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ADVENTURES
OP
CAPTAIN GULLIVER,
IN A VOYAGE TO
LILLIPUT.

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THE
ADVENTURES
OF
CAPTAIN GULLIVER.
CHAP. I.
MR Lemuel Gulliver was the third
fon of a gentleman in Nottingham-
fhire.
At the age of 11, he was
fent to Emanuel College, in Cam-
bridge, where he ſtudied very cloſe-
Iv for three years; but the charge
of maintaining him being too great
for his father's narrow fortune, he
was bound an apprentice to a Mr
Bates a furgeon in London. What
little money he got, he laid out in
learning navigation and other parts
of mathematics, as he always fancied
he ſhould be a great traveller. Af
ter his time was expired he left Mr
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Bates, and ftudied phyfic two year
at Leyden in Holland.
Soon after his return from Ley-
den he efpoufed Mifs Polly Burton,
daughter of a bofier in Newgate-
Areet, with whom he received a por-
tion of four hundred pounds.
After practifing about three years
at Wapping with but little fuccefs;
he accepted of an advantageous of-
fer from Captain Pritchard of the
Antelope, who was making a voy.
age to the South Sea.
They failed from Briſtol on the
4th May 1699. Their voyage was
at first very profperous; till leaving
theſe ſeas. and fteering their courſe
towards the Euft Indies, they were
driven by a form to the northward
of Van Diemen's land. Twelve of
the crew were dead by hard labour
and bad food, and the reit were in
a very weak condition.
On the 5th November, (the be-


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ginning of fummer in thoſe parts,)
the weather being hazy, they efpied
a rock within a cable's length of the
ship, and the wind being troug they
immediately ſplit upon it. Mr Gul-
liver and five of the crew heaved
out the boat, and made a ſhift to get
clear of the ſhip and the rock. They
rowed till they could work no long-
er and then, trufting to the mercy
of the waves, in about half an hour
the boat was overset by a fudden
fquall from the north. What became
of the other feamen, Mr Gulliver
knew not; but he ſwam with wind
and tide, and often in vain let his
legs drop, in hopes of feeling the
bottom. At laft when he was almost
ready to expire, he found himſelf
within his depth; and the ftorm be-
ing greatly abated. he walked above
a mile before he reached the fhore.
He then advanced near hal' a mile
up the country, but could not dilco-

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ver either houſes or inhabitants. He
lay down on the grafs, which was
very short and foft, and slept about
nine hours He awaked juft at day.
break, and on attempting to rise,
he found that he could not ftir, for,
as he lay on his back, he found his
aims and legs faſtened to the ground,
and his hair, which was long and
thick, tied in the fame manner. In
a little time he felt fomething alive
moving on his left leg, which advan-
ced almoſt up to his chin; when,
bending his eyes downwards, he per-
ceived it to be a human creature, not
6 inches high, with a bow and arrow
in his hand and a quiver at his back.
He then felt at leaft forty more
following the firft: and being great-
ly aſtoniſhed, he roared to loud, that
they all ran back in a fright, and
fome of them broke their limbs by
leaping from his fide to the ground.
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Soon after one of them cried aloud
Tolgo Phonar, when inftantly Mr
Gulliver perceived fome hundreds of
arrows discharg'd upon his hands and
face, which prick'd him like fo many
needles, and gave him ſo much pain,
that he trove again to get loofe
Some of them attempted to ftab him
in the fide with their fpears. but
could not pierce his buff waiſtcoat.
When they faw that he lay quiet,
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:
they diſcharged no more arrow8.--
He faw them buſy in rearing a ſtage
at a little diſtance, about a foot and
a half high, which they had no
fooner done than four of them a
ſcended it by a ladder One, who
ſeemed to be a perſon of quality,
was taller than thoſe who attended
him, one of whom held up his train,
and was about four inches high.
He cried out three times, Langra
dehul san, on which they cut the
ftrings that bound the left fide of his
head The little monarch made an
oration, not a word of which Mr
Gulliver underflood; he obſerved,
however, many figns of threatnings,
and others of promiles, pity, and
kindneſs; and he anſwered by mo-
tions of ſubmiſsion and friendſhip.
Being almoſt famiſhed with hunger,
he put his finger frequently to his
mouth, to fignify that he wanted
food. The Hurgo (for fo they call'd

