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the cook cut open the fish, he found poor
Tom, and run to the King with him;
but his majesty being engaged with state-
affairs, ordered him to be taken away,
and kept in custody till he sent for him.
The cook was determined that Tom
should not slip out of his hands this time,
so he put him into a mousetrap, and left
him to peep through the wires. Tom
had remained in the trap a whole week,
when he was sent for by King Arthur,
who pardoned him for throwing down the
furmenty, and took him again into fav-
our. On account of his wonderful feats
of activity Tom was knighted by the King
and went under the name of the renown-
ed Sir Thomas Thumb. As Tom's clothes
had suffered much in the batter-pudding,
the furmenty, and the insides of the giant,
miller, and fishes, his majesty ordered
him a new suit of clothes, and to be
mounted as a knight:
Of Butterdy's wings his shirt was made, His boots of chicken's hide: And by a nimble fairy blade, Well learned in the tailoring trade, His clothing was supplied.-- A needle dangled by his side; A dapper mouse he used to ride, Thus strutted Tom in stately pride!
