Chapter5。XX。
HowtheQuintessencecuredthesickwithasong。
Thecaptainshowedusthequeen,attendedwithherladiesandgentlemen,inthesecondgallery。Shelookedyoung,thoughshewasatleasteighteenhundredyearsold,andwashandsome,slender,andasfineasaqueen,thatis,ashandscouldmakeher。Hethensaidtous:Itisnotyetafittimetospeaktothequeen;beyoubutmindfulofherdoingsinthemeanwhile。
Youhavekingsinyourworldthatfantasticallypretendtocuresomecertaindiseases,as,forexample,scrofulaorwens,swelledthroats,nicknamedtheking\'sevil,andquartanagues,onlywithatouch;nowourqueencuresallmannerofdiseaseswithoutsomuchastouchingthesick,butbarelywithasong,accordingtothenatureofthedistemper。Hethenshowedusasetoforgans,andsaidthatwhenitwastouchedbyherthosemiraculouscureswereperformed。Theorganwasindeedthestrangestthatevereyesbeheld;forthepipeswereofcassiafistulainthecod;thetopandcorniceofguiacum;thebellowsofrhubarb;thepedasofturbith,andtheclavierorkeysofscammony。
Whilewewereexaminingthiswonderfulnewmakeofanorgan,theleprouswerebroughtinbyherabstractors,spodizators,masticators,pregustics,tabachins,chachanins,neemanins,rabrebans,nercins,rozuins,nebidins,tearins,segamions,perarons,chasinins,sarins,soteins,aboth,enilins,archasdarpenins,mebins,chabourins,andotherofficers,forwhomIwantnames;sosheplayed\'emIdon\'tknowwhatsortofatuneorsong,andtheywereallimmediatelycured。