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448 TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES. [Doc. 256.
acquaintance of so singular a guest; but, as I was not yet
sufficiently acquainted with him myself, I did not venture to
invite more ; for I was continually afraid that some one would
make sport of him. He was in very good spirits at my house,
and uncommonly frank and open-hearted, as I have always
found him since.
12. It was exactly on the 16th of November, 1768, when
he told me that then for the first time he had met in the
spiritual world with King Stanislaus.131 He had appeared
there a considerable time before,* but no one knew who he
was, although all the spirits were very anxious to find out.
Swedenborg himself, therefore, was requested to accost the
unknown person, and inquire after his name. He did so, and
as no one in the spiritual world is able to dissemble or to
keep back the truth, the King not only told him his own
name, but led him also at once to his daughter, the late
Queen of France. Should my readers be surprised at this
statement, they will become still more surprised on reading
his own writings, and the memorable relations contained
therein, where he speaks of his oral communications with the
Popes, Dr. Luther, Calvin, Melancthon ; yea, with the old
pagan philosophers, and those of modern times, and who
knows with how many other celebrated men.
13. It soon become known in town that I associated with
this remarkable man ; and everybody troubled me to give
them an opportunity of making his acquaintance. I advised
the people to do as I had done, and to call upon him, because
he willingly conversed with every honest man. Mr. Sweden
borg moves in the world with great tact, and knows how to
address the high, as well as the low. I should have liked
very much to introduce him into our club, because he told
me that he was fond occasionally of playing a game of l’hombre ;
but as I knew that he did not stop anywhere after seven,
and as no High German and only very little French is spoken
in our circle, I had to give it up. For the same reason I
could not gratify the wishes of some curious ladies.
14. Once, however. at the urgent request of the wife of
* King Stanislaus Leczinsky died in 1766.
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