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BY
Dean Swift
W i t h Bi o graphical I n tro duc tio n
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His first n uce en ts to tra e
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B io graphical In tro du ctio n
T HE gr eatest of E n gli sh h u mo u ri sts was b or n
in Ir elan d , b u t , like the a u thor of the S enti
mt l j
Irishm an wi th n o
I rish blood in his vein s
I amn ot of thi s
”
vil e cou n try he on c e wro te
I aman
”
En glishm an
T he S w i ft fam il y was of
w holl y En glish ori gin an d con n ec tions an d
fo r m an y gen er atio n s it b elon ged to Y ork
T he d ean s gr an d fath er en ter ed the
shir e
C h u rch an d was appoin ted to the V icar age
o f Goodrich o n th e Wye ; the v ic a r m arri ed
a Mi ss Dr yden
w ho was a relati v e of J oh n
Dryden ari d had a fa mily of thir teen or
fo u r teen children of w hom J on ath an Sw i ft
th e fath er o f the d ean was the seven th or
J on ath an Sw i ft pr ac ti sed in
eigh th
son
th e Law Co u r ts at D u bli n an d was el ec ted
a steward o f the K i n g s In n ; b u t h e died a t
th e age of twen ty five an d l eft his wife who
was a Leic ester shir e l a dy of good fa mily b u t
n o m ean s wi th an i n fan t da u gh ter an n u
b orn son an d an ann uity of twen ty po un ds
en a
ou rney,
he was
an
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B i o g rap hi cal In tro du cti on
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as
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J on ath an after hi s fath er was b orn at H oey s
Co u rt Du blin
T he most afl
i u en t m em b er of the Swift
family was God win S wi ft a b ro th er of
t
k
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the b oy s ed u cation
Swift in later d ays was
w on t to compl ain th at he had the ed u ca
tion of a dog;
b u t he was gi ven the b est
ed u c ation
At
th at Ir el an d co u ld afford
six yea rs of a e he was sen t to the K il ken n y
g
Gramm ar School an d at fou rteen to D u b li n
Un i v ersi ty At D u b l in Un i versi ty he re
m ain ed sev en years an d was w il d an d wi tty
an d poor
Tow ards the en d of this period
h e com pl ain s th at he was
so disco u r aged
an d sun k in his spiri ts th at he too m u ch
ic stu di es ;
n egl ec ted hi s ac a d em
an d th us
in his l ast term exami nation he fail ed in two
or three su bj ec ts an d ob tain ed his degr ee
onl y b y speci al favo u r
At th e su gges
ti on of his mo th er S w i ft r ecomm en ded him
Tem ple a
sel f to th e favo u r of Sir Willi am
rel ative of hers b y m arri age and was re
k
a
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ceived in to Tem
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p
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y
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B i o g rap h i cal In tr o du cti o n
S urr ey
Tem pl e
an d li v ed
9
r etired from pu blic
s
s
hi
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mo
book
e
t
l
a
affa irs
u
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g
q
b u t as the statesm an w ho had n egoti ated
th e T ri pl e Alli an c e th e on e b righ t page in
th e r ei gn of Ch arl es I I he was h el d in hi gh
esteem an d fr eq u en tly consul ted b y Willi am
Swift
o f O r an ge an d the Mi n ister s of State
r ea d to Temple k ept hi s accou n ts an d ac ted
as secr etary b u t w h at was of gr eater im
nd
w
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e
p
p
self
h eard an d stu di ed an d m easu r ed hi m
wi th th e m
en w ho w er e m akin g hi story in
At th e en d of five year s
th e gr eat world
S wift in a fit of di ssatisfac tion r eturn ed to
Ir elan d an d was or dain ed an d obtain ed the
sm all li v in g of K ilroo t on the bord er s of
B elfast Lo u gh b u t soon at Tem ple s r eq u est
he r etu rned to Moor P ark an d r em ai n ed
wi th himn o lon ger as a depen den t b u t as a
fri en d un til his patron s d eath in 1 699
Temple had disco v er ed the gr eatn ess of the
i
n
us
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h
s
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t
g
g
roo f for b esi des sun dry satirical v erses
Swift had wri tten at Moor P ark the T ale of a
T u b an d the B attle of the B ooks al tho u gh
n ei th er of th ese w ork s was p u b li sh ed for
.
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B i o g ra p h i ca l In tro du cti on
IO
m e tim e yet After Tem ple s d eath Swift
as l i ter a ry ex ec u tor
coll ec ted an d issu ed
Tem ple s works un der the patron age of the
K i ng; an d he ob tai n ed the posi tion of chap
l ai n to the E arl of B erk eley on e of the Lord
J u stices of I rel an d B erkel ey pr esen ted him
in tu rn wi th the V ic ar age of Lar acor the
r ec tory of Rathb iggan an d the preben d of
D u n l avin the u n i ted in com e from whi ch
was abo u t two h u n dr ed an d th ir ty po u n ds a
a
d
f
r
A
n
b
or
w
f
b
c
m
ol
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l
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e
S
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t
e
a
e
a
t
i
c
a
p
y
wri ter an d the m a in stay of the Tory party in
Lon don he liv ed for a while at Laracor im
n
h
t
h
e
a
rovi
vic
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d
i
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b
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n
d
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p
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g
T h er e wer e b u t fifteen parishion er s u n d er
h is c a r e an d it som etim
es h appen ed th at o nly
h im sel f an d the cl erk atten d ed the ch u r ch
b u t the ser vic e was r ea d to m eet the occa
sion
D ea rl y b elo v ed Roger the Scri pt u r e
mo v eth you an d m
e in su n dr y pl ac es
At Moor P ark Swi ft h ad u n d ertaken th
ed u c ation o f a li ttl e girl H ester J oh n son th e
Stell a of hi stor y w ho was the n atu r al
d augh ter of Sir Willi am Tem pl e Tem ple
l eft her a sm all property in Irelan d an d
wi th a Mrs Di n gl ey as chaperon e sh e
’
so
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B i og rap h i cal Introdu cti o n
I I
d S w i ft s suggestion that she shou ld
resid e in
Irelan d Swift is sai d to have
arried her b u t the evi d en c e is in con clu
m
and it is c erta i n th at th ey al w ays
siv e
Swi ft at th i s
occu pi ed separ ate ho u seholds
e l i ved partly in I r el an d an d partly in
tim
Lo n don an d it was d u ri n g on e lon g a b sen c e
th at ev ery morn in g an d ev en i n g h e wrote in
1 lan guage of his own the fa mo u s letter s
describ in g the ev en ts of the day w hich are
kn own as the J ou rn al to S tella
In Lon don
Swi ft bec am e acq u ai n ted wi th Mrs Van
righ w hose eld est d a u h ter E sth er Van
ho m
g
righ
is c el ebr ated u n d er the n a m e o f
ho m
In her i n fat u ation sh e follo w ed
Van essa
Swift to Ir el an d po u rin g ou t the most
vi olen t letter s to h im B u t lea rn in g of th e
su pposed m arri a e to Stell a she san k u n d er
g
the blo w an d after h er d eath b y h er in
un
c
ns
t
h
e
a
s
an
d
e
io
o
m
d
t
e
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n
u
V
an
s
s
a
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p
was pu blish ed
Swift s first essay in poli tic al w ri ti ng was
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Di scou rse
in Athen s
u
p
blication
Battle
on
and
of
the Con tests
m
Ro
an d
the T ale
t
h
e
B
k
oo
s
,
f
o
e
f
o
an d
the
a
which had
Di scu ssi on s
u bseq u en t
s
T ub
an d
the
hi therto been
B i og ra p h i ca l In tro du ct i o n
I2
circulated priv atel y set the seal upon his
fam e
Ad diso n in pr esen tin g him
wi th on e
of hi s w ork s in sc rib es it to
the gr eatest
”
a
l
e
n
i
s
t
f
u
s
o
f
w
i
f
t
r
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h
t
t
a
e
h
e
a
e
S
g
g
g
flirtation wi th the Wh igs b ec am e the lead
in g expon en t of the Tory party
He din ed
with the prin cipal Min i sters every Saturd ay
an d his i n w ard con v ict ion s w er e str en g
t hen ed
b y his per son al attach m en t to th em
; he
d efen ded their m easu r es in pam phl ets an d
f
a
l
o
f
e
s
d
t
h
e
o
m
an
i
n
r
t
o
l
s
t
h
an
d
u
e
es
p
p
p
the Tory m in i st ry on the d eath of Qu een
Ann e di r ec ted an d in spir ed in som e d egr ee
th eir polic y
At the hei gh t of his po w er
co u rted b y the l eaders of bo th poli tica l
s
d
n
t
hi
r
i
r
o
x
e
c
h
a
t
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s
w
i
f
e
a
t
o
e
S
t
h
a
p
p
g
Ch u rch hon ours b u t altho u gh he was ab l e to
ob tain offices an d rewar ds for li ter ary fri en ds
an d cou ld w ri te :
When I b ad cr edi t for
som e years at Co u r t
I pro vi d ed for abo ve
fifty peopl e in bo th kingdo m
s of w h ich not
”
o n e was a r elative
the Qu een d eclin ed to
make hima bishop an d he never recei ved
mor e than the dean ery of St Patric k s which
was giv en to him
in 17 1 3 Wi th the ad v en t
inistry he return a i to Ir elan d
of the n ew
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Bi o g rap h i ca l In tro du cti o n
a
ss of
tered
the fu tu
m
an
re
di sappoin ted
a
,
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an d
.
ft li v ed
mostly in Ir el an d from the
i on of George
an d after the d eath
ll a n ev er left Ir el an d
a
T he fir st su b
hat dr ew hi m
again in to ac ti vi ty was
ld
the jobb ery of Whi g Mi n i ster s ;
llS i n vec ti v e u n i ted the Iri sh people in
ai se
A paten t had b een gr an ted to a
oo d b y whi ch he was permi tted to coin
000 in copper for the use of Ir el an d at
f
I
se
b
u
t
a
o
re
i
him
l
r
lo
t
o
t
ea
t
s
s
t
n
a
g
g
Swift w ro te the Drapi er s Letters
t
i
h
n
e
h
o
l
n
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t
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e
c
e
v
e
t
e
mo
t
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y;
p p
g
the paten t was w i thdr awn
an d th e
k
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w
s
u
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s
d
t
e
s
u
r
m
or
e
se
B
u
t
y
pp
p
i ft s Iri sh period was Gu lli ver s T ravels
He wrote it
1 was pu b li sh ed in 1 7 2 6
id
to vex the w orl d r ather th an to
t it ;
he
hated an d d etested th at
al c all ed m
lo v e only
an
an d coul d
”
idu als
Most of Swift s wri tin gs wer e
sh ed an on ymo u sl y an d he was c arel ess
I n ev er got a far
c un i ary r eturn :
he wrote in 1 7 35
b y an ythin g I
ex c ept on c e ab ou t eight years ago
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B i og rap h i cal In tro du ct i o n
I4
h at was b y Mr Pope s pru den t m an age
”
He foresaw his own end
m en t for m
e
He pr edi cted th at like Marl b oro u gh and
Som ers the gr eatest gener al an d the gr eatest
”
l awyer of th at age he wo ul d die at the top
In 17 36 his facul ti es b egan to fail an d in
1 7 42 it was n ec essary to pl ac e himun der
restr ain t I n ten se su fferi ng was foll owed
b y h el pl ess i dioc y ; his m in d had eb b ed
For two years he lin ger ed on b u t
away
Oc to ber 17 4 5 he exch an ged the sl eep of ih
sensi b il i ty for th e sl eep of d eath
an d w
as
i ed besid e Stella
He l eft his property
bm
ad ho u se
to b u ild a m
an d
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H ANNAF ORD
B E NNE TT
T he Pu b l i sh er
A tho
h
R
the
to
vl
L
eader
ml
ll v
T ra e s, M r e ue G u i er, is
n
n
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en
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a
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F
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w
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e
s
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y
’
i e
the
ot er s
R elati on etween u s
ou t
ea r o f the Co n
t h ree Years ago, M r G u i er gro wi n
eo
e co
i n to h i at his o use
course of cu ri ou s
T HE
m
r of
u
t ese
m
d h
lk
m
b
by
M h
S d Ab
ll v
gw y
P pl mg
m H
mll P h f L d wi th
R d ifi md
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Em an u el C oll ege in Cambrid ge at
Fou rteen year s old w h ere I resi ded Three
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e (al tho u gh
I had a very sc anty A llowanc e) bei ng to o
n
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Appr entic e to Mr J am es Bates an emi n en t
S u rgeo n in Lo n do n w i th whom I co n ti n u ed
en
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t
F
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fo u r years ; an d m
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to
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A V o yage
20
to
L illi pu t
l ear ni ng N avigatio n and o th er par ts of
the Mathem
aticks u sefu l to those w ho i n tend
to travel as I al ways beli eved it wo u ld
som e tim e or o th er m
f
ne
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Wh
e
n
y
I l eft Mr Bates I went down to m
F
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y
wh ere by the assi stan c e o f H im an d m
y
U ncl e J oh n an d som e oth er Rel atio ns I got
forty Po u n d s an d a promi se o f thirty Po u n d s
e at L eyd en
a year
Th e re
to m ai n tai n m
I studi ed Physi ck two Years and seven
Mo n th s knowi ng it wo u ld b e u sefu l in lo ng
Voyages
e
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t
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as
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recomm en d ed by m
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Mr
as
t
B
a
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yg
to be S u rgeo n to the S wa llow C aptai n A braham
Pan nell Comm and er ; wi th whom I co nti nu ed
thr ee Years an d a h al f m aki ng a Voyage o r
two i n to the Levan t and som e o th er Parts
When I c am e back I resolved to settle in
Lo ndo n to which Mr Bates m
M
a
s
r
t
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e
n
y
e an d by h im I was r ecomm ended
co u raged m
to several Pati en ts
I took par t o f a sm
all
H o use in the O ld Ju ry ; and bei ng advi sed
n
e
to al ter m
co
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L illi p u t
2 I
co n d D augh ter to Mr Edm u n d
B u rto n H o si er in N ewgate street w i th whom
I rec eived fo u r h u n dred Po u n d s for a
Portio n
as
t
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wo u ld no t suffer m
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th erefore co nsu l ted w i th m
y
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of m
q
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g
I was S u rgeo n su ccessively
to S ea
agai n
in two S hi ps an d m ad e several Voyages fo r
to the East an d West I n di es by
six Years
F
or
u
ne
t
which I go t som e A ddi tio n to m
y
My ho u r s o f Lei su re I spen t in r eadi ng the
b est A u thors an ci en t an d moder n b ei n g al ways
rov
d
ed wi th a good n u mb er o f B ook s ; an d
i
p
wh en I was ashoar in ob servi n g the M an n ers
Di sposi tio n s o f the Peo pl e as well as
an d
l ear n i ng th eir Langu age wh erei n I had a
r
M
mor
eat F acili ty by the str en gth o f m
e
y
g
y
T he l ast o f th ese Voyages no t provi n g very
fo r tu n ate I grew weary o f the S ea an d in
se
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,
.
,
,
,
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,
,
.
,
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,
,
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,
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,
A V o ya ge
22
to
L illi p u t
d ed to stay at hom e w i th m
Wi
f
e
a
n
d
y
Family I removed from the O ld Ju ry to
Fetter Lan e an d from th en c e to Wappi n g
ho pi ng to get B u si ness amo ng the S ailors ;
b u t it wo u ld n o t tu r n to acco u n t
A fter thr ee
a
n
t
a
t
t
n
s
r
x
c
t
t
i
o
h
hi
w
o
u
ld
m
d
I
e
a
s
e
e
en
g
p
y
acc epted an advan tageo u s O ffer from C apta i n
Willi am Prichard M aster o f the A n telope
who was m aki ng a Voyage to the S o u th
W e set sail from B ri stol May 4
S ea
o u r Voyage at first was very
an d
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s
ro
s
e
ro
u
p
p
It wo u ld no t b e pro per fo r som e r easo ns
to tro u bl e the R ead er wi th the Par tic u l ars o f
o u r adven tu r es in tho se S eas : Let i t su ffic e
to i n form him that in o u r Passage from th en c e
we wer e driven by a
to the East I n di es
viol en t S torm to the North ward o f Van
Land By an O bservatio n we
Diem
en s
fo u n d o u rselves in the Lati tu d e o f 30 D egrees
Twelve o f o u r Crew were
2 Mi n u tes S o u th
d ead by immoderate Labou r and ill Food the
rest were in a very weak co n di tio n On the
fifth o f November which was the begi nn i ng
ten
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A V o yag e
23
hose parts the Weath er bei n g
very hazy the S eam en spyed a Rock wi thi n
hal f a Cabl e s l ength o f the S hi p ; b u t the
Wi nd was so stro ng th at we were driven
direc tly u po n it an d imm edi ately spli t S ix
o f the C rew o f whom I was o n e h avi n g let
down the Boat i nto the S ea m ad e a shi ft to get
cl ear of the S hi p an d the Rock W e rowed
s
e
by m
Com
u
io
bo
u
hr
ee
L
ea
u
t
a
t
a
n
t
t
g
y
p
till we wer e abl e to work no lo n ger bei n g
alr ead y spen t w i th l abo u r w hil e we w er e in the
We th erefor e tr u sted o u rselves to the
S hi p
m ercy o f the waves and in abo u t h al f an ho u r
the B o at was overset by a su dd en F l u rry from
ns
the Nor th
a
n
Wh at b ecam e of m
C
om
io
y
p
in the B oat as well as o f tho se who esc aped
o n the Rock
or were l eft in the Vessel I
cannot tell b u t co n cl u d e th ey were all lost
e
n
s
F or m
r
I
w
m
s
F
or
u
dir
c
d
o
w
a
t
a
a
t
ne
t
e
y
p
me and was push d forward by Wi nd and
T id e I o ften let m
L
dro
co
u
ld
e
s
an
d
y
g
p
B u t w h en I was almo st go n e
feel n o bo ttom
an d abl e to str u ggl e n o lo n ger I fo u n d m ysel f
t
e
S
h
w i thi n m
d
e
h
n
hi
im
e
t
orm
t
a
d
b
s
t
t
p
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y
of
Su mm er in
L illi p u t
to
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A V oyage
24
was
to
L illi p u t
m u ch abated T he D eclivi ty was so
sm all th at I walk ed near a Mil e b efor e I go t
to the shor e which I co njectu r d was abo u t
ei gh t a clo ck in the Even i n
en ad
I
h
t
g
vanced for ward n ear h al f a Mil e b u t co u ld
no t di scov er any si gn o f H o u ses or I n h abi t
an ts ; at l east I was in so weak a co n di tio n
th at I did n o t ob serv e th em
I was extrem ely
tired an d w i th th at an d the H eat o f the
weath er an d abo ut hal f a pi n t o f B ran d y th at
I dran k as I l eft the S hi p I fo u n d m ysel f
m u ch i n cli ned to sl eep I lay down on the
Grass w hich was very shor t and so ft wh ere I
sl ept so u n d er th an ev er I r em emb er to h ave
n
d
a
done in m
li
I
r
cko
d
bov
f
e
a
as
ne
e
e
y
Ni n e ho u rs ; fo r wh en I awaked it was j u st
l
Day li gh t
l attem pted to ri se b u t was no t
abl e to stir : For as I h appened to lie o n m
y
e
s
e
back I fo u nd m
rm
L
w
r
e
s
d
A
an
g
y
stro ngl y fasten ed on each sid e to the gro u n d
and m H air which was lo n
t
a
n
d
t
hick
i
d
e
g
y
down in the sam e m an n er I likewi se fel t
sever al
Ligatu res across m
bod
sl en d er
y
y
s
from m
m
h
h
i
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co
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,
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.
