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THE
ADVENTURES
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CAPTAIN GULLIVER,
IN A VOYAGE TO
LILLIPUT.
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THE
ADVENTURES
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CAPTAIN GULLIVER.
CHAP. I.
Mr Lemuel Gulliver was the third
fon of a gentleman in Nottingham-
fhire; at the age of 14 he was
fent to Emanuel College, Cambridge,
where he ftudied very clofely for
three years; but the charge of main-
taining him being too great for his
father's narrow fortune, he was bound
apprentice to Mr Bates, a furgeon
in London. What little money he
got, he laid out in learning naviga-
tion, and other parts of mathematics,
as he always fancied he ſhould be a
great traveller. When his time was
expired, he left Mr Bates, and Au-
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died phyfic two years at Leyden, in
Holland
Soon after his return from Ley-
den, he eſpouſed Mifs Polly Burton,
daughter of a hofier in Newgate-
ftreet, with whom he received a por-
tion of four hundred pounds.
After practising about three years
in Wapping, with but little fuccefs,
he accepted of an advantageous offer
from Captain Pritchard, of the An-
telope, who was making a voyage to
the South Sea.
They failed from Briſtol on the 4th
of May, 1699. Their voyage was
at firſt very profperous; till leaving
theſe feas, and fteering their courſe
towards the Eaft 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 reft were in a
very weak condition.
On the 5th of November, (the be-
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ginning of fummer in thofe parts)
the weather being hazy, they elpied
a rock within a cable's length of the
ſhip, and the wind being itrong, they
immediately ſplit upon it.
Mr Gul-
liver and five of the crew heaved out
the boat, and made a thift to get
clear of the thip 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 overlet by a fudden
fquall from the north. What became
of the other feamen Mr Gulliver
knew not; but he fwam with wind
and tide, and often in vain let his
legs drop, in hopes of iceling the
bottom; at laft, when he was almoſt
ready to expire, he found himtelf
within his depth; and the torm be-
ing greatly abated, he walked above
a mile before he reached the thore.
He then advanced near half a mile
up the country, but could not difco.
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ver either houſes or inhabitants. He
lay down on the grafs, which was
very fhort and foft, and flept about
nine hours. He awaked juft at day-
break, and upon attempting to rife,
he found that he could not ftir; for,
as he lay on his back, he found his
arms and legs faftened 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 almoft up to his chin, when bend-
ing his eyes downwards, he perceiv
ed it to be a human creature, not fix
inches high, with a bow and arrow
in his hand, and a quiver at his back;
he then felt at least forty more fol-
lowing the firft; and being greatly
aftoniſhed, he roared fo loud, that
they all ran back in a fright; and
fome of them broke their limb³, by
leaping from his fide to the ground.
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Soon after one of them cried aloud
Tolgo Phonac; when inftantly Mr
Gulliver perceived fome hundreds of
arrows difcharged upon his hands and
face, which pricked him like fo many
needles, and gave him fo much pain,
that he ſtrove again to get looſe, fome
of them attempted to ftab him in the
fide with their ſpears, but they could
not pierce his buff waiſtcoat. When
the people obferved that he lay quiet,
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they diſcharged no more arrows. He
faw them bufy in erecting a ftage at
a little diſtance, about a foot and a
half high; which they had no fooner
finiſhed, than four of them afcended
it by a ladder One of them, who
feemed to be a perfon 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 time, Langro Dohu!
San; on which they cut the rings
that bound the left fide of his head.
The little monarch made an oration,
not one word of which Mr. Gulliver
could underſtand; he obſerved, how-
ever, many figns of threataings, and
others of promiſes, pity, and kind-
nefs; and he anſwered by motions
of fubmiffion and friendship. Being
almoſt famiſhed with hunger, he put
his finger frequently to his mouth,
to fignify to them that he wanted
food. The Hurgo (for fo they called

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II
a great Lord), underſtood him very
well; he defcended from the ſtage,
and ordered ſeveral ladders to be pla-
ced against Mr Gulliver's fides, by
which above a hundred of the people
mounted, and walked towards his
mouth laden with baskets of meat ;
there were ſhoulders, legs, and loins,
fhaped like thoſe of mutton, but
ſmaller than the wings of a lark. He
eat two or three of them at a mouth-
ful, and took three of the loaves
(which were as big as a musket bul-
let) at a time. The inhabitants were
aftoniſhed at his bulk and appetite;
and, on his making a fign for drink,
they flung up one of the largeſt hog-
fheads, 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 tasted like Burgun-
dy. They afterwards brought a fe-
cond hogfhead, which he alfo dif-
patched; and calling for more, found