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a great Lord) underſtood him very
well; he defcended from the ſtage,
and ordered fevera! ladders to be ſet
against Mr Gulliver's sides, by which
above a hundred of the people got
pp. and walked towards his muth,
laden with baſkets of meat: there
were fhoulders, legs, and loins, fha-
ped like thoſe of nurton, but ſmall-
er than the wings of a lark. He ate
two or three of them at a mouthful,
and took three of the loaves : which
were as big as a muſket bullet) at a
time. The inhabitants were afton-
ifhed at his bulk and appetite; and
on his making a fign for drink, they
slung up one of their largeft hogf
heads, rolled it towards his hand,
and beat out the top. He drank it
off at a draught, for it did not hold
half a pint, and tafted like Burgun-
dy. They afterwards brought a le-
cond hogfhead, which he alfo dif-
patched, and calling for more, found
ŝ
MA
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they had no more to give. When
he had done theſe wonders, they
fhouted for joy; and, after warning
the people on the ground, the king
defired he would throw the empty
barrels as far as he could ; and when
they faw the veffels in the air, there
was an univerſal ſhout of Hekinah
Degul.
Mr Gulliver could not help won-
dering at the intrepidity of thefe di-
minutive mortals, who ventured to
mount and walk upon his body while
one of his hands was at liberty, and
not tremble at the very fight of fo
prodigious a creature as he muit ap-
pear to them
After fome time, an
ambaffador from the king appeared
before him, who, producing his cre-
dentials under the royal feal, fpoke
about ten minutes without any fign
of anger, and yet with great refolu.
tion; pointing often towards the
metropolis, which was diftant about
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half a mile, whither it was his Ma-
jeſty's pleaſure he ſhould be convey-
ed. Mr Guiliver made figns that he
fhould be glad to be releaſed; and
the ambaſſador underſtood very well
what he meant, for he shook his head
in token of diſapprobation, and fig-
nified that he muſt be carried as a
prifoner: he then gave tokens that
they might do what they would ;--
whereupon the Hurgo and his train
withdrew with cheerful countenan-
ces. Soon after the people fhouted
out Peplom Selau, and he felt the
cords fo relaxed that he was able to
turn upon his right fide They then
rubbed his hands and face with an
ointment which took off the ſmart of
their arrows; and this circumftance,
added to the plentiful meal he had
made, cauſed him to fall faſt aſleep.
I
The natives of Lilliput are excel-
lent mathematicians and mechanics,
and the king immediately ſet five
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hundred carpenters to work, to pre-
pare an engine by which he might
be conveyed to the capital. It was
a wooden frame, three inches high,
ſeven foot long and four broad, and
moved upon twenty-two wheels. It
was brought cloſe to Mr Gulliver's
fide as he lay. To raiſe ſo immenſe
a creature upon this vehicle, eighty
poles, each of a foot high, were e-
reted, and very ftrong ropes of the
bigness of packthread were faftened
by hooks to many bandages, which
the workmen had girt round' his
neck, hands, body, and legs. Ninet
hundred of the ftrongeft men were
employed to draw up thefe cords,
by pullies faſtened on the poles, and`
in a few hours he was raiſed, and
flang into the engine and tied down.
All this Mr Gulliver was told after-
wards, for, while the whole opera-
tion was performing, he lay faft a-
Aleep by the force of a medicine that
اللهم
ter
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had been purpoſely infufed in the
wine he had drunk Fifteen hundred
ftrong horſes, about four inches and a
half high, were yok'd to the machine,
and had much ado to drag it along.
They made a long march this day,
and Mr Gulliver was guarded in the
night by five thoufand men on each
fide, one half of them with torches,
and the other half of them with
bows and arrows, ready to thoot him
if he offered to tir; and early the
next morning they continued their
march, and at noon arrived within
two hundred yards of the gate of the
city.