A V o yage
26
to
L illi p u t
v r l tim es b u t I then knew n ot wh at they
m eant I lay all this while as the Read er
m
ay b eli eve in gr eat U n easi ness : A t l en gth
str u ggli ng to get loo se I had the for tu ne to
b reak the S tri ngs an d wren ch o ut the Pegs
f
n
L
e
ar
m
t
o
t
h
e
ro
u
d
t
th at fastened m
;
g
y
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sco
F
c
I
a
e
v
e
fo r by li fti n g it u p to m
r
d
y
e
an d
the m ethod s th ey had taken to bi nd m
at the sam e tim e w i th a viol en t Pu ll w hich
e l oo sen ed
v
xc
sive pai n
I
li
tt
l
m
e
e
a
s
e
e
a
g
a
o
n
t
h
e
H
ir
the S tri ngs th at ti ed do wn m
y
Left sid e so that I was j ust abl e to tu r n m
y
H ead abo u t two i n ch es Bu t the Creatu res
ran o ff a seco n d tim e befor e I co u ld sei z e
wh ereu pon th ere was a great S ho u t in
th em
I
a very shrill acc en t an d after it c eased
h eard o ne o f th em cry alo ud Tol go Pho nac ;
wh en in an i nstan t I fel t above an Hu n dred
e
f
L
h
d
w
hic
t
an
h
Arrows di sch arged on m
y
k
e so m any N eedl es ; an d be
rick
d
li
m
e
e
p
sid es th ey sho t an o th er F li gh t i n to the A ir
as we do Bomb s in E u ro pe w h ereo f m any
B
t
I su ppose fell o n m
od
ho
u
h
I
l
f
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t
y
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g
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c
w
hich
I
the m no t) and som e o n m
y
se e a
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A
Vo yage
to
L illi p u t
27
f
t
an
covered wi th m
L
e
h
d
y
Wh en thi s sho wer o f A rrows was over I fell
a gro an i n g w i th Gri ef an d Pai n
an d th en
strivi ng agai n to get loose
th ey di sch arged
an o th er Vo ll
n
e
l
a
r
r
h
a
h
fi
r
s
t
a
d
s
om
e
t
n
t
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y
g
of th em attem pted w i th S pear s to stick m
e
in the S id es ; b u t by good l u ck I had o n m
e
a B u ll J erki n w hich th e
e
e
co
u
ld
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rc
n
t
o
p
y
I though t it the most pr u d ent m ethod to lie
still an d m d esi n was to co n ti n u e so till
y
g
n i gh t
a
a
wh en m
L
e
f
t
h
n
d
b
e
i
n
a
lr
e
d
y
y
g
loose I co uld easily free m ysel f : A nd as fo r
the I n h abi tan ts I had r easo n to b eli eve I
might be a m atch for the greatest Armies
t h ey co u ld bri ng agai nst m
e if th ey wer e all
o f the sam e si ze w i th him th at I saw
Bu t
e
F ortu ne di sposed oth erw ise o f m
Wh en
the Peo pl e ob served I was q u i et th ey dis
c h arged no more A rrow s : B u t by the Noi se
I heard I knew th eir n u mbers en creased ;
an d abo u t F o u r yard s from m
e over agai nst
my Right ear I h eard a knocki ng fo r above
an ho u r like th at o f peo pl e at work ; w h en
n
n
m
e
a
t
a
a
e
t
h
e
h
d
h
w
ll
t
as
as
w
ur
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g
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imm edi atel y
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A V o yage
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to
L illi p u t
Pegs and S tri ngs wo u ld permi t m
e I saw a
S tage erec ted abo u t a Foo t an d a h al f fro m
the gro u nd c apabl e o f holdi ng Fo u r o f the
I n h abi tan ts w i th two or three Ladd ers to
mo u nt it : From wh en c e o n e of th em who
seem ed to b e a Perso n o f Qu ali ty m ad e m
e
a lo n
f
n
o
h
w
h
r
o
I
u
d
r
ood
S
c
e
e
s
t
t
ee
n
e
o
n
e
g p
S yll abl e
B u t I sho u ld h ave m en tio n ed th at
before the Pri nci pal perso n began his orati o n
he cryed o u t Three tim es Langro Dehu l san :
a
f
e
t
h
e
t
h
e
s
w
ord
n
d
t
e
f
orm
r
w
r
r
w
rd
e
a
e
s
a
e
s
(
repeated an d ex l ai n ed to m
e
Wh
r
e
u
e
n
o
p
)
p
imm edi ately abo u t F i fty o f the I n habi tan ts
c am e and cu t the S tri ngs th at fastened the
e
a
a
e
m
Left sid e o f m
h
d
w
hich
v
e
t
h
e
y
g
liberty o f tu rn i ng it to the Righ t an d o f
observi ng the Perso n and Gestu re o f him that
H e appear ed to be o f a mid dle
was to speak
age an d tall er th an an y o f the o th er Th ree
who attend ed him wh ereo f o ne was a Page
th at h eld u p his trai n an d seem ed to b e
fi
n
e
Middl
r
e
som ew h at lo n ger th an m
t
h
e
g
y
o ther Two stood o n e o n each sid e to su ppo rt
him He ac ted every part o f an O rator an d
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Voyage
to
L illi pu t
29
I co u ld observe m any Period s o f T hreatnings
an d o th ers o f Promi ses Pi ty
an d K i n d ness
I answered in a few words b u t in the most
s u bmi ssive m an n er li fti n g u p m
a
L
e
f
h
n
d
t
y
an d bo th mi ne Eyes to the S u n as c alli n g
him fo r a Wi tness and bei ng almost famish ed
w i th H u nger h avi ng n o t eaten a Morsel fo r
som e ho u r s b efor e I l eft the S hi p I fo u n d
e
the D em and s o f natu r e so stro ng u po n m
I
m
t h at I co u ld n o t forb ear sho w i ng m
y
n
n
h
f
a
t
i
e
c
e
rh
a
s
a
a
i
s
t
t
e
s
ric
t
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u
l
es
o
e
t
p
g
(p
p
fi
n
e
f
n
r
r
e
u
e
n
t
l
o
Dec ency) by pu tti ng m
y
g
y
q
my mouth to sign ify th at I wanted Food
T he B u rgo (for so th ey c all a Gr eat L ord as
I afterward s l earn t) u nd erstood m
e very w ell
H e d esc en d ed from the S tage an d com
manded th at several Ladders sho uld be ap
on
es
a
a
id
w
hich
b
o
v
m
S
e
n
e
d
o
l
t
y
p y
H u n dred of the I n h abi tan ts mo u n ted and
a
n
Mo
u
t
h
l
d
e
w
i
t
h
B
k
e
t
s
a
s
walked toward s m
y
fu ll o f M eat which had been provid ed an d
sen t thi th er by the K i n g s O rd er s u po n the
e
I oh
first I ntelligenc e he rec eived o f m
served th er e was the fl esh of several A n im al s
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3
L illi p u t
to
co u ld no t di sti ngu i sh th em by the Taste
Th ere were S ho u ld ers Legs and L oi ns
sh aped lik e tho se o f M u tto n an d v ery w ell
dressed b u t sm all er than the Wi n gs o f a
Lark I eat th em by Two or Three at a
mou th fu l and took Thr ee Lo aves at a tim e
abo u t the bi gn ess o f M u sket B u ll ets
Th ey
su pplyed m
e as th ey co u ld sho w i n g a tho u san d
m arks of Wo nd er and Asto n i shm en t at m
y
I th en m ad e an o th er
B u lk an d A ppeti te
Th ey fo u n d by
si gn th at I wan ted Dri n k
a
t
i
n
h
a
t
a
s
m
a
ll
u
a
n
i
w
o
u
ld
m
e
t
t
n
o
t
t
q
y
g
y
su ffi
ce m
e an d b ei ng a mo st i n gen io u s peo pl e
th ey sl u n g u p w i th gr eat d ex teri ty o n e o f
th eir l argest H ogsh ead s th en roll ed i t to ward s
my H and an d beat o u t the T o p ; I dran k it
fo r
o ff at a dr au gh t w hich I mi gh t well do
it did no t hold H al f a pi n t an d tasted lik e a
Wi ne o f B u rgu n dy b u t m u ch more
sm all
d elicio us Th ey b ro ught m
e a S eco n d H ogs
h ead which I dran k in the same m an ner and
m ad e sign s fo r more bu t th ey had n on e to
t
s
e
h
a
e
f
e
e
iv
Wh
I
r
orm
d
h
n
d
e
m
e
e
p
g
Wo n d ers th ey sho u ted fo r joy an d d an c ed
bu t
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m
br
y
V o yage to L illi pu t
v r l tim es as
th ey did at first
Hekinah D egu l
Th ey
m ad e m
down
e a si gn t h at I sho u ld throw
the two H ogsh ead s b u t fir st war n ed the
f
u
o
t
h
o
t
a
n
t
e
a
o
l
b
lo
w
s
d
o
cr
i
e
e
e
t
w
n
p p
y
y g
alo u d B or ach Mivo la an d w h en th ey saw the
Vessel s in the air th ere was an u n iversal
I co n fess I was
sho u t o f H ekinah D egu l
o ften tem pted whil e th ey were passi ng back
ward s an d forward s o n m
bod
t
s
i
z
e
o
e
y
y
For ty or F i fty o f the first th at c am e in m
y
reach and d ash th em agai nst the grou nd
B u t the rem embr an c e o f wh at I had fel t
w hich probabl y migh t n o t b e the worst th ey
co u ld do an d the Promi se o f H o n o u r I m ad e
s
u
bmi
iv
for so I i n ter preted m
ss
e
t h em
y
b eh avio u r so o n drove o u t th ese Im agi natio n s
B esid es I n o w co n sid er d m ysel f as bo u n d by
the Laws o f H o spi tali ty to a Peo pl e w ho had
e w i th so m u ch E x pen ce an d M a n i
t reated m
g
t
t
H owever in m
ho
u
h
I
co
u
ld
s
ficence
y
g
n o t su ffici en tl y w o n d er at the I n tr epi di ty o f
t h ese dimi n u tive Mo rtal s w ho d u rst ven tu r e
o u nt an d walk u po n m
od
w
il
B
h
e
o
n
e
to m
y
y
u po n
east,
repeati ng
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3
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A V o yage
2
3
H
m
y
L illi pu t
to
d s was at liberty wi tho u t trembli ng
at the very si gh t o f so prodigio u s a Cr eat u re
as I m u st appear to th em
A fter som e ti m e
when th ey observed that I mad e no m
ore
e
d em and s fo r M eat th er e appeared before m
Perso n o f high Ran k from his I m perial
a
M aj esty His Excell en cy h avi ng mo u n ted
L
e
a
n
e
Ri
h
dv
c
d
o n the sm all o f m
t
a
f
r
o
g
y
g
a
a
f
ward u p to m
F
a
c
e
w
i
t
h
bo
u
t
Do
z
e
n
o
y
his R eti n u e
A n d prod u ci n g his Cr ed en ti als
u n d er the S ign et Royal which he ap plyed
clo se to mi n e Eyes spoke abo u t T en mi n u tes
wi tho u t any signs o f A nger b u t wi th a kind
n
t
oi
i
n
o f d etermi n ate R esol u tio n ; o ften
p
g
for ward s w hich as I afterward s fo u n d was
toward s the C api tal Ci ty abo u t H al f a mil e
di stan t whi th er it was agr eed by his M ajesty
in Co u ncil th at I m u st b e co nveyed
I
an swer ed in few Wor ds
b u t to n o pu r po se
an d m ad e a si gn w i th m
H
an
d
t
h
a
t
s
w
a
y
loose pu tti ng it to the o th er (b u t over his
Exc ell ency s H ead fo r fear of h u rti ng him or
o
H
ea
d
his Trai n) an d th en to m
n
w
n
a
d
y
Bod y to si gn i fy th at I d esired m
L
ib
r
e
t
y
y
of
an
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34
wi th
V o yage to L illi pu t
ort of O i n tm ent very pl easant to the
S m ell w hich in a few mi n u tes removed all
These Circu m
the sm ar t o f th eir arro ws
stan c es
add ed
to the R efr eshm ent I had
rec eived by their Vic tu al s and Dri n k wh ic h
were very n o u ri shi ng di sposed m
e to sl eep
I sl ept abo u t Ei gh t ho u rs as I was afterwards
assu r ed ;
it was n o wo n d er for the
an d
Physici an s by the Em peror s O rd er had
mi n gl ed a sl eepy Potio n in the H ogsh eads o f
Wi ne
It seem s th at u po n the first mom ent I
was di scovered sl eepi ng o n the gro u n d after
my Landi ng the Em peror had early notice
o f it
by an Ex pr ess and d etermi ned in
C o u n cil th at I sho u ld be tyed in the m anner
I h ave rel ated (which was don e in the Nigh t
whil e I sl ept) th at Pl enty o f M eat and Drin k
e an d a M achi ne pr epared
sho u ld be sen t m
e to the C api tal Ci ty
to c arry m
ay appear ver
This Resol u tio n perhaps m
y
bo ld and d angero us and I amco nfid ent
wo u ld not be imi tated by any Pri nc e in
Eu ro pe on the li ke occasio n ; however in
a s
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V o yage
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Lillipu t
35
i it was extrem ely Pru d ent as well
For su pposi ng th ese Peo pl e
as Gen ero u s
had en deavo u r d to kill m
e w i th th eir S pear s
an d Ar ro ws w hil e I was asl eep I sho u ld cer
tain ly h ave awaked w i th the first S en se o f
S m art which migh t so far h ave t o uz ed m
y
e to
Rage an d Strength as to have enabl ed m
br eak the S tri ngs wh erew i th I was ti ed after
w hich as th ey were not abl e to m ake Resi st
an c e so th ey co u ld ex pec t no M erc y
Th ese peopl e are most exc ell ent M ath e
maticians and arrived to a great perfection
in Mechan icks by the co u n tenan c e an d en
en t o f the Em peror
who is a re
co u ragem
Thi s Pri n c e
n o wned Patro n o f L ear n i n g
h ath several Machi nes fixed o n Wheels fo r
th e carri age o f Tr ees an d o th er great W ei gh ts
He o ften b u ild s his l argest Men o f W ar
w h er eo f som e are Ni ne foot lo ng in the
Woods where the Timber grows and has
th em c arried o n th ese E ngi n es thr ee or fo u r
h u n dred yard s to the S ea Fi ve h u ndred
C arpenters and E ngi neers were imm ediately
set at wor k to pr epare the greatest E ngi ne
n on
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Vo yage
A
6
3
to
L illi pu t
h
It was a F ram e o f Woo d raised
Three i nch es from the gro u n d abo ut S even
foo t lo ng an d Fo u r wid e movi ng u pon
Twen ty two wh eel s T he S ho ut I h eard was
u po n the arrival o f this Engi n e whi ch it
seem s set o u t i n Fo u r ho u rs after m
L
an
d
y
ing
e as I lay
It was bro ugh t parall el to m
B u t the pri n ci pal Di ffic u l ty was to rai se an
d
a
t
l
c
hi
s
V
hicl
Ei
h
Pol
e
m
i
n
t
e
e
es
e
p
g y
each o f O n e foo t hi gh w er e erec ted fo r t hi s
s
h
s
n
o
f
t
e
i
u
r
v
r
ro
Cord
s
e
n
d
e
t
b
o
a
p p
g
y
g
n ess o f Pack th read w er e fasten ed b y H oo ks
en had
to m any Ban d ages which the Wor km
m
an
s
m
B
ir
ro
u
d
N
ck
H
d
o
n
m
e
d
t
y
y
y
g
y
f
s
n
n
e
n
e
t
h
e
t
e
L
Ni
h
u
dr
d
ro
an d m
e
s
o
s
t
g
g
y
Men wer e em ployed to draw u p these Cord s
by m any Pu ll eys fastn ed o n the Pol es an d
th u s in l ess th an Thr ee ho u rs I was rai sed
and sl u ng i n to the E n gi n e an d th er e tyed
fast
A ll thi s I was told fo r w hil e the w hol e
o peratio n was perform ing I lay in a profo u nd
sl eep
by the forc e o f th at so pori fero us
f
m edici ne i nfused i nto m
L
i
u
or
F
i
e
t
e
n
q
y
h u ndred of the Em peror s l argest H orses each
t ey had
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A V oyage to L illi pu t
b u t Fo u r i n ch es and an h al f high were
em ployed to draw m
e to ward s the M etro poli s
w hich as I said was H al f a mil e di stant
A bo u t fo u r ho u rs after we b egan o u r
J o u rney I awaked by a very ridic u lo us
A ccid en t ; fo r the C arri age b ei ng sto pt a
w hil e to adj ust som ethi ng th at was o u t o f
ord er two or three o f the yo u ng natives had
th e c u riosi ty to see ho w I look ed w h en I was
u p i n to the
Engi n e
asl eep ; th ey climb ed
F
c
e
n
e
an d ad van ci ng v ery so ftl y to m
a
O
y
o f th em an O ffic er in the G u ard s pu t the
sh ar p en d o f his H al f pik e a good way u p
e
f
t
s
t
n
i n to m
L
o
ril
w
ich
ickl
d
No
h
t
e
se
m
y
y
like a S traw and mad e m
e sneez e viol en tl y :
w h ereu pon they stol e o ff u n perceived an d it
was Three weeks before I kn ew the c au se o f
a
a
n
s
en
W
e
w
ki
s
o
u
dd
l
m
a
d
lo
n
e
a
m
g
y
y
g
M arch the remai n i ng part o f that day an d
rested at n igh t w i th Five h u ndred G uard s o n
e h al f w i th Torch es an d h al f
each sid e o f m
w i th Bows and A rrows ready to shoo t m
e if
I sho u ld offer to stir T he n ext morn i ng at
Su n rise we co ntinu ed our arch and arrived
a o
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A V o yage to L illi p u t
8
3
wi thi n Two h u n dred yard s o f the Ci ty G ates
Noo n T he Em peror and all his
abo u t
Co u rt c am e o u t to m eet us b ut his G reat
i cers wo u ld by n o m eans suffer his M aj esty
Ofl
to en d ange r his Per so n by mo u n ti ng o n
y
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B od y
.
