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SCIENTIA
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LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
506 Swift (Jonathan) TRAVELS into several REMOTE NATIONS of the
WORLD, in Four Parts, by LEMUEL GULLIVER, with separate
pagination to each part, second Ed., portrait and 6 maps, 2 vols,
8vo, calf, Printed for Benj. Motte, 1727
£6
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Mentis,e incoctum generofo pectus honefto.
TRAVELS
Swift
SWEATP
INTO SEVERAL
Remote Nations
OF THE
WORLD
In FOUR PARTS.
By LEMUEL GULLIVER,
Firft a SURGEON, and then a CAPTAIN
of feveral SHIPS.
To which are prefix'd,
Several Copies of VERSES Expla-
planatory and Commendatory; never be-
fore printed.
VOL. I.
The SECOND EDITION.
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By TITTY TIT, Efq; Poet Laureat to his
Majeſty of LILLIPUT.
Tranflated into English.
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Worthy thee!
Worthy me!
Mufe infpire,
All thy Fire!
Bards of old
Of him told,
When they faid
Atlas Head
Propt the Skies:
See! and believe your Eyes!
MAOS II.
See him ftride
Vallies wide:
Over Woods,
Over Floods.
When he treads,
Mountains Heads
Groan and fhake;
Armies quake,
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Left his Spurn
Overturn
Man and Steed:
Troops take heed!
Left and Right,
Speed your Flight!
Left an Hoft
Beneath his Foot be loft. yalbuf
Turn'd afide
From his Hide,
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Safe from Wound
Darts rebound.
From his Nofe
Clouds he blows;
When he ſpeaks,
Thunder breaks!
When he eats,
Famine threats;
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The Lamentation of GLUMDALCLITCH for
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the Lofs of GRILDRIG.
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OON as Glumdalclitch mift her pleafing Care,
She wept, fhe blubber'd, and the tore her Hair.
No British Mifs fincerer Grief has known,
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Her Squirrel miffing, or her Sparrow flown.
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She furl'd her Sampler, and liawl'd in her Thread,
And ftuck her Needle into Grildrig's Bed;
Thien ſpread her Hands, and with a Bounce let fall
Her Baby, like the Giant in Guild-hall.
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In Peals of Thunder now fhe roars, and now
She gently whimpers like a lowing Cow.
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Her Locks difhevell'd, and her Flood of Tears
Seem like the lofty Barn of fome rich Swain,
When from the Thatch drips faft a Shower of Rain.
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In vain ſhe ſearch'd each Cranny of the Houſe,
Each gaping Chink impervious to a Mouſe.
"Was it for this (fhe cry'd) with daily Care
"Within thy reach I fet the Vinegar?
"And fill'd the Cruet with the acid Tide,
"While Pepper-Water-Worms thy Bait fupply'd;
"Where twin'd the Silver Eel around thy Hook,
"And all the little Monſters of the Brook.
"Sure in that Lake he dropt-My Grilly's drown'd.
She dragg'd the Cruet, but no Grildrig found.
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"Vain is thy Courage, Grilly, vain thy Boaſt
But little Creatures enterpriſe the moſt.
"Trembling, I've ſeen thee dare the Kitten's Paw;
"Nay, mix with Children, as they play'd at Taw;
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"Marbles to them, but rolling Rocks to you.
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"Why did I trust thee with that giddy Youth?
"Who from a Page can ever learn the Truth?
"Vers'd in Court Tricks, that Money-loving Boy
"To fome Lord's Daughter fold the living Toy;
"Or rent him Limb from Limb in cruel Play,
“As Children tear the Wings of Flies away:
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"From Place to Place o'er Brobdingnag I'll roam,
"And never will return, or bring thee home.
"But who hath Eyes to trace the paffing Wind,
"How then thy fairy Footſteps can I find?
"Doft thou bewildred wander all alone, lade
"In the green Thicket of a Moffy Stone, ba
"Or tumbled from the Toadftool's flipp'ry Round,
"Perhaps all maim'd, lie groveling on the Ground?
"Doſt thou, imbofom'd in the lovely Rofe,
"Or funk within the Peach's Down, repoſe?
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"Within the King-Cup if thy Limbs are ſpread,
"Or in the golden Cowflip's velvet Head;
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"O fhew me, Flora,'midft thofe Sweets, the Flower
"Where fleeps my Grildrig in the fragrant Bower!
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"But ah! I fear thy little Fancy royes by
"On little Females, and on little Loves;emos o
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Thy Pigmy Children, and thy tiny Spouſe,
"The Baby Playthings that adorn thy Houſe,
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Doors, Windows, Chimneys, and the fpacious
Rooms
"Equal in Size to Cells of Honeycombs.
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"Haft thou for theſe now ventur'd from the Shore,
“ Thy Bark a Bean-ſhell, and a Straw thy Oar?
Or in thy Box, now bounding on the Main ?
"Shall I ne'er bear thy felf and Houſe again?
And fhall I fet thee on my Hand no more,
To fee thee leap the Lines, and traverſe o’er
My fpacious Palm ? of Stature ſcarce a Span,
"Mimick the Actions of a real Man?
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As Seamen at a Capftern Anchors weigh?
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"How wert thou wont to walk with cautious
Tread,
"A Difh of Tea like Milk-Pale on thy Head?
"How chaſe the Mite that bore thy Cheeſe away,
"And keep the rolling Maggot at a Bay?"
She ſpoke; but broken Accents ftopt her Voice,
Soft as the ſpeaking Trumpets mellow Noife:
She fob❜d a Storm, and wip'd her flowing Eyes,
Which feem'd like two broad Suns in mifty Skies:
O! ſquander not thy Grief, thofe Tears command
To weep upon our Cod in Newfound-Land:
The plenteous Pickle fhall preſerve the Fiſh,
And Europe taft thy Sorrows in her Diſh.
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Mr. LEMUEL GULLIVER,
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The Grateful ADDRESS of the Unhappy
HOUYHN HNMs, now in Slavery and
Bondage in England.
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Condemn'd to labour in a barb'rous Land,
Return our Thanks. Accept our humble Lays,
And let each grateful Houyhnhnm neigh thy Praife,
O happy Taboo, purg'd from human Crimes,
By thy fweet Sojourn in thofe virtuous Climes,
Where reign our Sires! There, to thy Countrey's
Shame,
Reafon, you found, and Virtue were the fame.
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Their Precepts raz'd the Prejudice of Youth,
And even a Taboo learn'd the Love of Truth.
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Art thou the firſt who did the Coaſt explore;
Did never Taboo tread that Ground before?
Yes, Thouſands. But in Pity to their Kind,
Or fway'd by Envy, or through Pride of Mind,
They hid their Knowledge of a nobler Race, t
Which own'd, would all their Sires and Sons dif-
grace,
You, like the Samian, vifit Lands unknown,
And by their wifer Morals mend your own.