The carriage ftopped near an old
temple, the largeft in the kingdom,
but which, on account of a murder
having been committed therein, was
never frequented; in this edifice it,
was agreed Mr Gulliver thould lodge.
The gate was 4 feet high, and two
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feet wide, and on each fide were 4
windows To this temp e he was fa-
ftened by ninety-one chains, which
were fixed to his legs by thirty-fix
padlocks. Juft oppofite flood a fa-
mous turret, five f et high; to the
top of which the emperor and ma-
ny lords afcen'ed, for the fake of
feeing fuch a monſter. Vaft numbers
of people came alſo on the ſame er-
rand; and when the workmen found
they had thoroughly fecured him,
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<?
they cut all the ſtrings with which he
was bound; and on rifing upon his
legs, they ſhewed the greatest marks
of wonder and aloniſhment

CHAP. II.
MR Gulliver was no fooner on his
legs than he was pieafed àt beholding

A
the profpect of the country, large
fields of forty feet ſquare, woods at
leaft fixty feet long, and tall trees
B
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AL-
almoft feven feet high, and the ci-
ty on the left hand, which looked
like the view of London in a raree
flew.
'
The emperor having deſcended
from the tower, came forward, with
the queen and many ladies, to exa-
mine Mr Gulliver more minutely.
He had ordered his cooks and but-
lers to prepare ten waggon loads of
meat, and ten of wine; and he and
his attendants fat at fome diftance
to fee him dine. With regard to the
emperor's perfon, he is taller by a
quarter of an inch than any of his
fubjects, which is enough to ftrike
them all with awy. His drefs was
plain and fimple, but he wore a gol-
den helmet on his head, adorned
with jewels and a plume of feathers.
He fuffered Gulliver to take him up
into the palm of his hand, after ha
ving drawn his fward to defend him
felf if he fhould not be ufed kindly.


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The emperor ſpoke often to Mr
Gulliver, and Mr Gulliver as often
anſwered him, but all to no purpoſe,
for they could not underftand one
another When the court withdrew
he was left with a ſtrong guard, to
prevent the impertinence of the rab
ble, many of whom, fuppoling he
would devour all the victuals in the
country, had the audacity to fhoot
their arrows at him; but the colonel
ordered fix of them to be feized, and
delivered into his hands They were
immediately bound, and puſhed to-
wards him; he placed them on his
right hand, and made a fign as if he
would eat them up a ive; they were
greatly affrighted, and fqualled ter-
ribly when they faw him take out
his knife; but afterwards looking
mildly, and cutting the ftrings with
whiah they were bound, he placed
them gently on the ground, and away
they ran as falt as they were able.
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This mark of clemency was repre-
fented much to his advantage at
court.
For a fortnight he lay upon the
naked pavement of his houſe, which
was of pure ftone, during which time
fix hundred beds were brought in
carriages, and worked up within the
building; a hundred and fifty were
fewn together in breadth and length,
and thaſe were four-double, which,
however, was barely fufficient to re-
lieve him from the hardness of the
floor; and in the fame manner he
was provided with fheets, blankets,
and coverlids.
The emperor, however. had fre-
quent councils concerning him, who
defired that certain officers might
fearch him, for probably he might
have weapons about him which
might be dangerous to the State.
To this Gulliver conſented; he took
the two officers in his hand, and put
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them firft into one pocket and then
into another. Theſe gentlemen fet
down in writing every thing they
found; and after putting them iafe-
ly on the ground, they preſented
the report to the emperor, which
was as follows:
In the right-hand coat pocket we
found a large piece of courſe cloth,
large enough for a floor-cloth to the
chamber of state. In the left poc-
ket, a filver cheft, with a cover of

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the fame metal; we defired to ſee it
opened, and on our flepping into it
found our elves mid-leg deep in a
fort of duft that made us fnceze won-
derfully. In the right waiſtcoat poc-
ket we found a number of white thin
fubſtances ſolded, about the bigneſs
of three men, tied with a cable, and
marked with black figures. In the
left, an engine, from the back of

which were extended a row of long
poles refembling palifadoes. In the
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right-hand breeches pocket, we faw
a hollow pillar of iron, about the