A t the pl ac e
wh ere the C arri age sto pt t h ere
,
ood an an ci en t Tem pl e esteem ed to b e the
l argest in the whol e K i ngdom which havi ng
been poll u ted som e Years before by an n u
n atu r al M u rd er was
accordi ng to the ! e
al
o f tho se P eo pl e lo o k d o n as Pro phan e and
th er efor e had b een appli ed to commo n U ses
an d all the O r n am en ts an d Fu r n i tu r e c ar ried
In thi s Ed ifice it was d etermi n e d I
away
T he gr eat G ate fro n ti ng to
sho u ld lod ge
the Nor th was abo u t F o u r f t hi gh an d
ich I co u ld
almo st Two foo t w id e thro u gh
easil y cr eep
O n each sid e o f the Gate was
a sm all Wi n do w n o t abov e S ix i n ch es from
the gro u n d : i n to th at o n the L eft sid e the
K i n g s S mi ths co n veyed Fo u rscore an d el even
C hai ns like those th at h ang to a Lady s
Watch in Eu ro pe an d almost as large which
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A V o yage
were locked
to
to
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f
m
y
e
L illi pu t
t leg
w i th
39
S ix
and
hirty Padlocks Over agai nst thi s Tem pl e
on
t oth er sid e o f the great H i gh way at
Twenty foo t di stan ce there was a Tu rret at
l east Five foot hi gh H ere the Em peror
o f his
s
ri
ci
a
l
L
ord
asc en d ed w i th m an
n
p
y p
e
Co u rt to h ave an o pportu n i ty of vi ew i ng m
It
as I was told fo r I co u ld n o t see th em
was recko ned th at above an Hu n dred
Tho usan d I n h abi tan ts cam e o u t o f the tow n
u po n the sam e erran d an d in spigh t o f m
y
G u ards I beli eve th er e co u ld n o t b e fewer
t h an T en tho u san d
tim es
who
at sev er al
of
e
h
e
mou nted u po n m
bod
h
l
b
t
p
y
y
y
l add ers B u t a Proclam atio n was soo n i ssu ed
Wh en the
to forbid it u po n pai n o f d eath
e to
Workm en fou n d it was im possibl e for m
br eak loose! th ey cu t all the S tri ngs th at
bo u n d m
I rose u p w i th as
e ; w h er eu po n
m elan choly a di spo si tio n as ever I had in m
y
li fe Bu t the n oi se an d aston i shm ent o f the
Peopl e at seei ng m
e ri se an d w alk are n o t to
T he Chai n s th at h eld m
b e exp ressed
y
Left leg were about Two yards long and
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A V o yage
to
L illi pu t
v m
e no t o n l y the liber ty o f walki n;
backward s an d forward s in a Semicircl e I
bei n g fixed withi n Fo u r i nch es o f the get:
allo wed m
f
u
e to creep in and lie at m
y
l ength in the Tem pl e
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4
V o yage
L illi p u t
to
Tower an d advan ci ng o n H orseback
to ward s m
e w hich had li ke to h ave cost him
d ear fo r the Beast tho ugh very well trai n ed
e
t
S
t
w
holl
u
u
d
u
ch
i
h
c
se
t
o
s
a
n
hi
h
w
y
y
g
appear ed as if a Mo u n tai n moved before h im
reared u p o n his hi n d er Feet : B u t that
Pri nc e who is an excell en t H orseman kept
his S eat till his A ttend an ts ran in an d h eld
the B ridl e w hil e his M aster had tim e to dis
mo un t Wh en he al igh ted he su rveyed m
e
ro u n d w i th great admiratio n b ut kept wi tho ut
the l ength o f m
e
Ch
i
e
ord
r
e
d
a
n
H
h
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s
y
Cooks and Butl ers who were already prepared
to give m
e V ic tu al s an d Dri n k w hich t h ey
s
e
a
a
es
u
u
h
d
f
or
w
rd
i
n
s
or
f
V
hicl
t
o
e
n
o
p
p
Wh eels till I co u ld reach th em I too k tho se
Vehicl es an d soo n em pti ed th em all Twen ty
o f th em wer e fi
ll ed w i th M eat and T en with
e two
Li qu or each of the form er afford ed m
or three good mo uth fu l s and I em pti ed the
Li quor o f T en Vessel s which was co ntai ned
in earth en V i al s i nto o ne Vehicl e dri n ki ng
it off at a drau gh t an d so I did wi th the rest
T he Em press and yo u n g Pri n c es of the B l ood
the
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A V o yage
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L illi p u t
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both S exes attend ed by m any Ladi es sate
It som e di stan c e in th eir Ch airs ; b u t u po n
he A ccid en t th at h appened to the Em peror s
d orse th ey ali gh ted an d c am e near his
erso n w hich I amn o w goi ng to d escrib e
! e is tall er by almo st the br ead th o f m
y
V
l ail th an any o f his C o u rt which alo n e is
n o u gh to strike an A we i n to the B ehold ers
Iis Featu res are stro n g an d m asc u li n e w i th
n A u stri an Lip an d arch ed Nose his Com
D
ICXIO D olive his Co u n tenan c e er ec t his Bod y
n d L imb s w ell pro por tio ned all his Mo tio ns
racefu l an d his d epor tm en t m
aj
estick
He
:
as th en past his Prim e b ei ng T wen ty ei h t
w
g
ears an d thr ee q u arters old o f w hich he had
eigned abo u t S even
in great felici ty an d
en erally vic torio u s
F or the b etter co n
en ien ce o f b eholdi n g him I lay o n m
s
id
e
y
a
e
h
i
s
an
d
F
c
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ll
l
0 th at m
t
o
a
e
as
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e
a
w
y
p
H owever I h ave
tood b u t Thr ee yard s o ff
a
h
an
d
n
ad him si n c e m an y tim es in m
d
y
aerefo re c an n ot b e d ec eived in the descrip
ou
His dr ess was very pl ai n an d sim pl e
nd the F ashio n o f it b etw een the A siatick
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44
L illi p u t
to
Eu ro pean ; b u t he had on his H ead
a li gh t H elm et o f Gold ador ned wi th J ewels
an d a Pl u m e o n the Cr est
He held his
S word draw n in his h an d to d efen d hi m
self
if I sho u ld h appen to break loo se ; i t was
almo st Thr ee i n ch es lo n
an
d
h
H
il
b
t
e
t
S
ca
g
bard were Gold en rich ed wi th Di am
o nds
His Voic e was shrill b u t very cl ear and
ar tic u l ate an d I co u ld di sti n c tl y h ear it when
I stood u p T he Ladi es and Co urti ers were
all mo st m agn i fi
c en tly cl ad so that the S pot
th ey stood u po n see m ed to r esem bl e a Petti
coat spread o n the gro u n d em broid ered with
Figu res o f Gold and S ilver His I m
l
r
i
a
e
p
M aj esty spo ke o ften to m
e and I retu r ned
answers b u t nei th er o f u s co u ld u n d erstan d a
Th ere were several o f his Priests
syll abl e
t
u
n
e
e
e
r
r
se
n
t
a
s
I
co
j
c
r
an d Law
s
e
d
b
p
y
y
(
th eir h abi ts) who wer e comm an d ed to ad dress
e an d I spoke to them
i n as
th em selves to m
m any Langu ages as I had the l east smattering
o f w hich w er e H i gh an d Lo w D u tch Latin
F ren ch S pan i sh I tali an an d Li ngua France
r
A fter abo ut T w
b u t all to no pu r po se
an d
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L illi p u t
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ho u rs the C o u rt retired and I was l eft w i th a
st ro n g G u ard
to pr even t the Im per ti n en c e
an d probabl y the M alic e o f the R abbl e w ho
e as
Wer e very im pati ent to cro u d abo u t m
n ear as th ey d u rst an d som e o f th em had the
e
a
s
en
o
im
u
d
c
hoo
h
ir
rro
w
m
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t
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A
p
se
ho
u
sate o n the gr o u n d by the Door o f m
y
e
f
t
w h ereof o n e very n arrow ly mi ssed m
L
y
B u t the Colo n el ord er ed S ix o f the
eye
Ri ng l ead ers to be sei zed an d tho ugh t no
Pu n ishm ent so pro per as to d eliver th em
i
s
a
o
f
h
h
d
hich
om
n
s
s
e
b o u n d i nto m
w
y
S oldi ers accordi ngly did pu shi ng th em fo r
ward s w i th the B u t en d s o f th eir Pikes i n to
t
Ri
h
my reach ; I took them all in m
y
g
et
a
t
h an d pu t F ive o f th em i n to m
C
o
ock
y
p
an d as to the S ix th I m ad e a C o u n tenan c e
T he poor Man
as if I wo u ld eat him alive
an d the C olo n el and his
sq u al led terribly
O fficers wer e in m u ch pai n especi ally wh en
e take o u t m
P
e
n
k
i
f
B
u
t
I
n
e
:
th ey saw m
y
for loo ki ng m
ildly
soo n pu t th em o u t o f fear
an d imm edi atel y c u tti ng the S tri ngs he was
bo u n d w i th I set him gen tly o n the gro u n d
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est in the
e
r
t
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I
r
d
t
a
e
e
t
;
sam e m an n er taki n g th em o n e by o n e o u t of
t
h
e
er
s
d
Pock
I
ob
rv
d
bo
t
h
S
ol
i
m
e
t
n
d
s
e
e
a
y
ark
an d Peo pl e w er e hi ghl y obli ged at thi s m
n
t
r
e
s
e
Cl
m
e
c
w
hich
as
r
r
e
d
v
e
of m
e
n
e
w
y
y
y
p
a
n
a
m u ch to m
dv
t
a
t
C
o
u
r
t
a
e
y
g
Toward s n igh t I got wi th som e di ffic ulty
e gr o u nd
h
n
t
i nto m
H
o
u
se
w
h
e
r
e
I
l
a
o
y
y
an d co n ti n u ed so to do abo u t a F ortn i ght ;
d u ri ng which tim e the Em peror gave o rd ers
to h ave a B ed pr epar ed fo r m
S ix h u n d red
e
Bed s o f the commo n M easu re were b ro u ght
in C arri ages an d work ed u p in m
o
u
s
e
h
;
y
an h u n dr ed an d fi
fty o f th eir B ed s so wn to
n
a
u
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t
h
an
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h
r
m
d
r
d
L
e
t
e
e
h
e
B
ea
t
a
n
d
t
h
g
p
g
th ese wer e Fo u r do u bl e w hich however kept
me bu t very i ndifferently from the Hardnes
o f the F loor th at was o f smoo th S to n e
By
the sam e Com pu tatio n th ey provid ed m
e
wi th S h eets Bl an kets an d Coverl ets tolerable
en o u gh fo r o n e w ho had b een so lo n
en
u
r
e
d
g
to H ard shi ps as I
t
r
h
As the n ews o f m
o
rri
v
l
r
d
h
a
u
a
s
e
a
g
y
p
the K i ngdom it bro ugh t prodi gio u s n u m
ber!
an d
way he
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rich idl e and c u rio u s Peo pl e to see m
e ;
so th at the V ill ages w er e almo st em pti ed
an d gr eat ne l ec t o f Till a e an d H o u sehold
g
g
A ffair s m u st h ave ensu ed if his Im peri al
M aj esty had n ot provid ed by several Pro
clam
atio n s an d O rd er s o f S tate agai n st thi s
I n co nven i en cy He directed that those who
h ad alread y beh eld m
e sho u ld r etu r n hom e
an d n o t pr esu m e to com e w i thi n F i fty yard s
f
t
H
o
u
e
w
i
ho
u
L
ic
s
e
rom
Co
u
r
s
of m
t
t
e
n
;
y
wh ereby the S ecretari es o f S tate got co n
of
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siderable
Fees
.
m eantim e the Em peror h eld ft c
e
n
t
s
t
o
a
a
s
u
C
o
u
cil
d
b
w
h
co
u
r
s
ho
u
ld
n
e
t
e
t
e
q
b e taken w i th m
an d I was afterw ard s
e ;
3 Perso n o f
assu r ed by a par tic u l ar F ri en d
t
a
r
e
a
Qu
li
t
w
ho
as
look
e
d
u
o
b
as
n
t
o
e
w
y
p
g
m u ch in the S ecr et as any th at the C o u rt
e
was u nd er m any di ffic u l ti es co nc er n i ng m
Th ey appreh en d ed m
br
e
a
ki
n
loo
se
t
h
a
t
y
g
m
en
s
e
Di
w
o
u
ld
v
r
x
iv
mi
h
e
t
b
e
e
e
an
d
t
p
y
y
g
cause a Fami n e S om etim es th ey d etermi n ed
e i n the
to starve m
e or at l east to shoo t m
face and h an d s wi th poi so n ed arro ws whic h
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A Voyage
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4
to
L illi pu t
e : B u t again
oo n di spatch m
they
co nsid ered th at the Stench of so large a
c arcase migh t prod u c e a Plagu e in the M etro
s
s
d
a
t
h
e
oli
ro
bl
r
d
hro
u
h
e
an
b
a
e
t
w
h
o
l
y p
g
p
p
K i ngdom In the m
id st o f th ese co n su lta
tio ns several O ffic er s o f the A rm y w en t to
the door o f the great Co u n cil Ch am b er
an d
two o f th em b ei ng admi tted gave an acco u n t
i
x
n
a
s
a
a
o
t
h
e
S
b
h
vio
u
r
Crimi
l
of m
t
b
o
e
v
e
y
m entio ned which m ad e so favo u rabl e an im
f
a
e
s
an
r
io
i
n
h
br
h
i
M
j
t
ss
n
t
e
eas
t
o
s
d
t
h
e
e
y
p
f
w hol e B oard in m
b
e
h
a
l
h
an
Im
t
a
t
r
i
a
l
e
y
p
Commi ssio n was i ssued o u t obligi ng all the
Vill ages Ni ne h u ndred yard s ro u n d the C i ty
to d eliver in ev er y mor n i ng S ix b eeves F o rty
e
s
us
t
na
sh eep an d o th er Vic tu al s fo r m
n
e
c
;
y
togeth er w i th a pro por tio n abl e q u an ti ty o f
B r ead an d Wi n e an d o th er L i qu ors : fo r the
du e paym en t o f w hich his M aj esty gave
For this
Assi gn m en ts u po n his Tr easu ry
Pri n c e lives chi efly u po n his own D em esn es
seldom exc ept u po n great occ asio ns r ai si ng
his S u bj ec ts w ho are
an y S u bsidi es u po n
bou nd to attend hi in his Wars at their o wn
wo u ld
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5
to
L illi p u t
I co u ld apprehen d it was
th at thi s m u st b e a wor k o f Tim e n ot to be
tho u gh t o n wi tho u t the A dvic e o f his C o u n cil
as K elm
rst I m ust L a m
i n pa ra
an d th at fi
s
t
a
t
i
s
a
o
h
s
w
ear
P
o
e
ace
a r lon E m
desm
p
wi th him an d his K i ngdom H owever that
I sho u ld b e u sed wi th all ki nd n ess an d he
a
t
e
P
i
n
c
e
an
d
e to ac q u ir e by m
advi sed m
y
di screet B eh avio u r the good O pi n io n o f him
sel f an d his S u bj ec ts
He d esired I wo u ld
if he gave ord ers to c ertain
n o t take it ill
f
fi
s
ar
e
e
s
t
o
e
m
e
f
o
o
r
O
c
r
ch
rob
b
l
r
r
a
I
;
p
p p
y
e sever al Wea o n s whi ch
migh t c arry abo u t m
p
m ust n eed s be d angero us thi ngs if they
an swer ed the B u lk o f so prod i gio u s a
e
r
so
n
p
I said his M aj esty sho u ld be sati sfied fo r I
was r ead y to stri p mysel f and tu rn u p m
y
Pockets before him Thi s I d elivered par t in
Word s and part in S i gns He repli ed that
by the Laws o f the K i ngdom I m u st be
search ed b y T wo o f his O ffic ers ;
th at he
kn ew thi s co u ld not be do ne wi tho ut m
y
C o n sen t and Assi stance ; th at he had so good
erosi ty and
G
e
n
u
ic
an o i n io n o f m
s
t
e
s
a
J
y
p
His A n swer ,
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r ust their Perso ns in m
h
d
Th
a
n
s
:
a
t
y
e sho u ld b e re
w h atever th ey to ok from m
t u r n ed wh en I l eft the Co u n try o r paid fo r
I
at the r ate w hich I w o u ld set u po n th em
h
d
an
took u p the Two O ffic er s in m
s
u
t
y
p
a
t
e
s
n
Co
ock
h
i
o
th em first i n to m
t
d
a
n
t
e
n
t
p
y
e exc ept m
T
w
o
ev ery o th er Pocket abo u t m
y
Fobs an d ano th er secret Pocket I had n o
mi n d sho u ld be searched w h erei n I had som e
li ttle N ecessaries th at were o f n o co n sequ en c e
In On e o f m
to any b u t m yself
b
F
h
r
o
s
t
e
e
y
was a S ilver Watch an d in the o th er a sm all
n
u
i
o
f
Gold
i
a
P
u
r
s
e
Th
se
G
en
t
l
e
an
e
t
t
q
y
men h avi ng Pen In k and Paper about them
m ad e an exac t I nventory o f every thi ng th ey
d esired I
saw ;
an d w h en th ey had do ne
wo u ld set th em down th at th ey migh t d eliver
it to the Em peror
Thi s I n ventory I after
ward s tran sl ated i nto Engli sh an d is word fo r
word as follows
Im
I
n
t
h
e
Ri
h
t
Co
a
t
ock
e
o
f
t
h
e
s
t
r
i
m
i
p
p
g
Great Man Mo u n tai n (fo r so I i n terpret the
word s Qu inb u s F lestrin) after the stric test
search
we fo u n d o n l y o n e great pi ec e o f
to
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A V o yage
2
5
co r
to
L illi p u t
C lo th large en o u gh to b e a F o o t clo th
fo r yo u r M aj esty s chi ef Room o f S tate
In
the Left Pocket we saw a h u ge S ilver Ch
w i th a Cover o f the sam e M etal wh i c h we
the S earch ers wer e n o t abl e to li ft
W e de
sir ed it sho u ld b e o pen ed
an d O ne o f us
steppi ng i n to it fo u n d him sel f u p to t h e m
id
leg in a sort o f D u st som e part wh ereo f fl
y
in g u p to o u r Fac es set u s bo th a sn eez
i ng
In his Righ t
fo r several tim es togeth er
W astco at pocket we fo u n d a prod igio us
bu n dl e o f whi te thi n S u bstan ces fold e d o ne
over an oth er abo u t the bi gness o f Three m
en
ti ed w i th a stro n g C abl e an d m arked wi th
bl ack Figu res ; whi ch we h u mbly co n c ei ve to
b e Wri ti ngs every L etter almost h alf as
l arge as the Palm o f o u r H an d s In the
Left th ere was a sort o f En gi ne fro mthe
Back o f which wer e ex ten d ed Twenty lon g
Pol es resembli ng the Pallisado s before your
M aj esty s C o u rt ; wh erewi th we co nj ectu re
the Man Mo u n tai n combs his h ead fo r we
did no t al ways trou bl e him wi th Questions
bec au se we fo u n d it a great di ffic ul ty to m
ake
a se
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A V o yage
L illi p u t
to
53
him u nd erstan d u s In the l arge Pocket o n
the Ri gh t sid e of his middl e C over (so I
tr ansl ate the word Ran fu Lo by w hich th ey
e
e
e
s
s
m ean t m
B
r
e
ch
w
a
a
hollo
w
Pill
w
ar
)
y
o f Iro n abo u t the l en gth o f a Man fasten ed
to a stro ng pi ec e o f Timber l arger th an the
Pill ar ; and u po n On e sid e o f the Pill ar were
h u ge pi eces o f Iro n sticki ng o u t cu t i nto
w hich we kn ow no t what
str an ge F i gu r es
In the L eft po cket an o th er
to m ake o f
En gi ne o f the sam e ki n d In the sm all er
n the Ri gh t sid e w er e sever al ro u n d
ock
o
e
t
p
fer en t
at pi ec es o f w hi te an d red M etal o f di f
fl
b u lk ; som e o f the whi te which seem ed to
b e S ilver were so l arge an d h eavy th at m
y
Comrad e and I cou ld h ardly li ft th em In
Left pocket were Two bl ack Pill ars
the
irregu larly sh aped : W e co u ld n ot wi thou t
di ffic u lty reach the top o f th em as we stood
O n e o f th em
at the bo ttom o f his pock et
was covered and seem ed all o f a pi ec e : B u t
at the u pper en d o f the o th er th er e appear ed
abo u t tw ic e the
a whi te ro u n d S u bstan c e
Wi thi n each o f th ese
bign ess o f o u r H ead s
.