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they had no more to give him. When
he had done thele wonders, they
ſhouted for joy; and, after warning
the people on the ground, the king
desired he would throw the.empty
barrels as far as he could; and when
they faw the veffels in the air, there
was an univerfal fhout 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, with-
out trembling at the very sight of ſo
prodigious a creature as he must ap-
pear to them. After fome time, an
ambaffador from the king appeared
before him, who, producing his cre-
dentials under the royal feal, ſpoke
about ten minutes without any sign
of anger, and yet with great refolu-
tion; pointing often towards the
metropolia, which was diſtant about
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half a mile, whither it was his ma-
jeſty's pleaſure that he ſhould be con-
veyed. Mr Gulliver made signs that
he ſhould be glad to be releaſed: and
the ambaſſador underſtood very well
what he meant, for he fhook his head
by way of difapprobation, and signi-
fied that he muft he carried as a pri-
foner; he therefore gave tokens that
they might do what they would with
him; whereupon the Hurgo and his
train withdrew with cheerful counte-
nances. Soon after the people ſhout-
ed out Peplom Selau; and he left the
cords ſo relaxed, that he was able to
turn upon his right side. 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.
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,
feven foot long, and four broad, and
moyed upon twenty-two wheels. It
was brought cloſe to Mr Gulliver's
side as he lay. To raiſe fo immenfe
a creature upon this vehicle, eighty
poles each of a foot high, were eret-
ed; and very ſtrong ropes of the big-
neſs of packthread, were faſtened by
hooks to many bandages, which the
workmen had girt round his neck,
hands, body, and legs. Nine hun-
dred of the strongest men were em-
ployed to draw up theſe cords, by
pullies fastened on the poles, and in
a few hours he was raifed, an flung
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-
fleep, by the force of a medicine that
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had heen purpoſely infuſed in the
wine he had drunk. Fifteen hundred
ſtrong horſes, about four inches and a
half high, were yoked 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 thousand men
on each side, one half of them with
torches, and the other half of them
with bows and arrows, ready to
fhoot him if he offered to ftir. Ear-
ly the next morning they continued
their march and at noon arrived
within two hundred yards of the
city gate.
I
The carriage ftopped near an old
temple, the largest 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 fhould lodge.
The gate was four feet high, and two
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feet wide, and on each side was four
windows. To this temple he was fai
tened by ninety-one chains, which
were fixed to his leg by thirty-six
padlocks. Juft opposite ſtood a fa-
mous turret, five feet high; to the
top of which, the emperor and many
lords afcended, for the fake of fee-
ing fo large a monfter; vaft numbers
of people came alſo upon the fame er-
rand; and when the workmen foupd
that they had thoroughly fecured him,
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they cut all the ftrings with which he
was bound; and upon his rising up..
on his legs, they fhewed the greatoft
marks of wonder and alionithment.
CHAP. II.
MR Gulliver was oo fooner on his
legs, than he was pleafed at be-
holding the proſpect of the coun-

try, large fields of forty feet ſquare;
woods, at least sixty feet long; and
B
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tall trees, almoſt ſeven feet high; and
the city on the left hand, which leuk-
ed like the view of London in a
raree thew.
The emperor having defcended
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 diſtance to
fee him dine. With regard to the
emperor's perſon, he is taller by a
quarter of an inch than any of his
fubjects, which is enongh to ftrike
them all with awe. His dreis was
plain and simple, but he wore a gol-
den he met 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 fword to defend him-
felf if he thould 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 understand one
another. When the court withdrew,
he was left with a ſtrong guard, to
prevent the impertinence of the rab-
ble, many of whom, fuppofing he
would devour all the victuals in the
country, had the audacity to thoor
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 upon his
right hand, and made a fign as if he
'would eat them up alive; they were
greatly affrighted, and fqualled tere
ribly when they faw him take out
his knife; but afterwards looking
mildly, and cutting the ftrings with
which they were bound, he placed
them gently on the ground, and away
they ran as faft as they were able.
น
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his mark of clemency was repre-
fented much to his advantage at
court.
For a fortnight he lay upon the
naked pavement of his houfe, which
was ſmooth ſtone; during which time
fix hundred beds were brought in
carriages, and worked up within the
building; one hundred and fifty were
fewn together in breadth and length;
and theſe were four double, which,
however, was barely fufficient to re-
lieve him from the hardneſs of the
floor; and in the fame marner alfo,
he was provided with fheets, blan-
kets 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 Mr Gulliver conſented': he took
the two officers in his hand, and put
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them firſt into one pocket, and then
into another. Thefe gentlemen fet
down in writing every thing they
found ; and after putting them fafe-
ly on the ground, they prefented the
inventory to the emperor, which was
as follows:
In the right-hand coat pocket, we
found a large piece of coarſe cloath,
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 fee it
opened; and on our ſtepping into it,
found ourſelves mid-leg deep in a fort
of duft, which made us fneeze won-
derfully. In the right waistcoat poc-
ket, we found a number of white thin
fubfances folded, 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-haud breeches pocket we faw
a hollow pillar of iron, about the