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whe
length of a man, faſtened to a ſtrong
piece of timber, larger than the pil.
lar, on one fide of which were huge
pieces of strong iron fticking out;
and in the left pocket, another en-
gine of the fame kind. In a ſmaller
pocket of the right hand, feveral pie-
ces of white and red metal, of diffe-
rent fizes; fome of the white ones
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were ſo heavy that we could hardly
lift them. In the left pocket were
two frange engines, with one of
which he told us he fhaved himſelf,
and that with the other he cut his
victuals. There were two other ſmall
pockets, from one of which he took
a large globe, half ſilver, and half of

m
...
ſome other tranſparent metal; this
he put clole to our ears, and we
were fu prifed with a noife as loud
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28 the fall of a water mill; this en-
gine he called his oracle, and faid,
it pointed out the time of every ac
tion of his life; we therefore pre-
fume it is the god that he worfhips.
From the left fob he took out a net,
large enough for a fifherman; in this
were ſeveral pieces of yellow metal,
which, if they be real gold, are of
more value than all the wealth in
your majeſty's coffers.
Round his waift, was a belt made
of the ſkin of fome unknown animal,
from which hung a fword; the length
of nine men; on his right fide was a
bag, containing two cells, in one of
which were feveral balls, as big as a
man's head, and which we were ſcarce
able to lift the other was filled with
black grains, about fifty of which
we could hold in the palms of our
hands.
;
When this inventory was read o-
ver, the king defired Mr. Gulliver to
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give up the feveral particulars; he
therefore first took his fcymiter out
of the fcabbard, and waving it back-
ward and forward, the reflection of
the fun greatly dazzled the eyes of
the beholders. The next thing he
demanded, was one of the hollow
iron pillars; Mr. Gulliver took it
out of his pocket, and charging it
with powder only, he let it off in
the air; on wh ch hundreds of the
Lilliputians fell on the ground as if
they had been dead, and even the em-
peror was greatly confounded. His
piftols were then delivered up, toge-
ther with the pouch of powder and
bullets, after begging that the for-
mer might be kept from the fire, for
fear his imperial majefty's palace
might be blown into the air. The
emperor being defirous of ſeeing his
watch, two of the yeomen of the
guards flung it acroſs a pole, as the
draymen do a barrel of beer in Eng-
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land: and he and the learned men.
were amazed at the noife it made,
and at the motion of the minute-
hand. His money, comb, knife, ra-
for, &c. were then given up.
The
fcymiter, pistols, and pouch were
conveyed by broad wheel waggons
to the king's stores, but the rest of
the things were reſtored.
CHAP. III.
MR. Gulliver's gentle behaviour
gained the good opinion of the
emperor, the army, and the people
in general, infomuch, that he was
fet at full liberty: they became leſs
apprehenfive of danger from him, and
at laft the boys and girls would dance
country dances on the palm of his
hand, as he lay on the ground, or
play at hide and feek in his hair.
T
The emperor had a mind one day
to entertain him with feveral fhews,
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with none of which he was ſo much
diverted as that of the rope-dancers,
who performed upon a flender white
thread, about two feet long, and rai-
fed twelve inches from the ground.

This diverfion is only practifed by
the nobility and men of liberal edu-
cation, who are candidates for the
high employments of the ftate. When
any great office becomes vacant, five
or fix of thefe candidates petition the
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king to entertain his majefty with a
dance on the rope, and whoever
jumps the higheft is to fucceed.
Theſe diverfions, however, are
often attended with fatal accidents
Mr. Gulliver himſelf faw two or
three people break their limbs; and
when the minifters themſelves are
commanded to perform, they fré-
quently train fo far, that there is
hardly any of them who have not
received a fall, and fome of them
two or three.
There is another diverfion, which
is peculiar to the Lilliputians; it is
as follows: The emperor lays on a
table three filken threads, one blue,
the other red, and the third green.
Theſe threads are intended for ſuch
nobleman as are to be diftinguished
by a particular mark of favour. The
emperor holds a dick in his hand,
and the candidates leap over or creep
under it, backwards and forwards;
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and whoever holds out longeſt in
leaping and creeping is honoured