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A V o yage
54
was
L ill ip u t
to
closed a prodigio u s Pl ate of S teel ;
which by o u r ord ers we obliged him to sh ew
us
bec ause we appr eh en d ed they migh t b e
d an gero u s Engi nes He too k th em o u t o f
th eir C ases an d told u s t h at in his o wn
co u ntry his prac tic e was to shave his B eard
w i th o ne o f th ese an d to cu t his M eat with
th e o th er
Th ere were two poc kets which
we co u ld n o t en ter : Th ese he call ed his
Fobs th ey were Two l arge S li ts cu t i nto the
to p o f his middl e Cover b u t sq u eez ed cl ose
b y the pr essu r e o f his B elly
O u t o f th e
Ri gh t Fob h u ng a great S ilver Ch ai n with a
wo n derfu l ki n d o f Engi ne at the bo ttom
W e direc ted him to draw o u t wh atever was
fasten ed to th at Ch ai n ; w hich appeared to
b e a Globe h al f S ilver an d h al f o f so m
e
tr an spar en t
M etal : fo r o n the transparent
si de we saw c ertai n strange F i gu r es circ u l arl
y
d rawn an d tho ugh t we co u ld to u ch th em
till we fo u n d o u r F i ngers sto pped by th at
l u cid S u bstan c e He pu t thi s Engi ne to o u r
Ea rs which m ad e an i n c essan t Noise li ke that
o f a Water mill : A n d we co nj ec tu re it is
en
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A V o yage
to
L illi p u t
55
i th er som e u n known A n im al or the God
th at he worshi ps ; b u t we are more i n cli n ed
to the l atter O pi n io n b ec ause he assu r es u s
i
f
es
s
e
u
d
r
ood
him
ri
h
o
h
e
e
x
r
d
f
w
e
n
e
r
s
t
t
p
(
g
him sel f very im perfectly) that he seldom did
e
i
t
an y thi n
a
w
i
ho
u
t
co
u
l
i
c
ll
d
t
ns
t
n
i
t
:
H
e
g
g
his O racl e an d said it poi n ted o u t the Tim e
From the Left
fo r every A c tio n o f his li fe
fo b he too k o u t a Net almo st l arge en o u gh
fo r a F i sh erm an b u t co n trived to o pen an d
and served him fo r the
sh u t lik e a P u r se
sa m e use : W e fo u n d th erei n sever al m assy
eal
e
i
e
c
e
o
f
e
llo
w
M
e
a
l
w
hich
i
h
r
s
t
f
e
b
t
p
y
y
Gold m u st b e o f imm en se valu e
H avi ng th u s in obedi en c e to yo u r M aj esty s
C omm an d s diligen tly search ed all his Pockets
we observed a Girdl e abo u t his Wai st m ad e
H id e o f som e prodigio u s A n imal ;
o f the
from w hich o n the Left sid e h u n g a S word
o f the l en gth
o f F ive
men ; and o n the
Righ t a Bag or Po u ch divid ed i nto two C ells
each C ell c apabl e o f holdi ng Thr ee o f yo u r
M aj esty s S u bj ects In o ne o f th ese C ells
were several Glo bes or Balls o f the mo st
e
,
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A Vo yage
6
5
to
L illi p u t
e
es
s
f
n
e
a
h
n
o
d
ro
u
s
M
l
b
o
u
b
i
e
t
a
t
t
o
o
ur
p
g
H ead s and requ ir ed a stro ng H an d to lift
th em : the o th er C ell co n tai n ed a h eap of
cer tai n bl ack Grai n s bu t o f no great b u l k or
weigh t fo r we co u ld hold above F i fty o f
th em in the palm s o f o u r H an d s
Thi s is an exac t I n ventory o f what we
fo u n d abo u t the bod y o f the Man Mo u n tai n
who used u s wi th great civili ty an d du e re
spec t to yo u r M aj esty s Commi ssio n
S i gn ed
an d S eal ed o n the F o u r th day o f the Ei gh t
y
n i n th
moo n o f yo u r Maj esty s au sp i ci o us
Reign
CLE F RE N F RE LOCK M A RS I F RE LOC K
,
,
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,
.
Wh en thi s I nven tory was read over to the
Em peror he direc ted m
e al tho u gh in ver
y
n
t
s
e
e
a
e
l
e
t
e
rm
s
d
liv
e
r
u
t
h
e
v
r
l
t
e
P
o
r
a
g
p
c
ticu lars
S
m
He first c all ed fo r m
i
t
r
e
y
y
which I took o u t S cabbard an d all In th e
m ean tim e he ord ered Three Tho usan d o f his
choic est Troo ps (who th en attend ed him
t
o
)
su rro u n d m
e at a di stan c e w i th th eir B ow
s
B ut I
an d A rro ws j u st r eady to di sch arge :
,
,
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,
,
A Vo yage
8
5
to
L illi p u t
r id an d th en I let it o ff in th e A ir
T he A sto n i shm en t h er e was m u ch gr eater
th an at the si gh t o f m
H
d
i
e
r
m
S
t
u
c
n
re
s
d
y
y
fell dow n as if th ey had b een stru c k d ead ;
an d even the Em peror al tho u gh he sto o d his
n
f
i
ro
u
d
co
u
ld
no
r
e
cov
r
him
e
l
n
t
e
s
so m
e
g
tim e
s
t
s
I d elivered u p bo th m
Pi
ol
i
n
t
h
e
y
sam e m an n er as I had do n e m
S
c
m
i
ter
y
y
an d th en m
n
d
B
a
Po
u
ch
o
Po
w
d
r
ll
f
e
u
e
t
s
y
;
beggi n g him th at the form er migh t b e ke pt
from the F ir e fo r it wo u ld ki n dl e wi th the
sm all est S park
an d
blow U p his I m
e
r
i
a
l
p
Pal ac e i n to the A ir I likewi se d elivered u p
my Watch which the Em peror was very
c u rio us to see an d comm and ed Two o f his
tall est Y o em
en o f the G u ard s to b ear i t on a
Pol e u po n th eir S ho u ld ers as Draym en in
Engl an d do a B arrel of A le He was am
az
ed
at the co n ti n u al
Noise it m ad e and the
Mo tion o f the Mi n ute h and which he co u ld
easil y di sc er n
fo r th eir S i gh t is m u ch m
o re
ac u te th an o u rs ; an d asked the O pi n io n s o f
his l ear n ed Men abo u t him
whic h were
vario u s an d remo te as the R ead er m
a
w
e
ll
y
to b e
af a
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A V o ya ge
L il li pu t
to
59
a
imagi n e wi tho u t m
r
e
i
a
l
t
ho
u
h
e
t
n
g
p
y
g;
i n d eed I co u ld n o t very perfec tly u n d erstan d
I th en gave u p m
ilv
r
C
o
r
th em
e
a
n
e
d
S
pp
y
o
Mo n ey m
P
u
r
se
i
h
Ni
e
l
r
e
i
c
e
s
f
t
n
a
e
y
g p
w
n
Gold an d som e sm all er o nes ; m
K
i
f
e
y
my Comb and S ilver S n uff box
an d R az or
n
e
e
f
an
H
a
k
rchi
J
o
u
r
l
book
d
d
n
a
m
M
y
y
iter Pi stol s an d Po u ch wer e co n veyed
S cym
in C arri ages to his M aj esty s S tor es b u t the
s
e
e
rest o f m
Good
w
r
r
e
u
r
n
d
e
t
e
m
y
I had as I before observed o ne private
Poc ket which escaped th eir search wh erei n
th er e was a pair o f S pec tacl es (which I som e
tim es u se fo r the w eak ness o f mi n e eyes) a
Pocket Perspective and several oth er li ttl e
C on ven i en c es ; which bei ng o f no couse
h
e
n
Em
ror
I
did
t
hi
k
e
n
c
e
t
o
t
e
o
t
n
u
p
q
mysel f bo u nd in H on o u r to di scover an d I
a ppreh en d ed th ey mi gh t b e lo st or spoil ed if
s
n
I ventu red them o ut o f m
o
io
sse
s
y p
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C H A P T ER
III
h d iv t th E m
p
d hi N b i l i ty f
Th
mm M
b th S
i
v y
f L i ll i p t desc ib d
Div
i
f th C
t
T h A th
h th hi L i b ty g t d him pon
d iti
t i C
T he A u t
or
er s
exes,
o
ers ons
e
u
c er a n
or
on
ou r
e
a
on
unco
er
n a
o
ero r an
e
o
er
s
s
o
o
e
an n er
.
u
r
ran e
,
’
.
u
on s
.
MY
Gen tl en ess and good Behavio u r had
a
i
ne
d
so
r
o
t
Em
e
ror
an
d
h
i
s
C
o
u
r
f
a
n
h
e
t
g
p
an d i n d eed u po n the A rm y and Peo pl e in
en
e
a
a
r
l
t
h
t
I
b
e
a
n
t
o
co
n
c
e
iv
e
ho
e
s
o
f
g
g
p
e
a
e
tt
i
n
m
L
ib
r
t
i
n
hor
im
I
k
s
t
t
e
t
oo
g
y
g
y
all po ssibl e m ethod s to c u l tivate thi s favo u r
abl e
di sposi tio n T he N atives cam e by
d egrees to b e l ess appreh ensive of any
D anger from m
I wo u ld so m etim es lie
e
down an d let F ive or S ix of th em d an ce o n
t
m
h
an
d
A
n
d
a
l
as
t
h
e
B
o
an
d
Girl
s
t
s
y
y
wo u ld ventu r e to com e an d pl ay at H id e
a
h
ir
I
h
d
o
m
a
d
e
a
n
w
a
and S eek in m
y
ood
ro
r
ss in u n d erstan di n g and speak
e
p g
g
T he Em peror had a
in g th eir Langu age
,
,
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60
A V o yage to L illi p u t
6I
i m
e w i th sever al
ed
e
o f the C o u n tr
ey exc
t
ho
w
w
h
r
i
h
e
e
n
s
S
y
all N atio n s I h ave kn ow n bo th fo r D exteri ty
an d
I was diverted wi th
Magn ificen ce
n o n e so m u ch as th at o f the Ro pe d an c ers
ad
e
e
f
t
r
orm
d
u
o
l
d
r
w
hi
e
Thr
s
n
e
e
n
e
a
p
p
exten d ed abo u t Two foo t an d Twelv e i n ch es
U po n which I shall
from the gro u n d
d esire liberty wi th the Read er s pati en ce
to en l arge a li ttl e
This Diversio n is on ly practi sed by those
r
so n s w ho
are C an did ates fo r gr eat Em
e
p
ey
m
en
t
s
an
d
hi
h
F
a
vo
u
r
a
t
C
o
u
r
t
Th
l
o
g
p y
are trai n ed in thi s A rt from th eir yo u th and
n o t al ways o f n obl e
B ir th or liber al
are
Ed u catio n Wh en a great Offic e is vacan t
or Di sgrac e (which o ften
ei th er by D eath
h appens) F ive or Six o f those C an didates
en
t
e
a
i
io
n
t
h
Em
e
ror
o
r
t
i
n
h
i
s
t
t
e
t
e
p
p
Maj esty an d the C o u r t w i th a D an c e o n the
Ro pe and whoever j u m ps the high est wi th
the O ffic e
Very
o u t falli ng su cc eed s in
C hi ef Mi n i sters th em selves are
o ften the
to
th eir S ki ll
an d
to
show
co mm an d ed
mi n d
one
day to
en terta n
.
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A V o yage
62
to
Lilli p u t
o nvi n c e the Em peror th at th ey h ave n ot
lost th eir Fac u l ty F lim
n ap the Tr easu rer
is allo wed to cu t a C aper o n the strai t
Ro pe at l east an I nch high er th an any
oth er Lord in the whol e Em pire I h ave
the S u mm erset several ti m
seen him do
es
to geth er
u po n a Tren cher fixed o n the
Ro pe which is n o thicker than a co m
mo n
Pack thread in Engl an d
My F ri e n d
Reldresa] Pri n ci pal S ecr etary fo r p r ivate
n
i
o
i
io
I
A ffairs is in m
f
n
a
m
n ot
y
p
e
a
f
a
a
h
s
n
t
e
r
i
l
co
d
r
t
Tr
u
r
t
t
e
h
e
as
e
e
r
h
t
e
p
;
rest o f the Great O ffic ers are m uch u po n a
c
.
,
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,
,
,
Par
.
Th ese Diversio ns are o ften atten d ed with
fatal A ccid en ts w h er eo f great n u mbe r s are
record I mysel f h ave seen T wo o r
on
Three C an didates break a L imb B u t the
D an ger is m u ch greater wh en the Mi n isters
th em selves are comm an d ed to sho w their
D exteri ty fo r by co n ten di n g to excel th em
selves an d th eir F ello ws th ey strai n so far
th at th ere is h ardl y O n e o f th em who hath
T wo
no t r ec eived a F all an d som e o f th em
,
.
.
,
,
,
V o ya g e
A
to
L illi p u t
63
Th ree
I was assu red that a Year or Two
l
i
m
ar
F
n
a
a
l
h
a
ri
w
o
u
ld
v
v
i
n
e
befo r e m
p
y
fall ib ly b ro ke his N eck if O n e o f the K i ng s
Cu sh i o n s t h at accid en tally lay o n the gro u nd
had n o t weaken ed the forc e o f his Fall
T h e re is likewise an other Diversion whi ch
is o n ly sh ewn before the Em peror an d
Em p r ess an d F irst Mi n ister u po n partic u l ar
O ccas io n s T he Em peror l ays o n a Tabl e
Three fin e silken Thread s o f S ix i n ch es lo ng
O n e is P u r pl e the o th er Yellow an d the
Third Whi te Th ese Threads are pro po sed
as Pri z es fo r those perso ns w hom the Em peror
h ath a mi n d to di sti n gu i sh by a pecu li ar
mark of his Favo ur T he C eremo ny is per
form ed in his M aj esty s gr eat Ch amb er o f
S tate w h ere the C an di dates are to u n dergo a
Tryal o f D exteri ty very di fferen t from the
form er an d su ch as I h ave no t ob serv ed the
l east resembl anc e o f in any o th er Co u n trey o f
T he Em pero r hol ds
the old or the n ew Worl d
e
h
t
r
a
t
en
a
t
o
ick
h
d
s
bo
h
d
s
ll
e
l
i
s
an
i
n
h
a St
p
H orizo n wh il e the C an di dates advan ci n g o n e
e
m
o
e
t
s
o
s
e
e
S
t
e
s
m
im
l
a
ov
e
r
e
ick
by o n
h
t
p
or
.
,
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A V oyage
64
to
L illi pu t
im es creep u nd er it backward s an d fo rwards
several tim es accordi ng as the S tick is ad
vanced or d epr essed
S om etim es the Em
e
r
o
r
p
hold s o n e en d o f the S tick an d his F irst
Mi n i ster the oth er ; som etim es the M in ister
Whoever perfo rm
has it en tirel y to him sel f
s
his part wi th mo st A gili ty an d hold s o u t the
lo n gest in leapi ng and creepi ng is reward ed
wi th the Pu r pl e colo u red S ilk the Yello w is
h
an
d
i
e
n
o
t
e
n
t
t
h
v
e
x
e
Whi
t
t
e
t
o
h
T
t
e
h
i
rd
g
which th ey all wear gi rt twic e ro u nd abo u t
the middl e ; an d yo u see few great Person s
abo u t thi s Co u r t who are n o t ador ned with
o ne o f th ese Girdl es
T he H orses o f the A rm y an d those o f the
Royal S tabl es h avi ng been d aily led befo re
me were no longer shy but wo uld come u p
t
t
s
a
t
n
to m
v
r
f
e
t
w
i
t
ho
u
r
i
T
h
e
id
e
e
R
e
r
s
g
y
y
wo u ld l eap them over m
h
an
d
as
I
h
l
e
d
it
y
an d O n e o f the Em pero r s
o n the gro u n d
Hu n tsm en u po n a l arge Co u rser too k m
y
Foo t S hoe and all which was i nd eed a pro
I had the good fortu ne to
d igio us Leap
divert the Em peror O ne day after a very
t
,
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.