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Thus Orpheus travell❜d to reform his Kind,
Came back, and
tam'd the Brutes he left behind.
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You went, you faw, you heard: With Virtue
fraught,
Then fpread thofe Morals which the Houyhnhnms
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taught.
Our Labours here muſt touch thy gen'rous Heart,
To fee us ftrain before the Coach and Cart;
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Compell'd to run each knaviſh Jockey's Heat !
Subfervient to New-market's annual Cheat!
With what Reluctance do we Lawyers bear,
To fleece their Countrey Clients twice a Year?
Or manag'd in your Schools, for Fops to ride,
How foam, how fret beneath a Load of Pride!
Yes, we are Slaves but yet, by Reafon's Force,
Have learnt to bear Misfortune, like a Horſe.
O would the Stars, to cafe my Bonds, ordain,
That gentle Gulliver might guide my Rein!
Safe would I bear him to his Journey's End,
For 'tis a Pleaſure to fupport a Friend.
But if my
my Life be doom'd to ferve the Bad,
may'st thou never want an eaſy Pad!
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Capt. LEMUEL GULLIVER;
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EPISTLE
The Captain, fome time after his Return, being
retir'd to Mr. Sympfon's in the Countrey, Mrs.
Gulliver, apprehending from his late Behaviour
Some Eftrangement of his Affections, writes him
the following expoftulating, foothing, and ten-
derly-complaining EPISTLE.
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ELCOME, thrice welcome to thy native
Place!
What, touch me not? what, fhun a
Wife's Embrace?
Have I for this thy tedious Abſence born,
And wak'd and wifh'd whole Nights for thy Return?
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In five long Years I took no fecond Spoufe;
What Redriff Wife fo long hath kept her Vows?
Your Eyes, your Nofe, Inconftancy betray;
Your Noſe you ftop, your Eyes you turn away.
'Tis faid, that thou fhouldft cleave unto thy Wife;
Once thou didst cleave, and I could cleave for Life.
Hear and relent! hark, how thy Children moa
Be kind at leaſt to thefe, they are thy own:
Behold, and count them all; fecure to find
The honeſt Number that left behind.
you
See how they pat thee with their pretty Paws:
Why ſtart you? are they Snakes? or have they
Claws?
Thy Chriſtian Seed, our mutual Flefh and Bone:
Be kind at leaſt to theſe, they are thy own.
y are thy own.
Biddel, like thee, might fartheft India rove;
He chang❜d his Country, but retain'd his Love.
There's Captain Pannell, abſent half his Life,
Comes back, and is the kinder to his Wife.
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Yet Pannell's Wife is brown, compar❜d to me,
And Miſtreſs Biddel fure is Fifty three.
Not touch me! never Neighbour call'd me Slut!
Was Flimnap's Dame more fweet in Lilliput?
I've no red Hair to breath an odious Fume;
At leaſt thy Confort's cleaner than thy Groom.
Why then that dirty Stable-boy thy Care?
What mean thoſe Vifits to the Sorrel Mare?
Say, by what Witchcraft, or what Dæmon led,
Preferr'ft thou Litter to the Marriage Bed?
Some fay the Dev'l himſelf is in that Mare :
If ſo, our Dean fhall drive him forth by Prayer.
Some think you mad, fome think you are poſſeſt,
That Bedlam and clean Straw would ſuit you beſt:
Vain means, alas, this Frenzy to appeaſe!
That Straw, that Straw would heighten the Diſeaſe.
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My Bed, (the Scene of all our former Joys,
Witneſs two lovely Girls, two lovely Boys)
Alone I prefs; in Dreams I call my Dear,
I ſtretch my Hand; no Gulliver is there!
I wake, I rife, and fhiv'ring with the Froft,
Search all the Houfe; my Gulliver is loft!
Forth in the Street I ruſh with frantick Cries;
The Windows open; all the Neighbours rife:
Where fleeps my Gulliver? O tell me where?
The Neighbours anfwer, "With the Sorrel Mare.
At early Morn, I to the Market hafte,
(Studious in ev'ry thing to pleaſe thy Tafte)
A curious Fowl and Sparagrafs I chofe,
(For I remember'd you were fond of thoſe)
Three Shillings coft the first, the laſt fev'n Groats;
Sullen you turn'd from both, and call'd for Oats.
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Others bring Goods and Treaſure to their Houſes,
Something to deck their pretty Babes and Spouſes;
My only Token was a Cup like Horn,
That's made of nothing but a Lady's Corn Sto
'Tis not for that I grieve; O, 'tis to fee
The Groom and Sorrel Mare preferr'd to me!
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Theſe, for fome moments when you deign to
quit,
And (at due diſtance) ſweet Diſcourſe admit,
'Tis all my Pleaſure thy paft Toil to know,
For pleas'd Remembrance builds Delight on Woe.
At ev'ry Danger pants thy Confort's Breaſt,
And gaping Infants fquawle to hear the reſt.
How did I tremble, when by Thouſands bound,
I ſaw thee ſtretch'd on Lilliputian Ground;
When ſcaling Armies climb'd up ev'ry Part,
Each Step they trod, I felt upon my Heart.
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But
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But when thy Torrent quench'd the dreadful Blaże,
King, Queen and Nation ſtaring with Amaze
Full in my view how all my Husband came,
And what extinguiſh'd theirs, encreas'd my Flame
Thoſe Spectacles, ordain'd thine Eyes to fave,
Were once my Prefent; Love that Armour gave.
How did I mourn at Bolgolam's Decree!
For when he fign'd thy Death, he fentenc'd me.
When Folks might fee thee all the Country round
For Six pence, I'd have giv'n a Thouſand pound.
Lord! when the Giant-babe that Head of thine
iant-babe that Head
Got in his Mouth, my Heart was up in mine!
When in the Marrow-bone I fee thee ramm'd,
Or on the Houſe-top by the Monkey cramm'd;
The piteous Images renew my Pain,
And all thy Dangers I weep o'er again!
But on the Maiden's Nipple when you rid,
Pray Heav'n, 'twas all a wanton Maiden did!
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Glumdalclitch too!with thee I mourn her Cafe,
Heav'n guard the gentle Girl from all Difgrace! L
O may the King that one Neglect forgive, gim o2
And pardon her the Fault by which I live!bubali
Was there no other Way to fet him free?
My Life, alas, I fear prov'd Death to Thee!
O teach me, Dear, new Words to ſpeak my Flame;
Teach me to wooe thee by thy beſt-lov'd Name!
Whether the Stile of Grildrig pleaſe thee moft,
So call'd on Brobdingnag's ftupendous Coaſt,
When on the Monarch's ample Hand you fate,
And hollow'd in his Ear, Intrigues of State:
Or Quinbus Fleftrin more endearment brings,
When like a Mountain you look'd down on Kings:
If Ducal Nardac, Lilliputian Peer,
Or Glumglum's humbler Title footh thy Ear;
Nay, would kind Jove my Organs ſo diſpoſe,
To hymn harmonious Houyhnhnm thro' the Nofe,
I'd
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I'd call thee Houyhnhnm, that high founding Name,
Thy Children's Nofes all fhould twang the fame.