with the blue filk: the red is given
to the next, and the green to the
third.
CHAP. IV.
THE wall of the city of Hilendo
is two feet and a half high, and
feven inches broad, fo that a coach
may be driven upon the top of it:
and there are ftrong towers at the
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diftance of every ten feet. Mr Gul-
liver eafily trode over the wall, and
went carefully through the principal
ſtreets in his waift coat only, for fear
the skirts of his coat might damage
the roofs and eaves of the houſes.
The garret windows and the tops
of houſes were fo crouded with ſpec-
tators, that Mr Gulliver imagined
the city muft contain at least five
hundred thouſand fouls. Some of the
houſes were five oreys high, the
markets well provided, and the fhops
very rich. The city is an exact fquare
of five hundred feet. two great
ſtreets, which divide it into quar-
ters, are five feet wide; the lanes
and allies are from twelve to eighteen
inches. The emperor's palace, which
is in the centre, is inclofed by a wall
two feet high; the outward court is
a vaft fquare of forty feet, and here
and the royal apartments. Theſe
Mr Gulliver, by lying down upon
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his fide, and applying his face to the
windows, had the pleaíure of view-
ing, and he found them more fplen-
did than could be imagined He faw
the empress and the young princeſs
in their feveral lodgings, and her
Majefty was pleaſed to put her hand
out at the window for him to kifs.
About a fornight after Mr Gul-
liver obtained his liberty, he was vi-
fited by Reldrefal, the principal fe-
cretary. Reldrefal complimented
him on his liberty, and entered into
a political converfation with great
confidence. He informed Mr Gulli-
ver that the Lilliputians were threat-
ened with invafion from the iſland of
Blefufcu, with whom they had wa-
ged war for fix and thirty moons.
Mr Gulliver then defired the fe-
cretary to inform the emperor, that
he was ready, at the hazard of his
life, to defend his perfon and ftate
againſt all invaders.

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CHAP. V.
Mr Gulliver communicated to the
Emperor a project he had formed of
eizing the enemy's whole fleet, as
t lay at anchor in the harbour, and
eady to fail with the firft fair wind.
The depth of the channel that divi-
Jed the two islands of Lilllput and
Blefufcu was, in the middle, about
x feet; and after being provided
with a proper quantity of cables, as
thick as packthread, and bars of ir-
on like knitting needles, which he
bent into the form of a hook, Mr
Gulliver, in his leather jacket only,
waded about 30 yards into the fea,
when, being out of his depth, he
Iwam till he felt the bottom on the
oppolite fide. The enemy were fo
rightened that they quitted their
hips, and made towards the ſhorë.
Gulliver then took qut his tackle,
aftened a hook at the prow of each
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-
ſhip, and then tying all the corda to-
gether, began to pull, but not a fhip
would ftir, for they had all good an-
chorage. He therefore took out his
knife, and refolutely cut all their
cables; in doing this, however, he
received a prodigious number of
wounds in the hands and face, from
the arrows of the enemy. He then
took up the cords to which the
hooks were tied, and with great eaſe
drew fifty of the enemy's men of
war after him
The emperor with his attendants
food on the coast, expecting the
flue of this adventure They faw
the ſhips move, but could not difco-
ver Mr Gulliver, who was up to
his chin in water They concluded
him to be drowned, and that the e-
memy were approaching in a hoftile
manner. However, as the fea be
game fhallower and fhallower every
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ftep, he was foon within hearing,
and then holding up the end of the