A V o yage
66
L illi p u t
to
mo u n ted and arm ed wi th the pro per O fficers
to exerci se th em
A s soo n as th ey got into
ord er they divid ed i nto T wo Parties per
form ed moc k S kirmi sh es di sch arged blunt
A rro ws drew th eir S word s fl
ed an d pursued
attacked an d r etir ed an d in sho rt disco vered
the b est Mili tary Di sci pli ne I ever beh eld
T he parall el S ticks sec u red th em an d th eir
H o rses from falli ng over the S tage ; and the
Em peror was so m u ch d eli ghted that he
ord ered thi s E n ter tai n m ent to be repeated
several d ays an d o n c e was pl eased to be li fted
an d give the word o f Comm an d ; and
up
wi th great di ffic u l ty persu ad ed even the
Em press h ersel f to let m
e hold her in her
close C h air w i thi n Two yard s o f the S tage
from wh en c e she was abl e to take a fu ll view
o f the w hol e per form an c e
It was m
d
oo
y g
fortu ne th at n o ill A ccid en t h appen ed in
th ese E n tertai n m en ts o n l y o n c e a fiery H o m
e
th at belo n ged to o n e o f the C aptains pawi ng
w i th his H oo f str u ck a hol e in m
a
H
n
d
k
e
r
y
chi ef and his Foo t sli ppi ng he over threw
his Rid er and him sel f ; b u t I imm ediately
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reli eved th em bo th an d coveri ng the H ol e
wi th o ne h an d I set down the Troo p with
the o th er in the sam e m an ner as I too k th em
T he H orse th at fell was strai ned in the
up
Left sho u ld er b u t the Rid er go t n o h u rt and
a
I repaired m
H
dk
rchi
w
ll
I
n
e
f
as
e
as
e
y
co u ld ; however I wo u l d no t tr u st to the
st r en gth o f it any mor e in su ch d angero u s
En ter pri zes
A bo u t Two or Three d ays befor e I was
set at lib erty as I was en ter tai n i n g the Co u r t
wit h th ese ki n d o f Feats th ere arrived an
Expr ess to i n form his Maj esty th at som e o f
his S u bj ec ts ridi ng n ear the pl ace wh ere I
was first taken u p had seen a great bl ack
S u bstan c e l yi ng o n the gro u n d very oddl y
sh aped exten di n g its Edges ro u n d as w id e as
his M aj esty s Bed ch amb er an d ri si n g u p in
th at it was n o
the middl e as hi gh as a Man
livi n g C r eatu re as th ey at first appreh en d ed
fo r it lay o n the grass wi tho u t mo tio n an d
som e o f th em had w alked ro u n d it sever al
Th at by mo u n ti n g u po n each o th ers
tim es
Sho u ld ers th ey had go t to the to p which was
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A V o yage
68
to
L illi pu t
an d even
at
an d stam pi n g u po n it th e
fl
y
fo u n d it was hollo w w i thi n
th at th ey h u m b l y
co n c eived it mi gh t be som ethi ng belo nging to
the Man Mo u n tai n an d if his M aj esty pl eased
th ey wo u ld u n d ertake to bri ng it with o n ly
F ive horses I presen tly knew wh at th ey
m ean t an d was gl ad at h ear t to recei ve th is
fi
r
I n telli gen c e It seem s u po n m
r
s
t
eac
h
y
in g the shore after o u r shi pwr eck I was i n
su ch
co n fusio n th at before I cam e to the
a
e
s
m
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h
d
a
e
w
h
i
l
e
y
I was ro wi ng an d had stu ck o n all the tim
e
I was swimmi ng fell o ff after I c am e to l and
the S tri n g as I co nj ec tu r e breaki n g by so m
e
accid en t which I n ever ob se rved b u t tho u ght
s
t
a
t
m
d
b
e
n
lo
s
I
i
r
H
a
h
a
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n
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t
a
a
t
e
d
y
his Im peri al M aj esty to give ord er s it mi ght
b e bro u gh t to m
e as soo n as po ssib le describ in
g
A n d the
to him the U se an d the N atu re o f it
next d ay the Waggo ner s arriv ed wi th it b u t n ot
in a very go od co ndi tio n ; th ey had bo red
two H ol es in the Brim w i thi n an I n ch and
h al f o f the Edge and fastned T wo H oo ks in
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H ol es ; th ese H ooks were tyed by a lo ng
C o rd to the H arness and th u s m
t
H
a
s
w
a
y
the
,
dragged along fo r above h al f an Engli sh Mil e
B u t the Grou n d in th at co u n try bei ng ex
an d l evel
ely smoo th
trem
it r ec eived l ess
d am age th an I expec ted
Two days after thi s A dven tu re the Em
h
avi ng ord er ed th at par t o f his A rm
r
o
r
e
p
y
w hich q u ar ters in and abo u t his M etro poli s
t o b e in a readi n ess took a fan cy o f div erti ng
him sel f in a very si ngu l ar m an ner He de
sir ed I wo u ld stan d li ke a C olo ssu s w i th m
y
Legs as far asu n d er as I co n ven i en tly co u ld
He th en comm an d ed his G eneral (who was
old experi en c ed Lead er an d a great
an
Patro n o f mi n e) to draw u p the Troo ps in
close O rd er and m arch th em u n d er m
e the
Foo t by Twen ty fo u r in a b reast an d the
H orse by S ixteen wi th Dr u m s beati ng
C olo u rs flyi n g an d Pikes advan ced This
Bod y co n si sted of Thr ee tho u san d Foo t and
a Tho u san d H or se
I had sen t so m any M emori al s and
L
i
b
ert
h
t
at his M a est
at
Peti tio ns fo r m
y
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l ength m entio ned the Matter first in the
C abi net and th en in a fu ll Co u ncil ; where
it was o ppo sed by n o n e exc ept S kyresh
Bo lgo lam w ho was pl eased w i tho u t any
b
u
rovoc
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e
m
mor
a
l
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a
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n
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t
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p
it was c arri ed agai n st him by the who le
Bo ard
an d
co n firm ed by the Em pero r
Th at Mi n i ster was Galbet or Admiral o f the
R ealm very m u ch in his M aster s Con fid en c e
an d a P erso n well v er sed in affairs b u t o f a
morose and so u r Com pl exio n H owever he
was at l ength per su ad ed to com ply ; bu t
ed
h
e A r ticl es an d C o n di ti o n s
r
v
il
h
e
a
t
a
t
t
p
u po n which I sho u ld be set free and to
which I m u st swear sho u ld be draw n u p by
him sel f Th ese A rticl es were brough t to m
e
b y S kyresh Bo lgo lamin perso n attend ed by
Two U n d er Secretari es an d several
so n s
o f Di sti n c tio n
A fter th ey were
I was
d eman d ed to swear to the perfor ance o f
first in the m an n er o f m
th em ;
o
n
w
y
co u n trey an d afterw ard s in the m ethod
r
e
p
sc rib ed by th eir Laws ;
which was to hold
my Right foot in m
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L illi p u t
7
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a s
R ead er a
be c u rio u s to h ave
e
som e id ea o f the S tyl e an d M an n er o f ex
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to k n ow the A r ticl es u po n which I r ecov er ed
m
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the w hol e I nstr u m ent word fo r word as n ear
as I was ab l e
which I h ere offer to the
u
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p
T ip
of
t
Bu t
ear
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Mo
Golbasto
m
aren
mG
Evla
e
u rdilo
S hefin
M u lly U lly Gue most Mighty Em peror o f
Lilli put D elight and Terror o f the U n iverse
whose Domi n io ns exten d F ive Tho usan d
Blustru gs (abo u t Twelve mil es in C irc u m
ferenc e) to the Extremi ti es of the Glob e ;
Mo narch of all Monarch s tall er than the
S o ns o f Men who se Feet pr ess down to the
C en ter an d whose H ead stri kes agai nst the
S un : A t whose Nod the Pri n c es of the
Earth sh ake th eir K nees ; pl easan t as the
S pring com fortab l e as the S u mm er fru i tfu l
dread fu l as Wi nter His most
as A u tu m n
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7
u blim e M aj esty
Mo u ntai n l ately
t
h
r
o
ose
p p
s
to
the
Man
rrived to o u r C el estial
Domi n io ns the followi ng A rticles w hi ch by
a
sol em n
O ath he sh all b e o bliged to
e
r
f
orm
p
F irst T he Man Mo u n tai n shall no t d epart
from o u r Domi n io n s w i tho u t o u r L i c ense
u n d er o u r Great S eal
2d
He sh all n o t presu m e to co m
e i n to
o u r M etro poli s wi tho u t o u r express O rd er ;
at which tim e the i n h abi tan ts sh all h ave T w
o
ho u rs warn i ng to keep w i thi n th eir Doors
e
d
T
h
sa
id
M
a
Mo
u
a
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s
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ll
co
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n
t
n
a
nfi
ne
3
his Walks to o u r pri n ci pal H igh Road s an d
no t o ffer to walk or lie do w n in a M eado w o r
F i eld o f Cor n
s
h
a
s
t
h
A
e
t
h
e
w
lk
id
Ro
d
sa
a
s
h
e
s
hall
4
take the u tmo st c are n ot to tram
l
u
e
o
n
p
p
the bodi es o f any o f o u r lovi ng S u bj ects
th eir H orses or C arri ages n o r take any o f
o u r said S u bj ects i nto his h ands wi tho u t their
o wn co n sen t
I
f
a
n
h
es
Ex
r
r
u
ir
x
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t
s
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t
a
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ary
5
p
q
Di spatch the Man Mo u n tai n sh all be o b l iged
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to
L illi p u t
o u r S u bj ec ts wi th free access to
o u r Royal Perso n an d oth er m arks o f o ur
Favo u r Given at o u r Pal ac e at Belfaborac
the Tw el fth Day o f the N in ety first M oo n o f
o u r R eign
I swor e and sub scribed to these articles
wi th great Chearfu lness and C o n ten t al
tho u gh som e o f th em wer e n o t so h o n o u r
co u ld h ave wi shed ; which pro
abl e
as I
ceeded w holly from the m alic e o f S kyresl
B o lgo lamthe H igh A dmiral : W hereu po r
my C hai ns were imm ediately unloc ked am
I was at fu ll liberty ; the Em peror hi m
sel
in per so n did m
e the H o n o u r to be by a
I m ad e m
c
the w hol e C eremo ny
k
n
o
A
w
y
ledgm
en ts
by prostrati ng mysel f at hi
e to
M aj esty s Feet : Bu t he comm an d ed m
ri se ; an d after m any gracio us expressions
w hich to avoid the c en su re o f Vanity I she]
n o t r epeat he add ed th at he ho ped I sho u lr
e
e
f
r
an
s
r
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ro
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u
l
v
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ll
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an
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l
e
p
the Favo u rs he had alread y co n ferred u po r
me or m
i gh t do fo r the fu tu re
ay pl ease to o bse rve that ll
T he Read er m
o f 17 2 8 o f
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L il li p u t
to
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l A rticl e fo r the recovery o f m
L
ib
e
r
t
y
y
e a q u an
the Em peror sti pu l ates to allow m
ti ty o f m eat an d dri n k su ffici en t fo r the
Lilli putians S om e tim e
su p por t o f I 7 2 8
aski ng a F ri en d at
C o u rt how th ey
after
x o n th at d etermi n ate n u mber ; he
ca m e to fi
e th at his M aj esty s M ath em atici ans
t old m
od
B
h avi n g taken the H ei gh t o f m
b
t
h
e
y
y y
h el p o f a Qu adran t an d fin di ng it to exc eed
th eir s in the pro portio n o f Twelve to O ne
t h ey co n cl u d ed from the S imil ari ty o f th eir
bodi es th at mi ne m ust con tai n at l east I 7 2 8
o f th eirs and co n seq u en tl y wo u ld r eq u ire as
m u ch Food as was necessary to su ppor t th at
of
L illi puti an s
By which the
n u mb e r
ay co n c eive an id ea o f the I n en u i t
Read er m
g
y
o f th at Peo pl e as well as the pr u d en t an d
f
s
o
ea
n
r
Pri
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o
t
a
exac t O eco no m
y
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the ast
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C H A PTER I V
M ilden do the M etro p ol i s of L i ll i pu t describ d, toge ther
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wi th the E p ero r s P al ace A C on versati on b e
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m
w
t
A th
d p i ci p al Secreta y con
g th Aff i f th t Em
p i e T he A th or s
p e o i hi W ars
t
e v e th e E m
een the
i
cern n
O ffers
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or an
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tain ed m
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t
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ib
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a
s
h
a
I
mi
h
h
v
w
t
a
t
e
t
y
y
g
license to see Milden do the M etropo lis ;
which the Em peror easily granted m
b ut
e
wi th a speci al ch arge to do n o h u r t ei ther
to the I n h ab i tan ts or th eir H o uses
T he
Peo pl e had n o tic e by Proclamatio n o f m
y
d esign to vi si t the Town T he Wall which
en com passed it is Two foot and an hal f h i h
g
and at l east El even i n ch es broad so that a
Coach and H orses m
ay b e driven very safely
ro u n d it ; and it is fl an ked w i th stro ng
Towers at T en foot di stan c e I stept over
an d
d
v
r
the gr eat W ester n G ate
as
s
e
e
p
y
d
sid eli ng thro ugh the Tw o pri n ci
l
an
e
n
t
g
y
T HE
First req u est I m ad e
n
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A
V o yage
to
L illi p u t
77
s
r
c
a
f
o n l y in m
hor
W
i
o
t
a
s
t
o
t
y
agi ng the Roo fs an d Eves o f the
kar o f d am
Co
I
a
t
Hou ses wi th the S ki rts of m
y
walk ed wi th the u tmost circ u m spec tio n to
avoid trea di n g o n an y S traggl er s th at mi gh t
rem ai n i n the S tr eets al tho ugh the O rd er s
wer e very stric t th at all peo pl e sho u ld keep
T he
in th eir ho uses at th eir own peril
Garret W i n dows an d To ps o f ho u ses wer e so
crow d ed w i th S pec tators
th at I tho u gh t in
s
ad
en
e
a
all
Tr
v
e
l
I
h
no
t
se
a
mor
m
y
h
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s
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lo
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T
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C
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t
an
e
x
a
c
s
u
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r
e
e
s
a
t
o
p p
p
y
q
each sid e o f the Wall bei ng F ive h u n dr ed
foo t lo n g
T he two gr eat S treets w hich ru n
cross an d divid e it i n to F o u r Qu arters are
Five foo t wid e
T he Lan es an d A ll eys
which I co u ld n o t en ter b u t o n ly Vi ewed
them as I passed are from Tw elve to Ei gh
teen i n ch es
T he To w n is capabl e o f hol d
ing F ive h u ndr ed tho u san d S o u l s
T he
H o uses are from Three to F ive S tori es T he
S ho ps an d M arkets well provid ed
T he Em peror s Pal ac e is in the C en ter o f
the C i ty w
re the T wo
r
r
m
a
e
S
t
e
e
s
t
t
t
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p
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7
L illi p u t
to
i n closed by a Wall o f Two foo t high
an d T wen ty foo t di stan t from the B u i ldi n s
g
I had his M aj esty s permission to step over
thi s Wall ; an d the S pac e bei ng so wide
between th at and the Palace I co u l d easily
vi ew it o n every sid e T he o utward Court
is a S q uare o f F or ty foo t an d i n cl u d es T w
o
o th er Co u rts : In the i n mo st are the Royal
A partm en ts w hich I was very d esir o us to
see b u t fo u n d it extr em el
f
fi
di
c
u
l
e
t
f
h
o
r
t
;
y
e
a
a
s
f
r
t
G
t
e
rom
ne
S
u
are
i
n
t
o
o
an
e
r
o
t
h
g
q
were b u t Eigh teen i nch es high and S even
i n ch es wid e Now the B u ildi ngs o f the
o u ter Co u rt were at l east Fi ve foot high and
it was im po ssibl e for m
e to strid e o ver them
wi tho u t i n fin i te d am age to the Pil e tho ugh
the W all s w ere stro n gl y b u il t o f h ewn S tone
an d F o u r i n ch es thick
A t the sam e tim
e
the Em peror had a gr eat d esire th at I sho uld
see the Magn ifi
cence o f his Pal ac e ; b u t this
I was n o t abl e to do till Three d ays after
which I spen t in c u tti ng down wi th m
y
K n i fe som e o f the l argest Trees in the Royal
Park abo u t an Hu n dred yard s di stan t from
It is
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V o y age to L illi pu t
79
th ese Trees I mad e Two
Stools eac h abo u t Thre e foot h i gh and
The
on g e n o u gh to bear m y Weight
People h av i n g re c eived notice a Second t i me
[ wen t agai n th ro u gh the City to the Palace
o
oo
T
w
W
ith m
St
ls
in
m
y
han
h
n
I
d
s
e
w
y
e to th e side of the o u ter Co ur t I stood
cam
upo n O n e Stool and took the othe r i n m y
Th i s I li fted ove r the Roof and ge n tly
hand
rst
: it do w n on the Space bet we en the fi
Co u rt whi c h was Eight foot
and
se c ond
I then stept over the B u ildings ve ry
wide
conveniently from one Stool to the othe r
an d dre w u p the fi
rst after me w i th a hooked
By this cont r ivance I got i n to the
Stick
inmost Co u rt ; and lyi n g down u po n my
Side I a p plied m y Face to the Wi n dow s o f
the m i ddle Sto r ies wh i ch w e r e le ft O pen o n
pu r pose and d i scove red the most sple n di d
Apa r tme n ts that can be i magi n ed The r e
I saw the Emp r ess and the yo u n g Pr i n c e s
i n the i r seve r al L odgi n gs wi th th ei r c hi ef
A ttendants abo u t them
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u pon me and gave m
e o u t o f the Wind ow
her H an d to kiss
B u t I shall not anti c ipate the Reader
with farther Desc ription s o f thi s ki nd be
ca use I re serve them fo r a greater Work
which is now almost ready for the Press
containing a gen eral Desc ripti on o f th is
Empi r e from its first Erection throu gh a
lo n g Series o f Princes with a particular
Acco u n t of their Wars and Politicks Laws
Lear ning and Religion ; their Pl ants an d
A nim al s thei r pec u liar M anners and
C u stoms with other Matters very c u rious
and u se fu l ; m y chie f design at p resent
being only to relate su ch Events and Tran s
action s as happened to the p ubli c k or to
mysel f d u ring a Re side n c e o f abo u t Nin e
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On e morning abou t a Fortnight after I
had obtained m y l i berty Reldresal Prin c i pal
Secretary (as they style him) o f p rivate
Affairs came to m y H o u se attended only
by one Servant H e o r dered his C oac h to
Wait at a di stanc e an d de si red I wo uld
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A V o yage to L illi p u t
by whi c h they distingu i sh them selves It
is alledged in d eed that the high H eel s are
most agreeable to o u r an c i ent Co nstitu tion
B U t however thi s be his M ajesty hath de
in ed to make u se o f o nly low H eel s in
term
the Ad mini stration o f the Governme n t and
all Offices in the gi ft o f the C row n as you
cannot b u t observe ; an d parti cu larly that
his Majesty s Impe r ial H eels are lower at
least by a Dru rr than any of his C o u rt ;
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par t o f an inch ) The A nim osities between
these Two parties r u n so high that they
will neither eat nor drink n o r talk with
each other We c omp u te the T ram
ec ksan
o r H igh heel s to exceed u s in n u mber ;
b u t the Power is wholly on o ur side W e
app r ehend hB Impe r ial H ighness the H eir
to the Crown to have some Tende ncy
