Nothing angered and mortified me so much as the queen's dwarf; who being of the lowest stature that was ever in that country (for I verily think he was not full thirty feet high), became so insolent at seeing a creature so much beneath him, that he would always affect to swagger and look big as he passed by me in the queen's antechamber, while I was standing on some table talking with the lords or ladies of the court, and he seldom failed of a smart word or two upon my littleness; against which I could only revenge myself by calling him brother, challenging him to wrestle, and such repartees as are usually in the mouths of court pages.
Beste ezerk ez ninduen Erreginaren ipotxak baino gehiago amorrarazten eta mintzen; inoiz herrialde hartan izandako txikiena zelarik altueraz (benetan ez baitut uste bederatzi metro izango zenik altu), bera baino askoz izaki txikiagoa ikustean hain lotsagabe bihurtu zenez, beti ibiltzen zen harropuztuta bezala eta handiarena egiten nire ondotik Erreginaren gelaurrean pasatzen zenean, ni neu mahairen baten gainean Gorteko jaun eta andereekin hizketan izaten nintzelarik, eta gutxitan geratzen zen nire txikitasunaz eztenkada pare bat bota gabe; mendekatzeko era bakarra berari anaia deitzea izaten zen, borrokarako erronka eginez eta gorte-mutilen artean ohikoak diren bezalako ateraldiekin.