So might I find my loving Spouſe of courſe
Endu'd with all the Virtues of a Horfe.
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PART I.
A VOYAGE to Lilliput.
PART II.
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A Voyage to Brobdingnag
PART III.
A Voyage to Laputa, Bal-
nibarbi, Luggnagg, Glub
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HE Author of theſe
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Travels, Mr. Lemuel
Gulliver, is my antient
and intimate Friend;
there is likewife fome Relation be-
tween us by the Mother's Side.
About three Years ago, Mr. Gulliver
growing weary of the Concourfe of
curious
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curious People coming to him at
his Houſe in Redriff, made a ſmall
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tinghamshire, his Native Country;
where he now lives retired, yet in
good Eſteem among his Neighbours.
ALTHOUGH Mr. Gulliver was
born in Nottinghamshire, where his
Father dwelt, yet I have heard him
fay, his Family came from Oxford-
Shire; to confirm which, I have ob-
ferved in the Church-Yard at Ban-
bury, in that County, feveral Tombs
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fo diftinguished for his Veracity,"
that it became a fort of Proverb
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Voyages; together with the minute
Deſcriptions of the Management of
the Ship in Storms, in the Style of
Sailors: Likewife the Account of
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hend that Mr. Gulliver may be a
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​TRAVELS
INTO SEVERAL
Remote NATIONS
OF THE
WORLD.
PART I.
A VOYAGE to LILLIPUT.
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LONDON:
Printed in the Year MDCCXXVII.
THE
CONTENTS.
To
CHAP. I.
HE Author gives fome Account
of himself and Family. His firft
Inducements to travel. He is ſhip-
wreck'd, and fwims for his Life,
gets fafe on Shoar in the Country of
Lilliput, is made a Prifoner and car-
ry'd up the Country.
Page 1.
CHA P. II.
The Emperor of Lilliput, attended by
Several of the Nobility, come to fee
the Author in his Confinement. The
Emperor's Perſon and Habit defcrib'd.
Learned Men appointed to teach the
Author their Language. He gains
Favour by his mild Difpofition. His
Pockets
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Pockets are fearch'd, and his Sword
and Pistols taken from him.
CHA P. III.
p. 25.
The Author diverts the Emperor and his
Nobility of both Sexes, in a very un-
common Manner. The Diversions of
the Court of Lilliput defcrib'd. The
Author bath his Liberty granted him,
upon certain Conditions.
P. 47.
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CHAP IV.
Mildendo the Metropolis of Lilliput de-
fcrib'd, together with the Emperor's
Palace. A Converfation between the
Author and a principal Secretary,
concerning the Affairs of that Empire.
The Author's Offers to ferve the Em-
peror in his Wars.
CHA P. V.
p. 65.
The Author by an extraordinary Strata-
gem, prevents an Invasion. A high
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Title of Honour is conferr'd upon him.
Ambaſſadors arrive from the Emperor
of Blefufcu and fue for Peace. The
Empress's Apartment on fire by an
Accident. The Author inftrumental in
faving the rest of the Palace. p. 77.
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CH A P. VÌ.
Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput, their
Learning, Laws and Customs, the
Manner of educating their Children.
The Author's way of living in that
Country. His Vindication of a great
Lady.
CHAP. VII.
p. 92.
The Author being inform'd of a Defign
to accufe him of High-Treafon, makes
his Eſcape to Blefufcu. His Reception
there.
CHAP. VIII.
p. 115.
The Author, by a lucky Accident, finds
Means to leave Blefufcu, and after
fome Difficulties returns fafe to his
native Country.
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PART I.
AVOYAGE to LILLIPUT.
CHAP. I.
The Author gives fome Account of him-
felf and Family. His firft Inducements
to travel. He is fhipwreck'd, and
fwims for his Life, gets fafe on Shoar
in the Country of Lilliput, is made a
Prifoner, and carried up the Country.
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Y Father had a ſmall eftate in
Nottinghamshire; I was the
Third of five Sons. He fent
me to Emanuel-College in
Cambridge at Fourteen years old, where
I refided Three years, and applyed myſelf
clofe
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cloſe to my Studies: But the Charge of
maintaining me (although I had a very
fcanty Allowance) being too great for a
narrow Fortune, I was bound Apprentice
to Mr. James Bates, an eminent Surgeon
in London, with whom I continued four
years; and my Father now and then fend-
ing me fmall fums of Money, I laid them
out in learning Navigation, and other
parts of the Mathematicks, rufeful to
thoſe who intend to travel, as I always
believed it would be fome time or other
my fortune to do. When I left Mr.Bates,
I went down to my Father; where, by
the affiftance of Him and my Uncle
John, and fome other Relations, I got
forty Pounds, and a promife of thirty
Pounds a year to maintain me at Ley-
den There I ftudied Phyfick two Years
and ſeven Months, knowing it would be
ufeful in long Voyages.
SOON after my Return from Leyden,
I was recommended, by my good Mafter
Mr. Bates, to be Surgeon to the Swal-
low',
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Jow, Captain Abraham Pannell Com
mander; with whom I continued three
Years and a half, making a Voyage or two
into the Levant, and fome other Parts.
When I came back, I refolved to ſettle in
London, to which Mr. Bates, my Mafter,
encouraged me, and by him I was recom-
mended to feveral Patients. I took part
of a fmall Houfe in the Old-Jury ;
and
being adviſed to alter my condition, I
married Mrs. Mary Burton, fecond
Daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton Hofier
in Newgate-freet, with whom I received
four hundred Pounds for a Portion.
BUT, my good Mafter Bates dying in
two years after, and I having few Friends,
my Buſineſs began to fail; for my Con-
fcience would not fuffer me to imitate
the bad pra
of too many among my
Brethren. Having therefore confulted
with my Wife, and fome of my Acquain-
tance, to Sea.
I determined to go a
I was Surgeon fucceffively in two Ships,
and made ſeveral Voyages, for fix Years,
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to the Eaft and Weft-Indies, by which I
got fome Addition to my Fortune. My
hours of Leiſure I ſpent in reading the
beft Authors ancient and modern, being
always provided with a good number of
Books; and when I was afhoar, in ob-
ſerving the Manners and Difpofitions of
the People, as well as learning their Lan-
guage, wherein I had a great Facility by
the ftrength of my Memory.