towar ds the H igh heel s ; at least we can
plainly disc over one o f his H eels higher th an
the other whi c h gives him a H obble in his
Gait Now in the midst o f these intesti n e
Di squ iets we are threatned with an In
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L i lli p u t
the Island o f Blefuscu whi ch
is the other great Empire o f th e U niverse
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al most as large and powerful as thi s o f his
M aje sty
F o r as to what w e h ave h eard
yo u affirm th at there are oth er K i ngdom s
and States in the wo rld in habited by h u man
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Creat u res as large as yo u rsel f o u r Philosop he rs
are in m u ch do u bt and wo u l d rather c on
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O ne o f the Stars be cau se it is certain that
an h u ndred Mortal s o f yo u r B u lk w ou ld
in a short tim e destroy all the Fr u its and
Besides
C attel o f his Majesty s Domini o n s
o u r H i sto r i es o f Six tho usan d Moo n s m ake
no mention of any other Regi ons than the
Tw o great Empires of Lillip u t d d Blefu scu
Which T wo mighty Powers have as I was
going to tell you been engagq l in a m
ost
War fo r Six an d t irty Moo n s
o b sti nate
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past It began u pon the fo llowing O ccasio n
I t is allowed on al l hand s that the p rim
itive
way o f breaking Eggs before we eat th em
B u t his p resent
was u pon the l arger E n d
M ajesty s Grand father while he was a Boy
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going to eat an Egg and breaking it accord
ing to the ancie n t prac tice hap pened to cut
one o f his Fingers
Where u po n the
Empe ro r his Father p u blished an E d ict
commanding all h i s S u bjects u po n great
Penaltie s to break the smaller End o f their
Eggs The People so highly resented this
Law that ou r H i stori es tell us ther e have
been Six Rebellion s rai sed o n that ac co unt ;
whe r ein o n e Emperor lost his Li fe and
anothe r his C r ow n These Civil Co m o
tions were constantly fom ented by the
Monarch s of Blefu scu ; and wh en th ey were
q u elled the Exil es al ways fl
ed for R efu e to
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that Empire It is com p u ted that E leven
tho usand Person s have at several ti es
su ffered Death rather th an su bmit to b reak
their Eggs at the sm aller End
Many
h u ndred l arge Vol u mes have been p ub lished
u pon thi s C o ntrove rsy : B u t the B oo ks of
the Big Endian s have been long fo r bi dden
and the wh o le Party rendred incapab le by
Law o f holding Employments D u ring the
C o u rse o f th ese Tro u bles the E perors of
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L illi pu t
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d i d fr eq u ently expost u late by their
A mbas sadors acc u sing us o f making a
Schism in Religion by offending again st a
fu ndamental Doct r ine o f o u r great Prophet
L u strog in the F i fty fo ur th Chapter o f the
Thi s
B ru n decral (which is their Alcoran )
howeve r is tho ught to be a mere St rain
u pon the Text : For the Word s are the se ;
That all t ru e Believe rs shall break thei r Eggs
at the convenient End : A nd which is the
Convenient end seem s in my h u mble
opi n ion to be le ft to every man s Con science
or at least in the Power o f the Chie f Magis
t r ate to dete r mine Now the Big Endian
Exile s have fo u nd so m u ch credit in the
Emper or o f B lefu scu s C o ur t and so m u ch
p r ivate Assi stan c e and Enco u ragement from
the i r Party here at home that a bloody War
hath been carried on between the two
Empi r es fo r Six and thirty moons with
vario u s S u ccess d ur ing which ti e w e have
lost Forty C apital Ships and a m uc h gr eater
o f smaller
Vessel s togethe r with
n u mber
Thi r ty tho u sand o f o u r best Seamen an d
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A Vo y a ge
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Soldiers ; and the D amage r eceived by the
Enemy is r eckoned to be some what g r eate r
than o urs
H owever they have now
eq u ipped a n u me r o u s Fleet and are j u st
p r eparing to make a Descent u pon u s ;
and his Imperial Majesty plac ing great
Con fidence in yo u r Valo u r and Strength
hath commanded Me to lay thi s ac co u nt o f
his Affai r s be fo r e Yo u
I desi r ed the Secretary to p r esent my
h u mble D u ty to the Emperor and to let
him know that I tho ught it wo u ld not
become Me who was a Fo r eigne r to i nte r
fere with Part i e s ; b u t I w as ready with
the haza r d o f my Li fe to defend his Person
and State again st all Invaders
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Empire o f Blefu scu is an I sland sit u ated
to the North No r th East side o f Lillip u t
from whe n ce it is par ted only by a Channel
I had not
o f Eight h u nd r ed ya r ds wide
yet seen it and u pon thi s notice o f an
i ntended Invasion I avoided appearing on
that s i de o f the Coast fo r fea r o f be i ng
discove r ed by some o f the Enemies Ships
w ho had rec eived no I n telligence o f me all
Inte r co urse betw een the Two Empi r e s having
bee n st r ic tly fo r bidden d u r ing the War
u po n pain o f Death and an Embargo laid
by o ur Empero r u pon all Vessels whatsoever
I c o mm u nicated to his Majesty a Project I
had formed o f sei z ing the Enemy s whol e
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Fleet ; wh i ch
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o u r Sco u ts assu red u s lay
at anchor in the H arbo u r ready to sail with
the first fai r Wind I c on su lted the m
o st
expe r ienced Seamen u pon the depth o f the
Channel w hich they had often plu med
who told me that in the middle at H igh
u ffs deep whi c h
wate r it was Seve n ty Glu m
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is abo ut S i x foot o f E uropean measu re ; an d
the re st o f it Fi fty Glu m
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walked towar d s the North East C oast over
agai n st B lefu scu and lying d own behi nd a
H i llock took o u t my small Poc ket Per
spective Glass and vie w ed the En emy s Fleet
at anchor co n si sting o f abo u t Fi fty Men o f
War and a great n u mber o f Tran spo rts : I
then came back to m y H o u se and gave
o rde r (fo r which I had a Warrant) fo r a great
q u a n tity o f the strongest C abl e and Bars o f
Iron
T he Ca ble was abo u t as thi c k as
Packthread and the B ars o f the length and
si z e o f a K nitting n eedle
I trebled the
Cable to make it stronger and fo r the sa e
r eason I twi sted Three o f the Iron Bars
t ogether ben d in g the Extremiti es i nto a
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Spectacle s i n a p r ivate Poc ket whi c h as I
observed before had scaped the Em peror s
Searchers These I took ou t and fastn ed as
strongly as I c o u ld u po n m y N ose an d th us
armed went on bo ldly with m y Wo rk in
spight
an y o f
the Enemie s Arro ws
of
which stru c k agai n st the Glasses o f y
Spectacle s b u t with ou t any other effect
fur ther than a littl e to di sco mpo se th e
I
had now fastn ed all the H ooks an d taki ng
the K not in my hand
began to p u ll ; b u t
not a Sh i p wo u ld st i r fo r they were all too
fast held by their A n c hor s so that the
boldest par t o f my Ente r p r i ze r em ai n ed I
the r e fo r e let go the Cord and leaving the
H ooks fixed to the Ships I r eso l u tely cu t
w i th m y K ni fe the Cables that fastned the
A n chors receiving above Tw o h u ndred Sho ts
i n my Face and H ands ; then I took u p the
k n otted end o f the Cable s to whi c h m y
H ooks were tyed and wi th great ease drew
Fi fty of the Enemies largest Men o f W ar
afte r me
The Blefu scu dians who had not the least
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agi nation o f w hat I i ntended w ere at fir st
c o n fo u nded w ith astoni shment
They had
se en
me cu t the C abl es and tho ught m y
D esign was only to let the Ship s r u n a dri ft
o r fall fo u l o n each other : B u t w hen they
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and saw me p ulling at the end they set u p
su ch a sc r eam o f Grie f and De spa i r that it is
a lmo st impo ssible to
describe or conceive
W hen I had got o u t o f danger I stopt a
wh i le to p ick o u t the Arrows that st u ck in
my H an ds and Face and ru bbed on some o f
the same O intment that was given m
e at m y
first arr ival as I have fo r merly mentioned
I the n took o ff m y Spectacles and waiting
a bo u t a n ho ur till the Tide was a lit tle fallen
I w aded th r o u gh the middle with m y Cargo
a nd
arr ived safe at the Royal Po rt o f
L i ll i p u t
The Empe r or and his whole Co u rt stood
the shore expe c ting the I ssue o f thi s
on
g r eat Advent u re They saw the Ships move
fo r wa r d i n a large H al f Moon b u t c o u ld not
d i sc ern me who was u p to my Breast in
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Wate r When I advan ced to the mi d dl e of
the Chan n el they were yet m o re in pain
because I was u nder Water to m y Neck
The Emperor co ncl u ded m
e to be d ro wn ed
and that the Enemy s Fleet was ap p roac hi ng
in a hostile manner : B u t he was soo n eased
his F ear s fo r the Chann el gro wing
of
I cam e in a
shall o we r eve ry step I m ade
sho r t time within hearing ; an d holdin g u p
the end o f the Cable by which the Fl eet was
fastned I c ried in a lo u d Voi c e Lo ng l ive
the most p u i ssant Emperor o f Lilli p u t l This
great Prin ce rec ei ved me at m y landing with
all possible En co mi u m s an d c reated e a
N ardac u po n the spot whi c h is the highest
Title of H on o u r am o ng th em
His Maj esty desired I wou ld take so m e
othe r O p po rt u nity o f b ringing all the rest o f
h i s Enemy s Shi ps into his Po rts A nd so
u n measu rable is the A mbiti o n o f Pr in ces
that he seem ed to th ink o f n othing l ess th an
red u cing the wh ol e Empire o f Blefu scu i nto
a Province and governing it by a Vi ce Roy ;
Exiles and
o f d estroyi ng the Big End i an
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mpelling that People to break the smaller
of
en d
thei r Eggs by which he wo u ld
r e main the sole Monarch o f the whole Wo r ld
B u t I endeavo u red to dive r t him from this
D e sign by many Arg u ments draw n from the
T o picks o f Policy as well as J ustice : A nd I
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I nstr u ment o f b r inging a Free and Brave
A nd when the Matter
P eople into Slave ry
was debated in Co u n c il the wi sest part o f
t h e Mini stry w ere o f m y opinion
Thi s open b old Dec l aration o f mine was
so opposite to the Scheme s and Politi c ks o f
h is Imperial Maj esty that he c o u ld never
fo rgive it ; he mentioned it in a very art fu l
man ner at Cou ncil where I was told that
e o f the w i se st appear ed at least by their
som
to b e o f m y opinion ; b u t others
s ilen c e
who wer e my se c ret Enemi es c o u ld not fo r
b ear some Expre ssion s whi c h by a side w ind
ec ted on m
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And from thi s time began
re fl
a n Intrig u e between his Maje sty and a Ju nto
o f Mini ster s mali c io u sly
bent again st me
whi ch broke out in less than Two onths
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L illi pu t
and had like to have end ed i n m y u tter
Destr u cti o n
Of so little w eight are the
greate st Servi c es to Princes when p u t in to
the ball an ce with a Re fusal to grati fy thei r
Passion s
Abou t Th ree weeks after thi s Ex plo i t
the r e arrived a solemn Embassy from B le
fu scu w ith h u m ble O ffer s o f a Peace ; w hi c h
was soon con cl u ded u pon Condition s very
advantageo u s to o ur Em peror wherewith I
shall not t r o u ble the Reader
There were
S i x Ambassado rs with a Train o f abo u t F iv e
h u n d r ed Pe r so n s and thei r Entry was very
magn i ficent s u itable to the Grand eu r o f
thei r Master and the Impo r tan ce o f their
B usine ss When th ei r Tr eaty was fini sh ed
whe rei n I did them seve r al good Offices by
the C r edit I now had or at least appeared to
have at Co u rt their Excellencies who were
p r ivately told ho w m u c h I had been their
Friend made me a Vi sit in form Th ey
began with man y Compliments u po n m y
Valo ur an d Ge n e r os i ty i nvi ted me to that
K i n gdom in the Empe r o r the i r Master s
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Name and desired me to shew them some
Proo fs o f my pro d igio u s Strength o f w hich
t h ey had heard so many Wo nder s ; wherein
I r eadily obliged them b u t shall not tro u ble
t he Reader with the Partic u l ar s
Wh en I had fo r some time entertained
t h eir Excellencies to thei r in finite Sati sfac tion
an d S u rpr i z e I de si r ed they wo u ld do
e the
H ono u r to p r esent my most h u mble respec ts
to the Emperor their Master the Reno w n o f
w h ose Virt u e s had so j ustly filled the wh ole
Worl d with Ad miration an d whose Royal
Pe rson I re solved to attend be fore I ret u rn ed
to my ow n Co u n trey : Acco rdingly the n ext
tim e I had the h o no u r to see o u r Em peror
I de sired his gen eral Licen c e to wait on th e
ian M o n arch whi c h he was pleased
B lefuscu dz
to gra nt me as I c o u ld p lainly percei ve in
a very cold m an n er ; b u t co u ld not guess
till I had a Whisper from a
the Reason
nap and Bo lgo la
certain p erson th at Flim
had re p resented my Interco u rse with those
A m bassador s as a m ark o f Disafiectio n from
su re my heart was w holly fre e
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was the first time
I began to con
Idea o f Co u rts and
ceive some impe r fect
Ministe r s
It is to be observed that these A mbassa
do r s spoke to me by an Inte r p r eter the
Langu ages o f both Empires di ffering as m u ch
fr om each othe r as any Two in E u rope ; and
each Nation priding itsel f u pon the Antiq u ity
Bea uty and Energy o f thei r ow n Tong u e s
with an avowed C ontempt fo r that o f their
Ne i ghbo ur ; yet o u r Empe r o r standing u pon
the advantage he had go t by the sei su re o f
thei r Fleet obliged them to deliver their
C r edential s and make their Speech in the
Lillip u tian Tongu e And it m ust be c on
fessed that from the great Interco u rse o f
Tr ade an d Commerce between bo th Realms
fr om the contin u al Rec eption o f Exil es
which is m u t ual am o ng them and fro m the
C ustom in eac h Em p ire to send their yo u ng
Nobility and r i c her Gentry to the oth er in
o r de r to poli sh them selves by seeing the
Wo rld and u nderstanding Men and M ann ers
the r e are few persons o f Distin c tion o r
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His Vin d ication
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ALT HOU GH I intend to leave the Descripti
o f this Empi r e to a parti c u lar Treatise y
in the mean time I am content to grati fy t]
c u r io us Reade r with some general Ide :
As the common si z e o f the native s is so m
what u nder Six in c hes high so there is
exact Pr oportion in all other A nim al s as W
as Plants and Tr ee s : F or in stance the tall e
H orses and Ox en are between Fo u r and Pi
inche s in height the Shee p an In c h an d
hal f more o r l ess ; th eir Geese abo u t t]
bigness o f a Sparrow and so the seven
Gradatio n s dow n ward s till yo u c ome to tl
smallest which to my sight were alm e
i n vi sible ; b u t Nat u re hath adapted the Ey
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the L i ll i p u t i ans to all O bjec ts proper fo r
their vie w : They see w ith gr eat exactne ss
b u t at n o gr eat d i stan c e A nd to show the
sha r pness o f their sight tow ard s O bjec ts that
are near
I have been m uch pleased in o b
serv i n g a Coo k p u ll i ng a Lark
which was
not so large as a common F ly ; and a yo u ng
G i rl threading an invi sible Needle with ih
v i sible Silk Their tallest T r ees are abo u t
Seve n foot high ; I mean some o f those in
the great Royal Park the Tops whereof I
co u ld b u t j u st rea ch with m y Fist cle n c hed
The othe r Vegetables are in the sam
e pro
portion ; b u t thi s I leave to the Reade r s
imagi n ation
I shall say b u t little at p resent of their
L ear n ing which fo r many ages hath fl
o u ri shed
in all i ts b ra n che s among them : B u t their
manne r o f wr iting is very p ec u li ar being
n either from the L e ft to the Right like the
E ur opean s ; nor from the Right to the Left
like the Ar abian s ; nor from u p to dow n
like the Chinese ; nor from down to u p like
the Cascagian s ; b u t aslant from one cor n er
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the paper to the o ther like Ladies in
England
They b u ry their Dead w ith their H eads
directly dow n wards becau se they hold an
opinion that in Eleven thou sand moon s they
are all to ri se again
in which period the
Earth (which they conc eive to be fl
at) wi ll
t u rn u pside dow n and by thi s me an s th ey
shall at their Re su rrection be fou nd ready
standing on their feet Th e Learned am
o ng
them con fess the Absu rdity of this Doc trin e
b u t the Practice still con tin u es in co mpli an c e
to the Vu lgar
There are some Laws and C usto m s i n thi s
Empi re very pecu liar and if they were n ot
so directly contrary to tho se o f m y o w n d e ar
Co u n trey I sho u ld be t em p ted to say a littl e
in thei r j u sti fication It is only to be wi sh ed
th at they were as well exe cu ted The first I
sh all mention relate s to I n formers
All C ri es
against the State are p u ni shed here with the
u tmost severity ; b u t if the Person acc used
maketh his Innocen ce plainly to appear u pon
his Tryal the Acc u ser is imm ed iately pat to
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was
when I
once inter ceding with the K ing
fo r a Criminal w ho had wro nged his M aster
o f a g r eat S u m o f Money w hich he had re
c eived by order
and ran away with ; and
happe n ing to tell his Majesty by w ay of ex
ten u ation that it was only a Brea c h o f tru st
the Em p eror thought it mon st r ous in m
e to
o ffe r as a De fe n ce the greatest Aggravation
o f the Crime
And tr u ly I had little to say in
r et ur n far the r than the common Answer
th at di ffe r ent Nation s had di fferent C usto s ;
fo r I con fes s I was heartily ashamed
Altho ugh we u su ally call Re ward and
P u n i shment the Two H inges u pon whi ch al l
Governme n t t u rn s yet I co u ld never o bserve
th i s Max i m to be p u t in p racti c e by any
Nati o n except that o f Lillip u t Whoever can
i cien t proo f that he hat h
the r e br i ng su fl
st rictly observed the Laws o f his C o u ntry for
Seventy three m oo n s hath a claim to certain
Privilege s acc ordi n g to his Quality and Co n
d i tion o f Li fe with a p roportionable S u of
Money o u t o f a Fu nd approp r iated fo r t hat
u se
He likewi se acq u ires the Ti tl e o f S n ilpall