cable by which the fleet were fafien-
ed together, he cried aloud, Long
live the moſt puiff nt Emperor of
Lilliput! He was received at his
landing with great encom'ums, and
created a Nardic, which is the high-
eft title of honour.
His maj fly defired that Mr Gul-
liver would take fome future oppor-
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tunity of bringing all the reft of the
enemy's fhips ir to his ports; and his
ambition was ſo great that he feem-
ed to think of nothing but reducing
Blefufcu to a province. Mr Gulli-
ver, however. boldly protefted that
he would nover be the nftrument of
bringing a brave and free people in-
to flavery.
This open declaration, however,
was at first productive of dislike in
the Emperor, and afterwards of ba-
tred. From this tie an intrigue
began between the Emperor and is
ninifters, that had like to have end-
ed in Gulliver's deftruction.
Soon after the feizure of the Ble-
fuſcan fleet, ambaffadors were ſent
from that nation with humble offers
of peace. After the treaty was rati-
fied, their excellencies paid a viſit to
Mr Gulliver They complimented
him upon his valour and generofity,
and, in the name of their Emperor,
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invited him to pay a vifit to their
kingdom Accordingly, the next
time he law the Emperor, he defir-
ed leave to wait on the Blefuſcan
monarch, which he granted indeed,
but in a very cold manner; for Bul-
golam and Flimnap had reprefented
his intercourfe with the amb ffadors
as a mark of diſaffection.
It was not log, however, before
he had an opportunity of doing, as
be thought, ſuch a fignal ſervice as
would have pnt afide all fufpicions
of his fidelity
He was alarmed at
midnight with horrid cries; and fe
veral of the courtiers entreated him
to repair immediately to the palace,
as the Queen's apartments were on
fire, by the careleffneſs of a maid of
honour, who fell aſleep while ſhe
was reading a romance. Gulliver got
up and made the best of his way to
the city. He mi ht have 4ined the
fire with the flap of his coat, but
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that in his hate he had unfortunate"
ly left it behind him. The caſe was
truly deplorable. Mr Gulliver had
however drank plentifully of wine,
and this, by his coming very near the
flames, and his labouring to quench
them, began to operate, and was
voided in ſuch a quantity, and was
fo properly applied, that in three
minutes the fire was totally exting-
uiſhed. By the laws of the realm,
however, it was a capital offence for
any perſon to make water in the
precincts of the palace, and Mr Gul-
liver was informed that the emperor
had rather that the palace had ben
burnt to the ground, than he ſhould
have made uſe of fuch filthy means
of faving it; and as for the emprefs,
ſhe could never be perfuaded to live
in her apartmenis after it, and pri-
vately, vowed vengeance againſt the
hero of our story.
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CHAP. VI.
MR. Gulliver's fuite of fervants was
very numerous. He had thre. hun-
dred cooks to drefs his v ctuals.-
He uſed to place 20 Waiters upon
the table, and 100 m re attended
on the ground, fome for dishes of