length of a man, fastened to a ftrong
piece of timber, larger than the pil-
lar; on one fide of which were huge
pieces of ftrong iron ticking 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 ſhaved himſelf,
and that with the other he cut his
victuals. There were two other
fmaller pockets, from one of which
he took a large globe, half ſilver, and

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half of ſome tranſparent metal; this
he put clole to our ears, and we
were lurpriſed with a noife as loud
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as the fall of a water mill; this en-
gine he called his oracle, and ſaid,
it pointed out the time of every ac-
tion of his life; we therefore pre-
tume it is the god that he worthips.
From the left fob he took out a net,
large enough for a fiſherman; 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 ſword, the length
of nine men; on his right fide was a
bag, containing two cells, in one of
which were ſeveral 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 Guilliver to
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give up the feveral particulars; he
therefore first took his fcymitar 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 Galliver took it
out of his pocket, and charging it
with powder only, he let it off in
th air, on which hundreds of the
Lilliputians fell on the ground as if
they had been dead, and even the em-
peror was greatly confounded. His
pistols 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 majesty's palace
might be blown into the air.
emperor being defirous of feeing 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 noiſe it made,
and at the motion of the minute-
hand. His money, comb, knife, ra-
for, &c. were then given up. The
feymitar, pittols, and pouch were
conveyed by broad-wheel fwaggons.
to the emperor's ftores, but the reft
of the things were reftored.
CHAP. III.
MR GULLIVER's gentle behaviour
gained the good opinion of the em-
peror, the army, and the people in
general, infomuch, that he was fet
at full liberty they became lefs ap-
prehenſive of danger from him; and
at lalt 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.
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 ſtate. When
any great office becomes vacant, five
or fix of theſe candidates petition the
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king to entertain his majeſty with
a dance on the rope, and whoever
jumps the higheft is to fucceed.
Thefe diverfions, however, are of
ten 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 fre-
quently ftrain fo far, that there is
hardly any of them who have not re-
ceived 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
noblemen as are to be diftinguished
by a particular mark of favour. The
emperor holds a ſtick in his hand,
and the candidatee leap over or creep
under it, backwards and forwards;
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and whoever holds out longeft in
leaping and creeping is honoured

+
with the blue filk; the red is given
to the next, and the green to the
the third.
CHAP IV.
►
THE wall of the city of Milendo
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 ſtrong towers at the
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diſtance of every ten feet. Mr Gul-
liver eally strode over the wall, and
went carefully through the principal
ftreets in his waiſtcoat only, for fear
the fkirts of his coat might damage.
the roofs and eaves of the houfes.
The garret windows and the tops
of houſes were fo crouded with ſpec-
tators, that Mr Gulliver imagined
the city muft contain at lealt five
hundred thouſand fouls. Some of the
houfes were five ftories high, the
markets well provided, and the fhops
very rich. The city is an exact fquare
of five hundred feet; two great
freets, which divide it into quar-
teas, are five feet wide; the lanes and
alleys are from twelve to eighteen
inches. The emperor's palace, which
in the centre, is inclofed by a wall
two feet high; the outward court is
a vaſt ſquare of forty feet, and here
ftand 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 pleafure of view-
ing, and he found them more fplen-
did than could be imagined. He faw
the empress and the young princets
in their feveral lodgings, and her
majefty was pleaſed to put her hand
out at the window for him to kifs.
About a fortnight after Mr Gul-
liver obtained his liberty, he was vi-
fited by Reldrefal, the principal fecre-
tary. Reldrefal complimented him.
upon his liberty, and entered into a
political converſation with great con-
fidence. He informed Mr Gulliver,
that the Lilliputians were threatened
with an invafion from the island of
Blefufcu, with whom they had waged
war for fix and thirty moons.
Mr Gulliver then defired the fe-
cretary to inform the emperor, that
he was ready, with 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
feizing the enemy's whole flect while
it lay at anchor in the harbour, and
ready to fail with the firft fair wind.
The depth of the channel that divid-
ed the two iffands of Lilliput and
Blefufcu was, in the middle, about
fix feet; and, after being provided
with a proper quantity of cables, as
thick as packthread, and bars of iron,
as thick as knitting needles, which he
bent into the form of a hook, Mr
Gulliver, in his leather jacket only,
waded about thirty yards into the ſea;
when being out of his depth, he fwam
till he felt the bottom on the oppo-
fite thore. The enemy were fo fright-
ened that they all quitted their fhips,
and made towards the fhore.
Gulliver then took out his tackle,
faſtened a book at the prow of each
C
Mr