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Legal which is added to his Nam
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does not de sc end to his Poste r ity
A nd
these peo p le thou ght it a prodigio u s De fect
o f Policy am o ng u s w hen I told them that
o u r Laws were en fo rced only by Pe n alties
withou t any me nti o n o f Re ward It i s u pon
thi s acco u nt that the Image o f J u st i ce in
th eir Cou rt s o f J udicat ur e is formed w i th
Si x eyes Two befo r e as many behi n d an d
o n each side O ne to sig n i fy C i r c u m spec tio n
with a bag o f Gold open in her Right h and
an d a S wo r d sh eathed i n he r L e ft to she w she
is more di sp o sed to Rew ard than to P u n i sh
I n ch using Persons fo r all Employments
t hey have more regard to good Mo r als than
to great A bilitie s ; fo r s i nce Government i s
they believe that the
nec e ssary to Mankind
c ommon si ze o f H u man U n derstan d i n gs i s
fitt ed to som e Station o r othe r and that Pr o
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only by a few Perso n s o f
co m p rehended
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Three born in an Age : B u t they su ppo se
viden ce
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Tru th J u stice Tempe r ance and the like to
be i n eve ry man s po wer ; the p ractice of
which Virt u es assisted by Experien ce and a
good I ntention wou ld q ual i fy any Man for
the Service o f his Co u n trey exce p t w here a
Co u rse o f St u dy is req u ired B u t th ey
tho ught the want o f Moral Vi rt u es was so far
fr om being s u pplied by su perior Endo wments
o f the mind that Employments co u ld never
be p u t i nto s u ch dangero u s hands as those o f
Pe rso n s so q u ali fied ; a n d at least that the
M i stakes com itted by Ign orance in a
v i r t uo u s D i sposition wo u ld never be o f su c h
fatal co n seq u e n c e to the P u blick Weal as the
Pr actic es o f a Man whose Inclinations led him
to be Co rru p t and had great Abilitie s to
and m u lti p ly and de fend his
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In l i ke manner the Di sbelie f o f a Di vine
Provide n ce r ende r s a Man u ncapable o f hold
i n g an y Pu blick Station ; fo r since K ings
avow themselve s to be the Depu ties o f Pro
viden ce the L i llip u tian s think nothing can be
more abs u rd than fo r a Prince to employ
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10 6
L illi p u t
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The i r Not i ons relati n g to the D u ti es o f
Par ents and Ch i ld r en di ffer extrem ely fro m
o u rs For since the Conj u nction o f Mal e
and Fem ale is fo u nded u pon the great Law
o f Nat u re in order to propagate an d co n
tin n e the Species the Lilli p u ti an s will n eeds
have it that Men and Women are join ed to
gethe r like other A nimal s by the Motives of
Co n c u pi sce n ce ; and that their Tend erness
toward s their Yo u ng proceed s from the like
n at u ral Pr i nciple Fo r which reason th ey wil l
neve r allow that a Child is u nder any obliga
ti on to his Father fo r begetting him or his
Mother fo r bringing him into the Wo rld ;
wh i ch conside r i n g the Miseries of h u m an
L i fe was n e i the r a Bene fit in itsel f or inten d ed
so by h i s Parents whose Tho ughts in their
Love Enco u nte r s were otherwi se employed
U pon the se and the like Reasonings th eir
O pinion i s that Parents are the last of all
others to be t r usted with the Ed u cation o f
their ow n Children
And th ere fore they have
in every tow n p u blick N u rserie s where all
Pa r ents except Cottagers and Labou rers are
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l iged to send their I n fan ts o f both Sexe s
to b e r eared an d ed u cated w hen they come
to the Age o f Tw enty moo n s at w hich time
th ey are su ppo sed to have some R udiments
Th ese Schools are o f several
of D o c ility
ki n ds su ited to di fferent Q ual i ties and to
bo th S exes They have ce r tain Pr ofessor s
wel l skilled in preparing Child r en fo r su ch a
co ndition o f li fe as be fits the Ra n k o f thei r
Parents and their own Capacit i es as well as
Inclination s I shall fir st say someth i n g o f
the Male Nu rseries and the n o f the F emal e
The N u rseries fo r Males o f n oble o r
em
inent Birth ar e p rovided with grave an d
l earned Profe sso rs an d thei r seve r al Dep u ties
The Clothes and Food o f the Ch i ld ren ar e
plain and simple They ar e bred u p i n the
p rinci ples o f H ono u r J u st i ce Co ur age
M ode sty Clemency Religio n a n d Love o f
thei r Co u n trey ; they ar e al ways employed i n
some B u sine ss except in the times o f Eati n g
and Two
an d Sleeping w hich a r e very sho r t
ho u rs for Diversion s consisting o f bod i ly
Exerci ses They are d r e ssed by Men t i ll
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Fo ur years o f age and then are obliged to
d r ess themselves althou gh their Quality be
eve r so great ; and the Wom en A ttend
an ts who are aged p roportionably to o u rs at
Fi fty per fo r m o n ly the most meni al O ffices
They are n ever su ffered to converse wi th
Se rvants b u t go togeth er in small or greater
n u mbe r s to take their Diversion s and always
i n the p r esence o f a Professo r or o n e of his
Dep u tie s ; whereby they avoid those early
b ad Imp r essions o f F olly and Vi c e to wh i ch
o ur Childre n are s u bject Their Parents are
su ffe r ed to see them only t wi c e a ye ar ; the
Vi sit is to last b u t an ho u r Th ey
allowed to ki ss the C hild at m eetin g and
part i ng ; b u t a Professo r who al ways stan ds
by o n those occ asion s w ill not su ffer th emto
whispe r o r u se any fondling Expressio n s or
b r i n g any Presents o f Toys S weet m eats
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The Pen sion from each Family fo r the
Ed u cati o n and Entertainment o f a C hi ld
u po n fail u re o f d u e payment is l evi ed by
the Emperor s O fficers
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L illi p u t
to
the r e are as m u ch ashamed o f being Cowards
a n d Fools as the Men and desp ise all
personal O rnaments beyond De cen cy an d
Clean liness : Neither did I per ceive any
D i ffere n c e i n their Ed ucati o n m ad e b y
the i r Di fference o f S ex only that the
Exe r cises o f their Females were no t
altogether so rob u st and that som e Ru l es
estick
we r e gi ven them relating to do m
Li fe an d a smaller compass o f l earning was
e njo i n ed them : For the Maxi m is that
amo n g People o f Q uality a Wi fe sho u l d be
al ways a r easonable and agreeable Co
pan i o n becau se she can not al ways be yo u ng
Whe n the G i r ls are Twelve years old whi c h
amo n g them is the marriageable Age thei r
Par e n ts o r G u a rd i an s take them home with
great exp r ess i o n s o f G rat i tude to the Pro
fesso rs a n d seldom w i tho u t Tea r s o f the
yo u ng Lady a n d her Compan ion s
I n the N urseries o f Females o f the
mean e r sor t the Child ren are in st r u c ted
i n all kind s o f Wo r ks pro per fo r their S ex
an d their several degre es : Those i ntend ed
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A pprentices are di smi ssed at Nine years
fo r
old the rest are kep t to Thirteen
The meane r Families who have child r en
at these n urserie s ar e obl i ged be sides th eir
an n u al Pen sion w hich is as low as po ssible
to r et u rn to the Steward o f the N ur sery a
small monthly sh ar e o f their Gettings to
be a Portion for the child ; and there fore
all Parents a r e limited in their Ex pen ces
by the Law For the L illip utian s thi n k
nothing can be mo r e u nj u st than fo r p eople
in s u bse rvience to their ow n Appetites to
b r ing Children into the World and leave
the B ur then o f su pporting them on the
P u blick As to Pe rson s o f q u ality they
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fo r each Child s u itable to their Condition ;
an d these F u nd s are al ways managed w ith
goo d H usbandry and the most exact
J u stice
The Cottagers and Labo u rers keep their
Child r en at h o me their B usine ss being only
to till and c u lti vate the Earth and there fore
th eir Ed u cati o n is of little con seq u en c e to
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the P ublick ; b u t the O ld and Diseased
among them are s up ported by H osp itals :
For Begging is a Trade u nknown in this
K ingdom
A nd here it may perhaps d ivert the
c ur io u s Reader to give some acco u n t o f
m y Do m
and m y m anner o f living
esticks
i n thi s Co u ntrey d u r ing a Resi d en ce o f
Nine month s and Thirteen d ays H aving
a H ead me chani cally tu rned and being
l i kewise fo rced by necessity I had mad e
fo r mysel f a Table and C h air co nven i en t
eno ugh o u t o f the l argest Trees in the
Royal Park
Two h u ndred S em pstresses
we r e employed to make e Shirts and
Li n en for my Bed and Tabl e all o f the
str o n gest and coarsest kind th ey c o u l d get ;
which h owever they were forc ed to qu ilt
together in several Fold s fo r the thickest
Th eir
was some degre es finer than Law n
Linen is u sually Three in c hes wid e and
Three foo t make a Pi ece Th e Se p
stre sse s too k my m easu r e as I lay o n the
gro u nd one st anding at m y N ec k an d
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to
L illi p u t
the Patch wo r k made by the Lad i e s i n
En glan d only that mine were all o f a
Colo ur
I had Three h u nd red Cooks to dress m
y
Vi ct u al s in l i ttle co n venient Hu ts bu ilt
abo u t m y ho use w here they an d th eir
Fam i lie s l i ved and p repared m
e T wo d ishes
a piece
I took u p Twenty Waiters in y
H and and placed them on the Tabl e an
H u n dred mo re attended below on the
G r o u nd some with Di sh es o f Meat an d
w i th Barrels o f Wine and o ther
some
Li q u o rs sl u n g on thei r Sho u ld ers ; all whi c h
the Waite r s above d re w u p as I wan ted in
a ve ry ingenio u s manner by certai n Co rds
as w e d r aw the B u ck et u p a Well in E u r o pe
A D i sh o f thei r Meat was a good Mouth fu l
a n d a Barrel o f the i r Liq u o r a reaso n able
D r aught Their M u tton yields to o u rs
b u t their Bee f is excellent I have had a
Sirloin so l arge that I have been forced to
make Three bits o f i t ; b u t th i s is rare My
e eat it
Se rvants were asto nished to see m
Bone s and all as in o u r Co u n trey we do the
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Leg o f a Lark Their Geese and Tu rkeys
I u s u ally eat at a Mo u th fu l and I m u st
con fess th ey far exceed o u rs Of thei r
Fowl I co uld take u p Twenty or
smaller
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Thirty at the end o f m
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O ne day his Imperial Maj esty being ih
fo r med o f my way o f living d esired that
himsel f an d his Royal Con so rt with the
yo u ng Princes o f the Blood o f both Sexes
mi gh t have the H app in ess (as he was pleased
to call it) o f dining with m
e
They came
accordingly and I placed emu p on Chairs
o f State on m y Table j u st over again st me
nap
with their G u ard s abo u t th em F lim
the Lor d H igh Treasu rer attended there
li kewi se with his Wh ite Staff ; and I o h
served he o ft en looked on m
e with a so u r
Co u nten an c e whi c h I wo u l d no t seemto
regard bu t eat more than usual in hono u r
to my d ear Cou ntrey as well as to fill the
Co u rt with admiration I have so me private
Reasons to beli eve that thi s Vi sit from his
o pp o rt u nity o f
Majesty gave F lim
n ap an
i ces to his M aster
d o ing me ill Ofl
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L illi p u t
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Min i ster had al ways been my secret Enemy
tho u gh he o utwardly caressed me more
than was u su al to the Morosen ess o f his
Nat u re H e re p resented to the Emperor
the low Condition o f his Treasu ry ; that he
was forced to take u p Money at great Dis
co u nt ; that Excheq u er Bill s wo u ld not
ci r c u late u nder N i ne per Cent belo w Par ;
that in short I had cost his Majesty above a
Million and a hal f o f Spr ugs (their greatest
Gold Coi n abo u t the bigne ss o f a Spangle
and u p on the w hole that it wo uld be ad
visable in the Emperor to take the first fair
o ccasion o f di smi ssing m
e
I am here obliged to vindicate the Re
p u tation o f an excellent Lady who was an
innocent S u fl
erer u pon my acc o u nt
T he
Treasu rer took a fancy to be jealo us o f his
Wi fe from the Malice o f som e evi l ton gues
who in formed him that her Grac e h ad taken
a violent Affection for my Person an d the
Co u rt Scandal ran fo r some time th at she
once came privately to my Lodging Thi s
I solemnly dec lare to be a most i nfamo us
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leaning my Face to war d s them and whe
was engaged with one Sett the Coachn
wo u ld gently d r ive the others ro u nd
table
I have p assed many an afterm
very agreeably in these C onversation s 1
I de fy the Treasu rer or his Two I n fo r
I
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them
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let
em
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best o f it) Clu stril and Dru n lo to p rove t
any Person ever came to me i ncog
except the Secretary Reldresal who
sent by express Command o f his Im pe
Majesty as I have be fore related I sho
not have d welt so long u pon this Particu
if it had not been a Point w herein
Rep u tation o f a great Lady is so nea
concerned to say nothing o f
o
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tho ugh I had then the H ono u r to be
Nardac which the Treasu rer him self is n
fo r all the World kn ows he is only a Clu
gl u a Title inferio u r by one d egree as t
a D u ke in En gla;
o f a M arq u i ss is to
althou gh I allow he prec ed ed e in right
Th ese false I n formatio n s whicl
his Post
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afterwards cam e to
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cc id ent n ot pro p er to mention made
F lim
n ap the T r easur e r she w his Lady fo r
so me time
ill co u ntenance an d me a
an
worse ; and altho ugh he was at last u nde
ceived and r ec onciled to her yet I lost all
c redit with him and fo u nd my Interest
d e c line very fast w ith the Empe r o r h i msel f
who was inde ed too m u ch governed by that
F avo u rite
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His Reception there
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B E F ORE I p roceed to give an acco u nt o f y
leavi n g thi s K ingdom it m
ay be p ro per to
i n fo rm the Reade r o f a p r ivate Intrigue
which had been for Two month s fo rm i ng
again st me
I had been hitherto all my li fe a stran ger
to Co u rt s fo r which I was u nq u ali fied b
y
the Meanness o f my condition
I had
i ndeed h eard and read eno ugh o f the Dis
position s o f great Pr inces and Mini sters ; b u t
never ex pected to have fo u nd su ch terrible
e ffects o f th em in so remote a Co u ntrey
gove rn ed as I thou ght by very di fferent
Maxim s from those in Eu ro p e
When I was j u st pre paring to pay m
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Committees o f Coun c i l have been lately
called i n the most private m anner on yo u r
acco u nt : And it is b u t Two days sin ce his
Majesty came to a fu ll Resol u tion
Yo u are ve ry sen sibl e th at S kyris Bo lgola
n
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or
H
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mortal Enemy almost ever sin c e yo u r Arrival
H is o r iginal Reason s I kn ow not b u t his
hatred is m u c h en c reased sin ce yo u r great
S u ccess against Blefuscu by whi ch his Glory
as Admiral is o bscu r d Thi s Lord in co n
n ap the H igh Treasu rer
j u n ction with F lim
whose Enmity again st yo u is notoriou s on
acco u nt o f his Lady Lim
to c the Gen eral
u ff the
Lalcon the Chamberl ain and Balm
G rand Justiciary have pre p ared Arti cl es o f
Impeachment again st yo u fo r Treaso n and
other Cap ital c rimes
Thi s Prefac e m ade e so impatient be
ing co nsc ious o f my ow n M erits and
Innocen c e that I was going to interr u pt ;
when he entreated me to be silent and thus
p ro ceed ed
Out of Gratitu d e fo r the favo u rs you have
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me I pro c u red In formation o f the
whole Pr o c eed i n gs and a Copy o f the
A rtic les wherein I vent u r e my H ead fo r
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A R T I CL E S
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That the said Qu in b u s F lestrin h aving
brought the Im p erial Fleet o f Blefu scu into
the Royal Port and being afterward s com
manded by his Im perial Maje sty to sei z e all
the oth er Ships o f the said Em p ire o f Ble
fu scu a n d red u ce that Em p ire to a Provinc e
to be governed by a Vice Roy from hen c e
and to destroy and p u t to death not only all
the Big Endian Exiles bu t likewi se all the
p eople of that Em p ire who wo u ld not
i mmediately forsake the Big Endian H eresy :
H e the said F lestrin like a fal se Traitor
again st his m ost A usp i c io us Seren e I p erial
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That the said Qu in bu s F lestrin c o ntrary
to the D u ty o f a faith fu l S u bjec t is now
p repar ing to make a Voyage to the Co u rt
and Empire o f B lefuscu fo r which he hath
r eceived only verbal Licence from his
Impe r ial Majesty ; and u nder C olo u r o f the
said L i cence d oth falsely and traitoro u sly
intend to take the said Voyage and thereby
to aid com fort and abet the Em peror o f
B lefu scu so late an Enemy and in o p e n
War with his I mperial Majesty aforesaid
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There are some other A rti cles b u t these
ar e the most important o f w hich I have read
yo u an A bstract
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I n the seve r al Debates u pon thi s I m peach
ment it m u st be con fessed that his Maj esty
gave many mar ks o f his great Lenity o ften
urg i ng the Services yo u had done him and
endeavo u ring to exten u ate you r C ri es
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Treas u rer and Admiral insisted that yo u
ou l d b e p u t to the most pai n fu l and
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setting fi
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l o u se at night an d the Gene r al was to
tten d with Twenty tho u sand men arm ed
rith p oi soned Arro ws to shoot yo u on the
and H and s Some o f yo u r Servants
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to have p rivate orders to strew a
ere
w
) o iso n o u s Ju ice on yo u r Shirt s whi c h wo u ld
oo n make yo u tear yo u r ow n F le sh an d die
n the u tmost Tort u r e
The Gene ral c ame
nto the sam e opinion so that for a long time
here was a Maj o rity again st yo u B u t his
V
Iajesty re solving if possible to spare yo u r