HU
meat and fome for wine. A thoul.
der of mutton he took at a mouth-
ful, and a barrel of liquor at a rea-
fonable draught. Once indeed, he
had a firloin of beef fo immenfely
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it.
large, that he made three bites of
The geeſe and turkies afforded
a fcanty mouthful, and of their lefs-
er fowls, he frequently took up 20
or 30 at a time on the end of his
fork.
Flimnap the treaſurer was always
a mortal enemy to Mr Gulliver.
He repreſented to the Emperor the
low condition of the treaſury; and,
in fhort, went fo far as to inform
him, that the Man-mountain had
coft his majeſty above a million of
money in eating and drinking, and
that it was highly adviſeable, that
the first fair opportunity ſhould be
taken of difmifling h m.
CHAP. VII.
WHILE Mr Gulliver was preparing
to pay a vifit to the Emperor of
Blefufcu, perſon of rank calied at
his houſe privately, and in the ni ht.
After the common falutations were
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over, the worthy nobleman informed
him, that at the inftigation of Flim-
nap the treaſurer, Lemtoc the com-
mander in chief, Lancon the cham-
berlain, and Balinuff, the great juſ-
ticiary, his Majefty had refolved up-
on impeaching him for treaſon, and
other capital crimes.
Mr Gulliver at first thought of
pleading to the articles, and boldly
ftanding trial; but he recollected
that fate trials generally terminate as
the judges pleaſe to direct. He then
was ſtrongly bent upon refiftance,
for while he had liberty, the whole
ftrength of that empire could hardly
fubdue him, and he could eaſily with
ftones pelt the metropolis to pieces.
At laft, however, he refolved to
leave the iſland peaceably, and to vi-
fit the Emperor of Blefufcu. He
went to that fide of the island where
the fleet lay, feize upon a large man
of war, tied a cable to the prow, hea-
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ved anchor, and after ſtripping, put
his clothes into the velfel, and draw-
ing it after him, ſoon arrived at the
port of Blefuſcu His Majefty, the
royal family, and great officers of
the court, immediately came out to
receive him. The reception he met
with was fuitable to the generofity
of ſo great a prince; but for want
of a proper houſe and bed, he was
forced to lie on the ground, wrapt
up in his coverlid.
CHAP. VIII.
THREE days after Mr Gulliver
arrived at Blefufcu, he obferved
fomething in the fea, about half a
league from fhore, that refembled a
boat overturned; and after wading
a confiderable way, he found that
the tide bore it towards the fhore,
and that it was really a boat which
fome tempeft had driven from a fhip.
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By the time he had waded up to his
chin, the boat was within reach; he
then got behind it, and with little
difficulty puſhed it aſhore.
After fome time, he was informed
that an envoy had arrived from Lil-
liput, with a copy of the articles of
impeachment, who reprefented the
leuity of the Emperor his mafter,
and that he was content the culprit.
ſhould be punished with only the
lofs of his eyes; and that he hoped
the Emperor of Blefufcu would or-
der him to be fent back to Lilliput,
bound hand and foot
To this the Emperor replied, that
he believed their Majefties would
foon be made cafv. For that the
Man-mountain had found a prodigi-
ous veel on the fhore, able to carry
him to fea, which was ordered to be
fitted up according to his own di-
rection; and he hoped in a few
weeks both empires would be freed
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from fo infupportable an incum-
brance; and with this anſwer, the
envoy returned to Lilliput.
Since Fortune, whether good or
evil, had thrown a boat in Mr Gul-
liver's way, he was refolved to ven-
ture himſelf upon the ocean; and
the Emperor and most of his mini-
fters were glad of the reſolution.
Five hundred workmen were em-
ployed to make fails for the boat,
by quilting thirteen folds of their
ftrongest linen together He twist-
ed ten, twenty, or thirty of their
ftrongeft cables together for ropes,
and a great ftone ferved for an an-
chor. He formed mafts and oars
from fome of the largest foreft trees,
and the tallow of three hundred ox-
in were uſed in greafing the boat.
After every thing was in readi-
nefs, Mr Gulliver took leave of the
Emperor and the royal family, by
whom he was preſented with fifty
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purfes of gold and a full length
picture of his Majefty. He ftored
the boat with the carcafes of a hun-
dred oxen, three hundred theep, as
much ready dreffed meat as three
hundred cooks could provide, with
bread and drink in proportion. He
alſo took fix cows and two bulls a-
live, the fame number of ewes and
rams, with a good bundle of hay,
and a bag of corn.
→
Thus equipped, he fet fail on the
24th of September, in the morning.
and in the evening defcried an iſland
about four leagues diftant. He ad-
vanced forward, and cait anchor on
the lee-fide of it. He then toot
ſome refreshment, and went to reft.
He ate his breakfatt in the morning
before the fun was up, and heaving
anchor, fteered the fame courfe he
had done the day before. He dif-
covered nothing all this day, bat
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upon the next he defcried a fail.
He hailed her, but got no answer;
yet, as he found he gained upon her,
he made all the fail he could, and in
half an hour the efpied him, and was
overjoyed to fee her English colours.
He put his live fteck into his poc-
kets, and got on board with all his
ftock of provifion. The fhip was
an English merchantman, returning
from Japan, and was commanded
by Mr John Riddel, who, when Mr.
Gulliver informed him of his adven-


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ture, imagined he had loft his witɛ.
Whereupon, taking his oxen and
ſheep out of his pockets, after great
aftonishment. he clearly convinced
the crew of his veracity.
The remainder of his voyage was
very profperous, for they arrived in
the Downs on the 13th of April.
Mr Gulliver found his wife and fa-
mily in good health. His uncle had
left him an eftate near Epping of
fifty pounds a year, and he had a
long leaſe of the Black Bull in Fet-
terlane, that yielded him as much
more; ſo that he immediately ſettled
with his family at Redriff.
FINIS.
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