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ſhip, and then tying all the cords 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 ca-
bles; in executing this, however, be
received a prodigious number of
wounds in his hands and face, ftom
the arrows of the enemy. He then
took up the cords to which his hooks
were tied, and with great eaſe drow
fifty of the enemy's men of war af-
ter him
The Emperor, with his attendants,
food on the coaft, expecting the if
fue of this adventure. They faw
the fhips move, but could not dif
cern Mr Gulliver, who was up to
his chin in water. They concluded
him to be drowned, and that the ene-
my's fleet were approaching in a ho,
Aile manner. However, as the ſea
beepme ſhallower and ſhallower eve.
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ry ſtep, he was foon within hear-
ing, and then holding up the end of

the cable by which the fleet were fa-
ftened together, he cried aloud,
"Long live the most puiffiant Em-
"
peror of Lilliput !" He was re-
ceived at his landing with great en-
comiums, and created a Nardic,
which is the highest title of honour.
His majefty defired that Mr Gulli
ver would take fome future opportu
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nity of bringing all the rest of the
enemy's fhips into his ports; and his
ambition was fo great that he feem-
ed to think of nothing but reducing
Blefuſcu to a province. Mr Gulli-
ver, however, boldly protefted, that
he would never be an inftrument of
bringing a brave and free people
into flavery.
This open declaration, however,
was at first productive of diſlike in
the Emperor, and afterwards of ha-
tred From this time an intrigue be-
gan between his majeſty and his mi-
nifters, that had like to have ended
poor Gulliver's deftruction.
in
Soon after the ſeizure of the Ble-
fufcuan fleet, ambaffadors were ſent
from that nation with humble offers
of peace. After the treaty was rati-
fied, their excellencies paid a vifit 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 visit to their
kingdom. Accordingly, the next
time he ſaw the Emperor, he de-
fired leave to wait on the Blefuf-
cuan monarch, which he granted in-
deed, but in a very cold manner; for
Flimnap and Bolgolam had repre-
fented his intercourfe with the am-
baſſadors as a mark of difaffection.
It was not long, however, before
he had an opportunity of doing, as
he thought ſo ſignal a ſervice as would
have put afide all fufpicions of his
fidelity. He was alarmed at midnight
with horrid cries; and feveral of the
courtiers intreated him to repair im-
mediately to the palace, for her Ma-
jefty's apartments were on fire by the
careleffneſs of a maid of honour, who
fell aſleep while ſhe was reading a ro-
mance. Mr Gulliver got up, and
made the best of his way to the me-
tropolis. He might easily have ftifled
the fire with the flap of his coat, but
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that in his hafte he had unfortunate-
ly left behind him. The cafe was
truly deplorable. Mr Gulliver had
however, drunk plentifully of wine,
and this, by his coming very near
the flames, and by his labouring to
quench them, began to operate, and
was voided in fuch a quantity, and
was to properly applied, that in
three minutes the fite was totally
extinguished. By the laws of the
realm, however, it was a capital of-
fence for any perſon to make water
within the precincts of the palace,
and Mr Gulliver was informed,
that the emperor would rather that
the palace had been burnt to the
ground, than he should have made
ufe of fuch filthy means of extin-
guishing the fire; and as for the em-
prefs, fhe would never be perfuaded
o live in her apartments afterwards,
and privately vowed vengeance
against the hero of our ſtory.
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CHAP. VI.
Mr Gulliver's faite of fervants was
He had three hun-
very numerous.
dred cooks to drefs his victuals.
He uſed to place twenty waiters up-
on the table, and a hundred more at-
tended on the ground, fome with
diſhes of meat, and fonte with wine.