Li fe at last br o u ght o ff the Ch am
berlain
U pon thi s Incident Reldresal Princip al
Secretary for private Affair s who al ways
rpproved
him sel f yo u r tr ue F ri en d was
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an ded by the Em p ero r to d eli ver his
m
Dpin io n which he acc ord in gly did ; and
herein j usti fied the good Thoughts you have
>f him
H e allowed you r C rimes to be great
) u t that still there was roo m for Merc
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which his Maj esty was so j ustly cele
b rated
H e said the Frie ndship between you
and him was so well know n to th e Wo rld
that perhaps the most hono u rabl e Board
m i ght think him partial : H owever in
fo r
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obedience to the Co m
mand he had received
he wo uld fr eely offer his Senti m ents T hat
if his Majesty in con sideration o f yo u r Ser
vices and p u rsu ant to his o wn m
e rc iful
D i sposition wo u ld p lease to spare yo ur Life
and o n ly give order to p u t o u t bo th yo ur
Eyes he h umbly con c eived that by this
expedient J ustice might in some measu re be
satis fied and all the World wo u ld applaud
the Leni ty o f the Emperor as well as the
fai r and genero us Proc eedings o f th o se who
have the H ono u r to be his Co u nsellors
That the loss o f yo u r Eyes wo u ld be no i
pediment to yo u r bodily strength by wh ich
yo u might still be use fu l to his Majesty
That blindness is an add iti on to Co u rage by
concealing D angers from u s ; th at the F ear
yo u had fo r yo u r Eyes was the greatest Difl
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L illi pu t
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maintaining yo u which wo u ld soon grow
in su ppo r table : That the Secre tary s Ex
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fr om be i n g a Remedy against thi s Evil it
wo u ld p r obably encrease it as it is m ani fest
fr om the common practice o f blinding some
ki nd o f Fowl after w hich they fed the faster
and gr ew sooner fat That his sacred Majesty
and the Co u ncil w ho are yo u r Ju dges we re
in thei r own Con sciences fu lly convinced o f
yo u r G u ilt which was a su fl
i cien t A rgu ment
to condemn yo u to death witho u t the for m
al
Proo fs req u ired by the strict Letter o f the
L aw
B u t his Imperial Majesty fu lly determined
against capital Pu ni shment was gracio u sly
pleased to say that since the Co u n cil tho ught
the loss o f yo u r Eyes too e asy a C en su re
some othe r may be in fl
icted hereafter A nd
yo u r Friend the Se c retary h u m bly d esiring
in an swer to what the
to be h eard again
Treasur er had obj ec ted concerning the great
Charge his Majesty was at in maintaining
yo u said that his Excellency who had the
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sole d i sposal o f the Empero r s Reven u e
m i ght eas i ly p r ovide aga i nst that ev i l by
g r ad u ally lesse n i n g yo ur Establ i shment ; by
wh i ch fo r wa n t o f s u ffi cient Food yo u wo u ld
g row weak an d fai n t and lose yo ur A ppetite
and co n seq u e n tly decay an d cons u me i n a
few mo n ths ; n either wo u ld the Ste n ch o f
yo ur Carcass be then so dan ge ro u s w hen it
sho u ld
become mo r e tha n hal f diminished ;
a n d immed i ately u po n yo ur death
F ive or
Six tho u sa n d o f his Majesty s S u bjects might
i n Two o r Th r ee days c u t yo ur Flesh from
yo ur Bo n es take i t away by Car t load s a n d
b ury i t i n d i sta n t par ts to preve n t I n fectio n
leav i n g the Skeleton as a Mo n u me n t o f
A dm i ratio n to Po ste r ity
Th u s by the gr eat Fr iendsh i p o f the
Sec re tary the whole Affa i r was comp r omi sed
It w as s tr ictly enjo in d that the P r oject o f
starv i n g yo u by degr ees sho u ld be kept a
Sec r et b u t the Se n ten c e o f p u tting ou t yo ur
Eyes was e n te red on the books ; non e d i s
se n t i n g except Bolgo lamthe Admi ral w ho
be i n g a C r eat ur e o f the Emp r ess was pe r
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u po n yo u r Death she having born perp etual
malice again st yo u
In Th r ee days you r F r iend the Se c retary
will be d i r ected to come to yo u r ho u se and
r ead be fo r e yo u the Article s o f Im peac h
ment ; a n d the n to signi fy the great Leni ty
and Favo ur o f his Majesty and Co u n cil
whe r eby yo u are only condemned to the l oss
o f yo ur
Eyes which his Maje sty doth not
q u est i o n yo u w i ll gr atefu lly and h u mbly
s u bm i t to ; an d Twenty o f his Maj esty s
S u rgeon s will attend in orde r to see the
O peratio n is well pe rformed by di sc harging
ve ry sharp pointed Arrows into the ball s o f
yo u r Eyes as yo u lie on the gro u nd
I leave to yo ur P ru den c e what measu res
yo u w i ll take ; and to avoid su sp i c ion I
m u st i mmed i ately retur n in as private a
mann er as I came
H i s Lord ship did so and I remain ed
alone u n de r many Do u bts and Perp lexities
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It was a c u stom int r od u c ed by thi s
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I co u ld not deny the Facts alledged in the
several Ar ticles
yet I hoped they wo u ld
admit o f some Exten u ations B u t having
in my Li fe pe r used many State T ryals
which I ever observed to terminate as the
J u dge s tho ught fit to direct I d u rst not
rely on so dange r o u s a Deci sion in so
c r itical a J u nct u re an d against such po werfu l
Enemie s O nce I was strongly bent u pon
Resi stan ce fo r w hile I had liberty the w hole
Strength o f that Empire c o u ld hardly su bdu e
me and I might easily with Stones p elt the
Metr opoli s to pie c e s ; b u t I soon rejected
that Pr oject wi th H or r o r by rem
em
b ring
the O ath I had made to the Emperor the
Favo u rs I receive d from him and the high
Title o f Nardac he con fe r red u pon m
e
Neithe r had I so soon learned the Gratit u d e
o f Co ur tie r s
to persu ade mysel f th at his
Majesty s present Severities q u itted e o f
all past O bligation s
At last I fixed u pon a Resol ution for
which it is p robable I may inc ur som e
C en su re and not u nj ustly ; for I c on fess I
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o we the p reserv i ng mine Eyes and co n se
q u e n tly m y Li be r ty to my ow n gr eat Rash
n es s an d wa
nt o f Experie n ce : becau se if I
had then known the nat u re o f Pr inces a n d
Min i ste r s w hich I have since obse rved in
ma n y other Co u rts and their Method s o f
t r eat i n g Criminals less obnoxi o u s than mysel f
I sho u ld with great alac r ity and readiness
have s u bmitted to so easy a p u ni shment
B u t hu rry d o n by the Pr ecipitan cy o f Yo uth
and having his Imperi al Majesty s L icen c e
to pay my attendance u pon the Emperor o f
Blefu scu I took this O pport u nity b e fore the
Th r ee days were elapsed to send a L etter
to m y Friend the Secretary signi fyi n g m y
Resol u tion o f setting o u t that morning fo r
B lefu scu p u rs u ant to the leave I had got ;
and witho u t waiting fo r an an swer I went to
that side o f the Island where o u r Fleet lay
I se i z ed a large Man o f War ty d a C able to
the Prow and li fting u p the Anchors I
st r i pt mysel f p u t m y Clo aths together w ith
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m y Coverlet which I brought u nder my
Ar m ) i nto the Vessel an d drawing it after
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me bet ween wading and swimmi n g arrived
at the Royal Po r t o f Blefuscu where the
People had long ex pect ed m
e ; th ey len t
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two G u ide s to direct me to the Cap ital C i ty
which is o f the sam e name I held th emin
m y hand s till I cam e within T wo H u ndred
Yard s o f the Gate an d desi r d the
to
signi fy my A rrival to one o f the Secr et ari es
an d
let him kno w I there waited his
Majesty s Command s I had an An swe r in
abo u t an ho ur that his Majesty attend ed by
the Royal Family and great O ffic ers o f the
Co u rt was coming ou t to receive e I
advanced an H u nd red yard s The Em pero r
and his train alighted from their H o rses the
Empress and Ladies from their C oac hes
a n d I did not pe rc eive they were in any
F r ight o r Concern I lay on the Gro u nd
to ki ss his Majesty s an d the Em press s
H and I told his Majesty that I was co m e
according to my Promise and wit h the
Lice n ce o f the Emperor my M aster to have
the H ono u r o f seeing so Mighty a M o narch
and to offer him any Servi c e in m
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T he Au th or, b y a lu cky Accid en t, find s M ean s to
lea ve B lefu scu ; an d, a ter so e Di cul ties,
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retu rn s safe
to h is n ative
Cou n trey
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T HREE days after my ar rival walking o u t o f
c u riosi ty to the North East Coast o f the
Island I observed abo u t H al f a leagu e o ff
i n the sea some what that looked like a
Boat overtu r ned I p u lled o ff my Shoe s and
Stocki n gs and wadi n g Two or Three h u ndred
yards I fo u nd the O bject to approach neare r
by fo r ce o f the Tide and then p lainly saw it
to be a r eal Boat which I su p posed m
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by some Tem p est have been driven from a
Ship w here u pon I ret u rned immediately
toward s the City an d de sired his I mperial
Majesty to lend me Tw enty o f the tall est
Vessel s he had left after the loss o f his F l eet
and Three thou sand Seamen u nder the
Comman d o f the Vice Admiral Thi s F leet
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ailed ro u nd wh i le I went back the sho r test
way to the Coast where I first di scovered the
Boat ; I fo u nd the Tide had d r iven it still
nearer The Seam en were all provided with
Cordage w hich I had be forehand twisted to
a su fficient strength When the Shi ps came
u p I stript mysel f an d waded till I came
within an Hu nd r ed yard s o f the Boat after
w hi c h I was fo rc ed to swim till I got u p to
The Seamen th rew me the end o f the
it
Cord w hich I fastn ed to a H ole in the fore
par t o f the B oat and the oth er e n d to a Man
o f War : B u t I fo u nd all m y labo u r to little
pu rpose ; for being ou t o f m y depth I was
not able to wo r k In thi s necessity I was
forced to sw im behind a n d p u sh the Boat
forw ard s as o ften as I co u ld with one o f m y
han d s and the Tide favo u ring me I advan c ed
so far that I c o u ld j u st hold u p m y Chin and
I re sted Two or Three
feel the Gro u nd
min u te s and then gave the Boat another
shove and so on till the Sea was no high er
than m y Arm p its ; and now the m ost labo r i
being over I to ok o u t m y other
o u s part
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Cables whi c h were stowed in o n e o f the S h ips
and fastning them first to the Boat and then
to Nine o f the Vessels w hich attend ed m
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the S eam
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the Wind bein g favo u rabl e
towed an d I shoved till we arrived within
Forty yard s o f the Shore an d waiting t ill the
Tid e was o u t I got dry to the Boat and by
the assi stance o f Two tho usan d m
wi th
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Ropes and Engine s I m ad e a shi ft to t u rn it
on its bottom and fo u nd it was b u t little
damaged
I shall not tro u ble the reader with the
di ffic u lties I was u nde r by the hel p o f certai n
Paddle s w hi c h cost me T en days m aki ng to
get m y Boat to the Royal Port o f Blefu scu
where a mighty con co u rse o f peo ple ap peared
u pon my arrival fu ll of wonder at the sight
so
of
prod i giou s a Vessel I tol d the
Emperor that my good fortu n e had th ro wn
thi s Boat in my way to car ry me to so e
place from whence I might retu rn into my
native Co u ntrey and begged his Maj esty s
o r der s fo r getting Mate r ial s to fit it u p to
gethe r with his Li cen c e to de part ; w hi ch
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A Vo y ag e
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my Title o f N ardac and declared a Traitor
The Envoy fu rthe r added that in o rd er to
mai ntain the Peace and Amity between bo th
Empire s his Master exp ected th at his
B rother o f Blefu scu wo uld give o rd ers to
have me sent back to Lilli p u t bo u nd Hand
an d Foot to be p u ni shed as a Traitor
The Empe ror o f B lefuscu having taken
Three days to con su lt ret u rned an Answer
co n s i sti n g o f many Civilities and Exc uses
H e said that as fo r sending me bo u n d his
B rothe r knew it was i mpossi ble that altho ugh
I had dep r ived him o f h i s Fleet yet he owed
g reat O bligation s to me fo r m any good O ffices
I had done him in making the Pea ce That
however both th eir Maje sties wo u ld soon be
made easy ; fo r I had fou nd a p rod igio us
Vessel on the Shore abl e to c ar ry e o n the
Sea which he had given ord er to fit u p with
m y own Assi stan ce an d Direction and he
hoped in a few weeks both Empires wo u ld
be fre ed from so in su ppo rtabl e an Incu
b ra n ce
With thi s A n swer the En voy retu rn ed to
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Lillip u t and the Monarch o f Blefuscu r elated
to me all that had p ast offering me at the
dence)
same time (b u t u nde r the st r ictest Con fi
his gr aciou s Pr otection if I wo u ld contin u e
in his Service ; wherein althou gh I believed
him sin c ere yet I resolved never more to p u t
any con fidence in Princes o r Mini sters where
I co u ld possibly avoid it ; a n d there fore with
all d u e ac kno wledgments fo r his favo ur able
I n te n tions I h u mbly begged to be exc used
I told him that sin c e Fort u ne whethe r good
o r evil had thrown a Vessel in my way I was
r esolved to ventu re mysel f in the O cean
r ather than be an oc casion o f di ffe rence
be tween two s u ch mighty Monarch s Ne i the r
d i d I fin d the Emper or at all di spleased an d
I d i scove r ed by a c e rtai n Ac cident that he
was very glad o f m y Resol u tion and so w ere
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most o f his Min isters
The se co nsid erati ons moved me to hasten
m y de partu re so m ewhat soo n er than I
i n tended ; to whi ch the Co u r t impatient to
have me gone very re adily cont ribu ted F ive
h u ndred Workm en were em p loyed to make
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two Sail s to m y Boat according to m y dirce
tions by q u ilting Thirteen fold s o f th eir
I was at the pain s
stronge st L inen together
o f making Rope s and Cable s by t wi sti n g T en
Twen ty or Thi rty o f the thicke st and stro n gest
o f thei r s
A gr eat Stone that I happen ed to
find after a long se arch by the Sea shore
se rved me fo r a n A nchor
I had the Tallow
o f Th r ee h u n d r ed co w s fo r greasing m y B oat
and othe r u ses I was at in c redible pain s in
c u tti n g dow n some o f the largest Timber
Tr ees fo r Oars a n d Masts wherein I was
howeve r m u ch ass i sted by his Majesty s S h ip
Carpenters who helped me i n smoothing
them afte r I had done the r o ugh wor k
1 I n abo u t a month w hen all was pre p ared
I se n t to receive his Majesty s Comm an ds
a n d to take my leave The Emperor and
Royal Famil y came ou t o f the Palace ; I lay
dow n on my Face to ki ss his H and w hich
he ve ry gr acio u sly gave me ; so did the
Emp ress and yo u ng Prince ss o f the Blood
H is Maje sty pre se n ted me w ith F i fty p u rses
h u nd r ed Sp ru gs a p iece together
o f Tw o
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morning ; and when I had gone abo u t Fo u r
leagu e s to the N o rthward the Wind being at
So uth East at Six in the evening I descryed
a small I sland abo u t H al f a leag u e to the
North West I advanced forward and cast
an c hor on the Lee sid e o f the I sland w hich
to be u ninhabited I then took
seemed
some re fr eshm ent and w ent to my r est
I
sl ept w ell an d I conj ect ur e at least Six h o u rs
fo r I fo u n d the day broke in Two ho u r s after
1 awaked
It was a clear night I eat my
br eak fast before th e S u n was u p ; and
h eavi n g an cho r the W i nd being favo u rable
I stee red the sam
e co ur se th at I had done
the day be fore w he r ein I was dire c ted by
my Pocket Compass My intention was to
reach if po ssible o n e o f those I sland s w hich
I had reason to believe lay to the North
East o f Van Die en s Lan d I discovered
nothing all that day ; bu t u po n the n ex t
abo u t Three i n the aftern oo n when I had
by m y comp u tation mad e Twen ty fo u r
leagu es from Blefuscu I descryed a Sail
st ee r i n g to the So u th East ; m y co u rse was
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d u e East I hailed her b u t co u ld get no
an swer ; yet I fou nd I gaine d u po n her fo r
the Wind slackn ed I m
ade all the sail I
co u ld and in H al f an ho u r she spied me
then h u ng o u t h er A ntient and di scharged
a G u n It is not easy to ex p ress the joy I
was in u pon t h e u nexpected ho p e o f on c e
more seeing my beloved Co u ntrey and the
dear Pledges I had le ft in it The Ship
slackned her Sail s and I cam e u p w ith her
between Five an d Six in the evening ; Sep
tember 2 6 b u t my heart l eap t within me to
see her Engli sh Co lo u r s
I p u t my Cow s
and Sheep into my Coat Pockets and got on
board with all my little Cargo o f Provi sion s
The Vessel was an English Merc hant Man
ret u rning from J apan by the North and
So u th Seas ; the Cap tain Mr J ohn Biddle o f
Deptford a very c ivil Man an d an excellent
Sailo r W e were now in the Latit u de o f 30
Degree s So u th
There were abo u t F i fty
men in th e shi p ; and he r e I met an old
Comrade o f min e one Peter Willi am s who
gave me a good character to the Captain
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This Gentleman tr eated me with kind n ess
and desired I wo u ld let him know what place
I came from last an d whith er I was bo u nd
which I did in few word s b u t he th o ugh t I
was r aving and that the dan gers I u n d erwent
had distu rbed m y head ; whereu po n I too k
my black Cattle and Shee p o u t o f my Po cket
which after great astoni shment clearly oon
vin ced him o f my Veracity
I then shewed
him the Gold given me by the Em p ero r of
B lefu scu together w ith his Maj esty s Pi c tu re
at full length and some other Rarities o f
that co u n trey I gave him Two Pu rses o f
Two h u ndred Sp r ugs each and pro ised
wh en we arrived in Englan d to m ake hi a
Pr esent o f a Cow an d a She ep big with
yo u ng
I sh all not tro u ble the reader with a parti
as very
on lar acc o u nt o f thi s voyage w hich w
prosperou s fo r the most part W e arrived
in the Dow n s o n the 13th o f Ap ril 1702 I
had only one mi sfort u ne that the Rats o n
board carri ed away one o f m y Sh eep ; I
fo u nd her Bo n es in a ho le p icked c l ean fro
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