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THE laft of theſe Voyages not prov-
ing very fortunate, I grew weary of the
Sea, and intended to ſtay at home with
my Wife and Family. I removed from
the Old-Jury to Fetter-Lane, and from
thence to Wapping, hoping to get Bufi-
nefs among the Sailors; but it would not
turn to account. After three years ex-
pectation that things would mend, I ac-
cepted an advantageous Offer from Cap-
tain William Prichard, Maſter of the
Antelope, who was making a Voyage to
the South-Sea. We fet fail from Briftol
May 4, 1699, and our Voyage at firſt
was very profperous,
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IT would not be proper, for fome
reaſons, to trouble the Reader with the
Particulars of our adventures in thoſe
Seas: Let it fuffice to inform him, that
in our Paffage from thence to the Eaft-
Indies, we were driven by a violent
Storm to the Northward of Van Diemen's
Land. By an Obfervation, we found our-
felves in the Latitude of 30 Degrees 2 Mi-
nutes South. Twelve of our Crew were
dead by immoderate Labour and ill Food,
the reſt were in a very weak condition.
On the fifth of November, which was
the beginning of Summer in thofe parts,
the Weather being very hazy, the Sea-
men ſpyed a Rock, within half a Cable's
length of the Ship; but the Wind was
ſo ſtrong, that we were driven directly
upon it, and immediately ſplit. Six of the
Crew,ofwhom I was one,having let down
the Boat into the Sea, made a fhift to
get clear of the Ship, and the Rock. We
rowed by my Computation about three
Leagues, till we were able to work no
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longer, being already ſpent with labour
while we were in the Ship. We there-
fore trufted ourſelves to the mercy of
the waves, and in about half an hour
the Boat was overfet by a fudden Flurry
from the North. What became of my
Companions in the Boat, as well as of
thoſe who eſcaped on the Rock, or were
left in the Veffel, I cannot tell; but con-
clude they were all loft. For my own
part, I fwam as Fortune directed me, and
was puſh'd forward by Wind and Tide.
I often let my Legs drop, and could feel
no bottom: But when I was almoft gone,
and able to ftruggle no longer, I found
myfelf within my depth; and by this
time the Storm was much abated.
Declivity was fo fmall, that I walked near
a Mile before I got to the fhore, which I
conjectur'd was about eight a-clock in
the Evening. I then advanced forward
near half a Mile, but could not diſcover
any fign of Houfes or Inhabitants; at
leaft I was in fo weak a condition, that
I did not obferve them. I was extremely
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tired, and with that, and the Heat of the
weather, and about half a pint of Brandy
that I drank as I left the Ship, I found
myſelf much inclined to fleep. I lay
down on the Grafs, which was very ſhort
and ſoft, where I flept founder than ever
I remember to have done in my life,
and as I reckoned, above Nine hours; for
when I awaked, it was juft Day-light.
I attempted to rife, but was not able to
ftir: For, as I happened to lie on my
back, I found my Arms and Legs were
ftrongly faſtened on each fide to the
ground; and my Hair, which was long
and thick, tied down in the fame man-
ner. I likewife felt ſeveral ſlender Li-
gatures across my body, from my Arm-
pits to my Thighs. I could only look
upwards; the Sun began to grow hot, and
the Light offended mine Eyes. I heard
a confuſed Noiſe about me, but in the
poſture I lay, could fee nothing except
the Sky. In a little time I felt ſomething
alive moving on my left Leg, which ad-
vancing gently forward over my Breaſt,
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came almoſt up to my Chin; when bend-
ing mine Eyes downwards as much as I
could, I perceived it to be a Human crea-
ture not Six inches high, with a Bow and
Arrow in his Hands, and a Quiver at his
Back. In the mean time, I felt at leaft
forty more of the fame kind (as I con-
jectured) following the firft. I was in
the utmoſt aſtoniſhment, and roared fo
loud, that they all ran back in a fright;
and ſome of them, as I was afterwards
told, were hurt with the Falls they got
by leaping from my fides upon the ground.
However, they foon returned, and one
of them, who ventured fo far as to get a
full fight of my Face, lifting up his hands
and eyes by way of Admiration, cryed
out in a fhrill but diftinct voice, Hekinah
Degul: The others repeated the fame
Words feveral times, but I then knew not
what they meant. I lay all this while,
as the Reader may believe, in great Un-
eafineſs: At length ftruggling to get looſe,
I had the fortune to break the Strings, and
wrench out the Pegs that faftened my
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Left arm to the ground; for, by lifting
it up to my Face, I difcover'd the me-
thods they had taken to bind me; and,
at the fame time, with a violent Pull,
which gave me exceffive pain, I a little
looſened the Strings that tied down my
Hair on the Left fide, fo that I was juſt
able to turn my Head about Two inches.
But the Creatures ran off a fecond time,
before I could feize them; whereupon
there was a great Shout in a very fhrill
accent, and after it ceaſed, I heard one
of them cry aloud, Tolgo Phonac; when
in an inſtant I felt above an Hundred
Arrows difcharged on my Left hand,
which pricked me like ſo many Needles;
and befides they fhot another Flight into
the Air, (as we do Bombs in Europe)
whereof many, I fuppofe, fell on my Bo-
dy (though I felt them not) and fome
on my Face, which I immediately cover-
ed with my Left hand. When this fhower
of Arrows was over, I fell a groaning
with Grief and Pain, and then ſtriving
again to get loofe, they difcharged an-
other
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other Volly larger than the firſt, and
ſome of them attempted with Spears to
ſtick me in the Sides; but, by good luck,
I had on me a Buff Jerkin, which they
could not pierce. I thought it the moſt
prudent method to lie ftill, and my de-
fign was to continue fo till night, when
my Left hand being already looſe, I could
eafily free myſelf: And as for the Inha-
bitants, I had reafon to believe I might
be a match for the greateſt Armies they
could bring againſt me, if they were all
of the fame fize with him that I faw.
But Fortune diſpoſed otherwiſe of me.