A fhoulder of mutton was one
mouthful, and a barrel of liquor a
reaſonable draught. Once, indeed,
he had a furloin of beef to immenfely
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large, that he made three bites of
it. The geefe and turkies were a
fcanty mouthful, and of their ſmal-
ler fowls he frequently took up
twenty or thirty at a time upon the
end of his knife.
Flimnap, the treaſurer, was al-
ways a mortal enemy to Mr Gulli
ver.
He repreſented to the Empe-
ror the low condition of the trea-
fury; and, in ſhort, went ſo far as
to inform him, that the Man-moun-
tain had coft his majeſty above a
million of money in eating and
drinking, and that it was highly
adviſeable, that the orft fair oppor-
tunity fhould be taken of difmifling
him.
CHAP. VII.
WHILE Mr Gulliver was preparing to
pay a vifit to the Emperor of Blefuf-
cu, a perfon of rank called at his
houſe privately, and in the night
After the common falutations were
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t
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 juf-
ticiary, his Majefty had refolved up-
on impeaching him for treafon, and
other capital crimes.
Mr Gulliver at first thought of
pleading to the articles, and boldly
ftanding trial; but he recollected that
ftate trials generally terminates a
the judges pleaſe to direct. He then
was ftrongly bent upon refiftance,
for while he had liberty, the whole
Arength of that empire could hardly
fubdue him, and he could eaſily with
ftones pelt the metropolis to pieces.
At last, however, he refolved to
leave the island peaceably, and to
vifit the Emperor of Blefufcu. He
went to that fide of the iſland where
the fleet lay, feized upon a large man
of war, tied a cable to the prow, hea-


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ved anchor, and after ftripping, put
his cloaths into the veffél, and draw-
´ing it after him, ſoon arrived at the
port of Blefufcu. His majefty, the
- royal family, and great officers of the
court, immediately came out to re-
ceive him. The reception he met
with, was fuitable to the generofity
of fo great a prince; but for want
of a proper houſe and bed, he was
forced to lie on the ground, wrap-
ped up in his coverlid.
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CHAP. VIII.
THREE days after Mr Gulliver ar-
rived at Blefufeu, he obferved ſome-
thing in the fea, about half a league
from thore, that refembled a boat
overturned; and after wading a con-
fiderable way, he found that the tide
bore it towards the thore, and that
it was really a boat, which ſome tem-
peft had driven from a fhip. By the

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time he had waded up to his chin,
the boat was within reach; he then
got behind it, and with little diffi-
culty puſhed it afhøre.
After fome time he was informed,
that an envoy was arrived from Lil-
liput, with a copy of the articles of
impeachment, who repreſented the
lenity of the Emperor his mafter,
and that he was content the culprit
fhould be punithed only with the
loſs of his eyes; and that he hoped
the Emperor of Blefufcu would order
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 easy. For that the
Man-mountain had found a prodigi-
ous veffel on the fhore, able to carry
him to fea, which was ordered to be
fitted up according to his own direc-
tion; and that he hoped in a few
weeks both Empires would be freed

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from fo unfupportable an incum-
brance; and with this an{wer, the
envoy returned to Lilliput.
Since fortune, whether good or
evil, had thrown a boat in Mr
Gulliver's way, he was refolved to
venture himſelf upon the ocean; and
the Emperor and moft of his mini-
fters were glad of the refolution.
Five hundred workmen were em-
ployed to make fails for the boat,
by quilting thirteen folds of their
itrongest linen together. He twift-
ed ten, twenty, or thirty of their
ftrongeft cables together for ropes,
and a great flone ferved for an an-
chor. He formed mafts and oars
from fome of the largeſt forest trees,
and the tallow of three hundred ox-
en was uſed in greasing the boat.
After every thing was in readi-
nefs Mr Gulliver took leave of the
Emperor and the royal family, by
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purſes of gold, and a full length
picture of his majefty. He ftored
the boat with the carcaſes of a hun-
dred oxen, three hundred ſheep, as
much ready dreffed meat, as three
hundred cooks could provide, and
bread and drink in proportion. He
alfo took fix cows and two bulls
alive; 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 iiland
about four leagues diftant. He ad-
vanced forward, and caft anchor on
the lee-fide of it. He then took ſome
refreſhment, and went to reft. He
ate his breakfaſt in the morning be-
fore the fun was up, and heaving
anchor, fteered the fame courfe he
had done the day before. He diſco-
vered nothing all this day, but upon
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the next he deſcried a fail; he hail-
ed her, but got no anfwer; yet as
he found he gained upon her, he
made all the fail he could, and in
half an hour ſhe efpied him, and
was overjoyed to fee her English co-
lours; he put his live ftock into his
pockets, and got on board with all his
cargo of provifions. The veffel 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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tuves, imagined he had lost his wits;"
whereupon, taking his oxen and
fheep 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 11th 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 leafe of the Black Bull in Fet-
ter-lane, that yielded him as much
more; fo that he immediately fettled
with his family at Redriff
FINIS.

HOT
SPANIARD.