the New Years Gift, pre-sented at court by the Lady Parvula to the Lord Minipius,(commonly called Little Jeffery,) her majestys servant, writtenby Microphilus, with a little print of Jeffery prefixed. Before. i% ,^^ ^ .n. ^^T^
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