When the People obferved I was quiet,
they diſcharged no more Arrows: But
by the Noiſe I heard, I knew their num-
'bers encreaſed; and about Four yards
from me, over-againft my Right ear, I
heard a knocking for above an hour,
like that of people at work; when turn-
ing my head that way, as well as the
Pegs and Strings would permit me, I
ſaw a Stage erected about a Foot and a
half from the ground, capable of hold-
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I I
ing Four of the Inhabitants, with two
or three Ladders to mount it: From
whence one of them, who feemed to be
a Perſon of Quality, made me a long
Speech, whereof I understood not one
Syllable. But I fhould have mentioned,
that before the Principal perfon began his
oration, he cryed out Three times Langro
Dehul fan: (theſe words and the former
were afterwards repeated and explained
to me.) Whereupon immediately about
Fifty of the Inhabitants came, and cut the
Strings that faftened the Left fide of my
head, which gave me the liberty of turn-
ing it to the Right, and of obferving the
Perſon and Gefture of him that was to
ſpeak. He appeared to be of a middle age,
and taller than any of the other Three
who attended him, whereof one was a
Page that held up his train, and feemed
to be fomewhat longer than my Middle
finger; the other Two ftood one on
each fide to fupport him. He acted
every part of an Orator, and I could
obſerve many Periods of Threatnings,
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and others of Promiſes, Pity, and Kind-
nefs. I anſwered in a few words, but
in the moſt fubmiffive manner, lifting
up my Left hand and both mine Eyes
to the Sun, as calling him for a Witneſs;
and being almoſt famifhed with Hunger,
having not eaten a Morfel for fome hours
before I left the Ship, I found the De-
mands of nature fo ftrong upon me, that
I could not forbear fhewing my Impa-
tience (perhaps against the ftrict Rules of
Decency) by putting my finger frequent-
ly on my mouth, to fignify that I wanted
Food. The Hurgo (for fo they call a
great Lord, as I afterwards learnt) under-
ſtood me very well. He defcended from
the Stage, and commanded that ſeveral
Ladders fhould be applyed to my Sides,
on which above an Hundred of the Inha-
bitants mounted, and walked towards my
Mouth, laden with Baskets full of Meat,
which had been provided, and fent thi-
ther by the King's Orders upon the firſt In-
telligence he received of me. I obferved
there was the Flefh of feveral Animals,
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but could not diſtinguiſh them by the
Tafte. There were Shoulders, Legs, and
Loins fhaped like thofe of Mutton, and
very well dreffed, but fmaller than the
Wings of a Lark. I eat them by Two
or Three at a mouthful, and took Three
Loaves at a time, about the bigneſs of
Musket Bullets. They fupplyed me as
they could, fhewing a thouſand marks of
Wonder and Aftoniſhment at my Bulk and
Appetite. I then made another fign that
I wanted Drink. They found by my
eating that a fmall quantity would not
fuffice me, and being a moſt ingenious
people, they flung up with great dexterity
one of their largeft Hogfheads, then rol-
led it towards my Hand, and beat out the
Top; I drank it off at a Draught, which
Imight well do, for it did not hold Half a
pint, and taſted like a ſmall Wine of Bur-
gundy, but much more delicious. They
brought me a Second Hogfhead, which I
drank in the fame manner, and made
figns for more, but they had none to
give me. When I had perform'd theſe
Wonders
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wonders, they fhouted for joy, and
danced upon my breaft, repeating feveral
times as they did at firſt, Hekinah Degul.
They made me a fign that I ſhould throw
down the two Hogfheads, but firſt warn-
ed the people below to ftand out of the
way, crying aloud, Borach Mivola, and
when they ſaw the Veffels in the air,
there was an univerſal ſhout of Hekinah
Degul. I confeſs I was often tempted,
while they were paffing backwards and
forwards on my body, to feize Forty or
Fifty of the firſt that came in my reach,
and daſh them againſt the ground. But
the remembrance of what I had felt,
which probably might not be the worſt
they could do, and the Promiſe of Ho-
nour I made them, for fo I interpreted
my ſubmiſſive behaviour, foon drove out
theſe Imaginations. Befides, I now con-
fider'd myſelf as bound by the Laws of
Hoſpitality to a People who had treated
me with ſo much Expence and Magni-
ficence. However, in my thoughts I
could not fufficiently wonder at the In-
trepidity
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trepidity of theſe diminutive Mortals,
who durft venture to mount and walk
upon my Body, while one of my Hands
was at liberty, without trembling at the
very fight of fo prodigious a Creature as
I mult appear to them. After fome time,
when they obſerved that I made no more
demands for Meat, there appeared before
me a Perſon of high Rank from his Im-
perial Majefty. His Excellency having
mounted on the ſmall of my Right Leg,
advanced forward up to my Face, with
about a Dozen of his Retinue. And, pro-
ducing his Credentials under the Signet
Royal, which he applyed cloſe to mine
Eyes, fpoke about Ten minutes, without
any figns of Anger, but with a kind of
determinate Refolution; often pointing
forwards, which, as I afterwards found,
was towards the Capital City, about Half
a mile diftant, whither it was agreed by
his Majeſty in Council that I muſt be con-
veyed. I answered in few Words, but to
no purpoſe, and made a fign with my
Hand that was looſe, putting it to the
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other (but over his Excellency's Head,
for fear of hurting him or his Train) and
then to my own Head and Body, to fig-
nify that I defired my Liberty. It ap-
peared that he understood me well e-
nough, for he ſhook his head by way of
diſapprobation, and held his hand in a
poſture to fhew that I must be carried as
a Priſoner. However, he made other
Signs to let me underſtand that I ſhould
have Meat and Drink enough, and very
good Treatment. Whereupon I once
more thought of attempting to break my
Bonds, but again, when I felt the ſmart
of their Arrows upon my Face and Hands,
which were all in Blifters, and many of
the Darts ſtill ſticking in them, and ob-
ferving likewiſe that the number of
my
Enemies encreaſed, I gave tokens to let
them know that they might do with me
what they pleaſed. Upon this the Hurgo
and his Train withdrew with much Ci-
vility and chearful Countenances. Soon
after I heard a general Shout, with fre-
quent repetitions of the words, Peplom
Selan,
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Selan, and I felt great numbers of the
people on my Left fide relaxing the cords
to fuch a degree, that I was able to turn
upon my Right, and to eaſe myſelf with
making water; which I plentifully did,
to the great aftonifhment of the people,
who conjecturing by my motions what I
was going to do, immediately opened to
the Right and Left on that fide, to avoid
the Torrent which fell with fuch noiſe
and violence from me. But before this,
they had dawbed my Face and both my
Hands with a fort of Ointment very plea-
fant to the Smell, which in a few mi-
nutes removed all the ſmart of their ar-
rows. Theſe Circumftances, added to
the Refreſhment I had received by their
Victuals and Drink, which were very
nouriſhing, diſpoſed me to fleep. I flept
about Eight hours, as I was afterwards
affured; and it was no wonder, for the
Phyficians, by the Emperor's Order, had
mingled a ſleepy Potion in the Hogfheads
of Wine.
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ja.
Ir feems that upon the first moment
I was diſcovered fleeping on the ground
after my Landing, the Emperor had early
notice of it by an Expreſs, and deter-
mined in Council that I fhould be tyed
in the manner I have related (which was
done in the Night while I flept) that
Plenty of Meat and Drink ſhould be ſent
me, and a Machine prepared to carry me
to the Capital City.
THIS Refolution perhaps may appear
very bold and dangerous, and I am con-
fident would not be imitated by any Prince
in Europe on the like occafion; how-
ever, in my opinion it was extremely Pru-
dent as well as Generous. For fuppofing
theſe People had endeavour'd to kill me
with their Spears and Arrows while I was
afleep, I fhould certainly have awaked
with the firft Senfe of Smart, which might
fo far have rouzed my Rage and Strength,
as to have enabled me to break the Strings
wherewith I was tied; after which, as
they
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they were not able to make Reſiſtance, ſo
they could expect no Mercy.
F
Theſe people are moſt excellent Mathe-
maticians, and arrived to a great perfection
in Mechanicks by the countenance and
encouragement of the Emperor, who is
a renowned Patron of Learning. This
Prince hath ſeveral Machines fixed on
Wheels for the carriage of Trees and
other great Weights. He often builds
his largeſt Men of War, whereof ſome
are Nine foot long, in the Woods where
the Timber grows, and has them carried
on theſe Engines three or four hundred
yards to the Sea. Five hundred Carpen-
ters and Engineers were immediately fet
at work to prepare the greateſt Engine
they had. It was a Frame of Wood
raiſed Three inches from the ground,
about Seven foot long and Four wide,
moving upon Twenty two wheels. The
Shout I heard was upon the arrival of this
Engine, which it ſeems ſet out in Four
hours after my Landing. It was brought
parallel
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parallel to me as I lay. But the princi-
pal Difficulty was to raiſe and place me
in this Vehicle. Eighty Poles, each of
One foot high, were erected for this pur-
pofe, and very ſtrong Cords of the big-
nefs of Packthread were faftened by
Hooks to many Bandages, which the
Workmen had girt round my Neck, my
Hands, my Body, and my Legs. Nine
hundred of the ftrongeſt Men were em-
ployed to draw up theſe Cords by many
Pulleys faftned on the Poles, and thus in
leſs than Three hours, I was raiſed and
flung into the Engine, and there tyed
faft. All this I was told, for while the
whole operation was performing, I lay in
a profound fleep, by the force of that fo-
poriferous Medicine infuſed into my Li-
quor. Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's
largeſt Horſes, each about Four inches
an an half high, were imployed to draw
me towards the Metropolis, which, as I
faid, was Half a mile diftant.
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ABOUT Four hours after we began
our Journey, I awaked by a very ridicu
lous Accident; for the Carriage being
ſtopt a while to adjuſt fomething that was
out of order, two or three of the young
natives had the curiofity to fee how I
looked when I was afleep; they climbed
up into the Engine, and advancing very
ſoftly to my Face, One of them, an Of-
ficer in the Guards, put the fharp end of
his Half-pike a good way up into my Left
noftril, which tickled my Noſe like a
Straw, and made me fneeze violently:
whereupon they ftole off unperceived,
and it was Three weeks before I knew
the cauſe of my awaking fo fuddenly.
We made a long March the remaining
part of that day, and reſted at night
with Five hundred Guards on each fide
of me, half with Torches, and half with
Bows and Arrows, ready to ſhoot me if
I ſhould offer to ftir. The next morning
at Sun-rife we continued our march, and
arrived within Two hundred yards of the
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City-Gates about Noon. The Emperor,
and all his Court, came out to meet us,
but his Great Officers would by no means
fuffer his Majefty to endanger his Perfon
by mounting on my Body.
AT the place where the Carriage ſtopt,
there ſtood an ancient Temple, eſteemed
to be the largeſt in the whole Kingdom,
which having been polluted fome Years
before by an unnatural Murder, was,
according to the Zeal of thoſe People,
look'd on as Prophane, and therefore had
been applied to common Ufes, and all the
Ornaments and Furniture carried away.
In this Edifice it was determined I ſhould
lodge. The
The great Gate fronting to the
North was about Four foot high, and al-
moſt Two foot wide, through which I
could eaſily creep. On each fide of the
Gate was a ſmall Window not above Six
inches from the ground: into that on the
Left fide, the King's Smiths conveyed
Fourfcore and eleven Chains, like thofe
that hang to a Lady's Watch in Europe,
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and almoſt as large, which were locked
to my Left leg with Six and thirty Pad-
locks. Over-againſt this Temple, on
t'other fide of the great Highway, at
Twenty foot diſtance, there was a Tur-
ret at leaſt Five foot high. Here the
Emperor afcended with many principal
Lords of his Court, to have an opportu-
nity of viewing me, as I was told, for I
could not fee them. It was reckoned
that above an Hundred Thouſand Inha-
bitants came out of the town upon the
fame errand; and in fpight of my Guards,
I believe there could not be fewer than
Ten thouſand, at feveral times, who
mounted upon my body by the help of
ladders. But a Proclamation was foon
iffued to forbid it upon pain of death.
When the Workmen found it was impof-
fible for me to break looſe, they cut all the
Strings that bound me; whereupon I roſe
up with as melancholy a difpofition as
ever I had in my life. But the noife and
aſtoniſhment of the People at feeing me
rife and walk are not to be expreſſed.
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The Chains that held my Left leg were
about Two yards long, and gave me not
only the liberty of walking backwards
and forwards in a Semicircle; but being
fixed within Four inches of the gate, al-
lowed me to creep in, and lie at my full
length in the Temple.
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מער פמ,
CHAP. II.
The Emperor of Lilliput, attended by
Several of the Nobility, come to fee
the Author in his Confinement. The
Emperor's Perfon and Habit defcrib'd.
Learned Men appointed to teach the
Author their Language. He gains
Favour by his mild Difpofition. His
Pockets are ſearch'd, and his Sword
and Piftols taken from him.
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HEN I found myſelf on my
feet, I looked about me, and
muſt confeſs I never beheld
a more entertaining Profpect.
The Countrey round appeared like a con-
tinued Garden, and the inclofed Fields,
which were generally Forty foot fquare,
reſembled ſo many Beds of Flowers.
Theſe Fields were intermingled with
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Woods of half a Stang, and the talleſt
Trees, as I could judge, appeared to be
Seven foot high. I viewed the Town on
my Left hand, which looked like the
painted Scene of a City in a Theatre.
I had been for fome hours extremely
preffed by the neceffities of nature;
which was no wonder, it being almoſt
Two days fince I had laft disburthened
myſelf. I was under great difficulties
between Urgency and Shame. The beſt
expedient I could think on, was to creep
into my Houſe, which I accordingly did
and ſhutting the Gate after me, I went as
far as the length of my Chain would fuf-
fer, and diſcharged my body of that unea-
fy load. But this was the only time I was
ever guilty of fo uncleanly an Action;
for which I cannot but hope the candid
Reader will give fome allowance, after
he hath maturely and impartially confi-
dered my cafe, and the diftrefs I was
in. From this time my conftant Practice
was, as foon as I rofe, to perform that
buſineſs
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buſineſs in open Air, at the full extent
of my Chain, and due care was taken
every morning before company came,
that the offenfive matter fhould be car-
ried off in Wheel-barrows by Two Ser-
vants appointed for that purpoſe. I
would not have dwelt fo long upon a
circumftance, that perhaps at firſt fight
may appear not very momentous, if I
had not thought it neceſſary to juſtify my
character in point of Cleanlineſs to the
world; which I am told fome of my
Maligners have been pleaſed, upon this
and other occafions, to call in queftion,
WHEN this Adventure was at an end,
I came back out of my Houſe, having oc-
cafion for freſh Air. The Emperor was
already defcended from the Tower, and
advancing on Horſe-back towards me,
which had like to have coft him dear
for the Beaſt, though very well trained,
yet wholly unuſed to ſuch a Sight, which
appeared as if a Mountain moved before
him, reared up on his hinder Feet: But
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that Prince, who is an excellent Horſe-
man, kept his Seat, till his Attendants
ran in, and held the Bridle, while his
Mafter had time to difmount. When
he alighted, he furveyed me round with
great admiration, but kept without the
length of my Chain. He ordered his
Cooks and Butlers, who were already
prepared, to give me Victuals and Drink,
which they puſhed forward in a ſort of
Vehicles upon Wheels till I could reach
them. I took thoſe Vehicles, and ſoon
emptied them all; Twenty of them were
filled with Meat, and Ten with Liquor,
each of the former afforded me two or
three good mouthfuls, and I emptied the
Liquor of Ten Veſſels, which was con-
tained in earthen Vials, into one Vehicle,
drinking it off at a draught, and ſo I
did with the reft. The Empreſs, and
young Princes of the Blood, of both Sexes,
attended by many Ladies, fate at fome
diſtance in their Chairs; but upon the
Accident that happened to the Emperor's
Horfe, they alighted, and came near his
Perfon,
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Perfon, which I am now going to de-
ſcribe. He is taller by almoſt the breadth
of my Nail, than any of his Court, which
alone is enough to ſtrike an Awe into
the Beholders. His Features are ſtrong
and maſculine, with an Auftrian Lip and
arched Noſe, his Complexion olive, his
Countenance erect, his Body and Limbs
well proportioned, all his Motions grace-
ful, and his Deportment majeſtick. He
was then paft his Prime, being Twenty
eight years and three quarters old, of
which he had reigned about Seven, in
great felicity, and generally victorious.
For the better convenience of beholding
him, I lay on my fide, fo that my Face
was parallel to his, and he ſtood but Three
yards off: However, I have had him fince
many times in my hand, and therefore
cannot be deceived in the defcription.
His Dreſs was very plain and fimple, and
the Faſhion of it between the Afiatick
and the European; but he had on his
Head a light Helmet of Gold, adorned
with Jewels, and a Plume on the Creft.
He
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He held his Sword drawn in his hand, to
defend himſelf, if I fhould happen to break
looſe; it was almoſt Three inches long,
the Hilt and Scabbard were Gold enriched
with Diamonds. His Voice was fhrill,
but very clear and articulate, and I could
diſtinctly hear it when I ftood The
up.
Ladies and Courtiers were all moft mag-
nificently clad, ſo that the Spot they ſtood
upon feemed to refemble a Petticoat ſpread
on the ground, embroidered with Figures
of Gold and Silver. His Imperial Majefty
fpoke often to me, and I returned an-
fwers, but neither of us could underſtand
a fyllable. There were feveral of his
Priefts and Lawyers prefent (as I con-
jectured by their habits) who were com-
manded to addrefs themſelves to me, and
Ifpoke to them in as many Languages as
I had the leaſt ſmattering of, which were
High and Low Dutch, Latin, French,
Spanish, Italian, and Lingua Franca; but
all to no purpoſe. After about Two
hours the Court retired, and I was left
with a ſtrong Guard, to prevent the Im-
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pertinence, and probably the Malice of
the Rabble, who were very impatient to
croud about me as near as they durft,
and fome of them had the impudence to
fhoot their Arrows at me as I fate on the
ground by the Door of my houſe, where-
of one very narrowly miffed my Left eye.
But the Colonel ordered Six of the
Ring-leaders to be feized, and thought no
Puniſhment fo proper as to deliver them
bound into my hands, which fome of
his Soldiers accordingly did, pufhing them
forwards with the But-ends of their Pikes
into my reach; I took them all in my
Right hand, put Five of them into my
Coat-pocket, and as to the Sixth, I made
a Countenance as if I would eat him
alive. The poor Man fqualled terribly,
and the Colonel and his Officers were in
much pain, eſpecially when they faw me
take out my Penknife: But I foon put
them out of fear; for, looking mildly,
and immediately cutting the Strings he
was bound with, I fet him gently on the
ground, and away he ran; I treated the
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reft in the fame manner, taking them one
by one out of my Pocket, and I obſerved
both the Soldiers and People were highly
obliged at this mark of my Clemency,
which was repreſented very much to my
advantage at Court.
TOWARDS night I got with fome diffi-
culty into my Houſe, where I lay on the
ground, and continued fo to do about a
Fortnight; during which time the Em-
peror gave orders to have a Bed prepared
for me.
Six hundred Beds of the com-
mon Meaſure were brought in Carriages,
and worked up in my houſe; an hun-
dred and fifty of their Beds fown toge-
ther made up the Breadth and Length,
and theſe were Four double, which how-
ever kept me but very indifferently from
the Hardneſs of the Floor, that was of
fmooth Stone. By the fame Computa-
tion they provided me with Sheets, Blan-
kets, and Coverlets, tolerable enough for
one who had been fo long enured to
Hardſhips as I.
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As the news of my arrival ſpread
through the Kingdom, it brought prodi
gious numbers of rich, idle, and curious
People to ſee me; fo that the Villages
were almoſt emptied, and great neglect
of Tillage and Houfhold Affairs muft
have enfued, if his Imperial Majeſty had
not provided, by feveral Proclamations
and Orders of State, againſt this Inconve-
niency. He directed that thoſe who had.
already beheld
me, ſhould return home,
and not preſume to come within Fifty
yards of my Houſe without Licenſe from
Court; whereby the Secretaries of State
got confiderable Fees.
IN the mean time, the Emperor held
frequent Councils to debate what courſe
fhould be taken with me; and I was af-
terwards aſſured by a particular Friend, a
Perfon of great Quality, who was looked
upon to be as much in the Secret as
any, that the Court was under many
difficulties concerning me. They ap-
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prehended my breaking looſe, that my
Diet would be very expenfive, and might
cauſe a Famine. Sometimes they deter
mined to ftarve me, or at leaſt to ſhoot
me in the face and hands with poiſoned
arrows, which would ſoon diſpatch me :
But again they confidered, that the Stench
of fo large a carcafe might produce a
Plague in the Metropolis, and probably
ſpread through the whole Kingdom. In
the midſt of theſe confultations, feveral
Officers of the Army went to the door
of the great Council-Chamber; and two
of them being admitted, gave an account
of my behaviour to the Six Criminals a
bove-mentioned, which made fo favou
rable an impreffion in the breaft of his
Majefty and the whole Board in my
behalf, that an Imperial Commiffion was
iſſued out, obliging all the Villages Nine
hundred yards round the City, to deliver
in every morning Six beeves, Forty fheep,
and other victuals for my fuftenance; to-
gether with a proportionable quantity of
Bread, and Wine, and other Liquors :
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for the due payment of which his Ma-
jeſty gave Affignments upon his Trea-
fury. For this Prince lives chiefly upon
his own Demefnes, feldom except upon
great occafions raiſing any Subfidies up-
on his Subjects, who are bound to attend
him in his Wars at their own expence.
An Eſtabliſhment was alfo made of Six
hundred perfons to be my Domeſticks,
who had Board-wages allowed for their
maintenance, and Tents built for them
very conveniently on each fide of my
door. It was likewife ordered, that Three
hundred Taylors ſhould make me a Suit
of Cloaths after the fashion of the Coun-
trey: That Six of his Majefty's greateſt
Scholars fhould be employed to inftruct
me in their Language: And, laftly, that
the Emperor's Horfes, and thoſe of the
Nobility and Troops of Guards fhould
be frequently exerciſed in my fight, to
accustom themſelves to me. All theſe
Orders were duly put in execution, and
in about Three weeks I made a great pro
grefs in learning their Language; during
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which time, the Emperor frequently ho
noured me with his Viſits, and was plea-
fed to affift my Maſters in teaching me.
We began already to converfe together
in fome fort; and the first Words I learnt
were to expreſs my defire that he would
pleaſe to give me my Liberty, which I
every day repeated on my knees. His
Anſwer, as I could apprehend it, was,
that this muſt be a work of Time, not
to be thought on without the Advice of
his Council, and that firſt I muſt Lumos
Kelmin peffo defmar lon Empofo; that is,
ſwear a Peace with him and his King-
dom. However, that I fhould be uſed
with all kindneſs, and he adviſed me to
acquire by my Patience, and difcreet
Behaviour, the good Opinion of himſelf
and his Subjects. He defired I would
not take it ill, if he gave orders to cer-
tain proper Officers to fearch me; for
probably I might carry about me ſeveral
Weapons, which muft needs be dange-
rous things, if they anſwered the Bulk of
fo prodigious a perfon. I faid, his Majeſty
fhould
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fhould be fatisfied, for I was ready to
ftrip myſelf, and turn up my Pockets
before him. This I delivered part in
Words, and part in Signs. He replied,
that by the Laws of the Kingdom I must
be ſearched by Two of his Officers; that
he knew this could not be done without
my Conſent and Affiftance; that he had
ſo good an opinion of my Generofity
and Juſtice, as to truft their Perfons in
my hands: That whatever they took
from me ſhould be returned when I left
the Country, or paid for at the rate
which I would fet upon them. I took
up the Two Officers in my hands, put
them first into my Coat-pockets, and
then into every other Pocket about me,
except my Two Fobs, and another fe-
cret Pocket I had no mind fhould be
ſearched, wherein I had ſome little Ne-
ceffaries that were of no confequence to
any but myſelf. In One of my Fobs
there was a Silver Watch, and in the o-
ther a ſmall quantity of Gold in a Purfe.
Theſe Gentlemen, having Pen, Ink and
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Paper about them, made an exact Inven-
tory of every thing they faw; and when
they had done, defired I would fet them
down, that they might deliver it to the
Emperor. This Inventory I afterwards
tranſlated into English, and is word for
word as follows.
份
​IMPRIMIS, In the Right Coat-pocket
of the Great Man Mountain (for fo I
interpret the words Quinbus Fleftrin)
after the ftricteft fearch, we found only
one great piece of coarfe Cloth, large
enough to be a Foot-cloth for your Ma-
jefty's chief Room of State. In the Left
Pocket, we faw a huge Silver Cheft, with
a Cover of the fame Metal, which we
the Searchers were not able to lift. We
defired it fhould be opened, and One of
us ftepping into it, found himſelf up to
the mid leg in a fort of Duft, fome part
whereof flying up to our Faces, fet us
both a fneezing for ſeveral times toge-
ther. In his Right Waftcoat-pocket, we
found a prodigious bundle of white thin
Subſtances,
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Subftances, folded one over another, a-
bout the bignefs of Three men, tied with
a ftrong Cable, and marked with black
Figures; which we humbly conceive to
be Writings, every Letter almoſt half as
large as the Palm of our Hands. In the
Left, there was a fort of Engine, from
the Back of which were extended Twenty
long Poles, reſembling the Pallifado's be-
fore your Majeſty's Court; wherewith we
conjecture the Man Mountain combs his
head, for we did not always trouble him
with Queſtions, becauſe we found it a
great difficulty to make him underſtand
us. In the large Pocket on the Right
fide of his middle Cover, (fo I tranflate
the word Ranfu-Lo, by which they
meant my Breeches) we faw a hollow
Pillar of Iron, about the length of a
Man, faſtened to a ſtrong piece of Tim-
ber, larger than the Pillar; and upon One
fide of the Pillar were huge pieces of
Iron ſticking out, cut into ftrange Fi-
gures, which we know not what to make
of. In the Left pocket, another Engine
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of the fame kind. In the finaller pocket
on the Right fide, were feveral round flat
pieces of white and red Metal, of dif
ferent bulk; fome of the white, which
ſeemed to be Silver, were fo large and
heavy, that my Comrade and I could
hardly lift them. In the Left pocket were
Two black Pillars irregularly fhaped:
We could not, without difficulty, reach
the top of them as we ftood at the bottom
of his pocket. One of them was co-
vered, and feemed all of a piece: But
at the upper end of the other, there
appeared a white round Subſtance, about
twice the bignefs of our Heads. With-
in each of theſe was encloſed a prodigi-
ous Plate of Steel; which, by our orders,
we obliged him to fhew us, becauſe we
apprehended they might be dangerous
Engines. He took them out of their
Cafes, and told us, that in his own coun-
try his practice was to fhave his Beard
with one of theſe, and to cut his Meat
with the other. There were two pockets
which we could not enter: Theſe he
called
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called his Fobs; they were Two large
Slits cut into the top of his middle Co-
ver, but ſqueezed cloſe by the preffure
of his Belly. Out of the Right Fob
hung a great Silver Chain, with a won-
derful kind of Engine at the bottom.
We directed him to draw out whatever
was faſtened to that Chain; which ap-
peared to be a Globe, half Silver, and
half of fome tranfparent Metal: For on
the tranſparent fide we faw certain ftrange
Figures circularly drawn, and thought we
could touch them, till we found our Fin-
gers ftopped by that lucid Subſtance. He
put this Engine to our Ears, which made
an inceffant Noife like that of a Water-
mill: And we conjecture it is either fome
unknown Animal, or the God that he
worſhips; but we are more inclined to
the latter Opinion, becauſe he aſſures us,
(if we underſtood him right, for he ex-
preffed himſelf very imperfectly) that he
feldom did any thing without confulting
it: He called it his Oracle, and ſaid it
pointed out the Time for every Action
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of his life.
From the Left fob he took
out a Net almoft large enough for a
Fiſherman, but contrived to open and
fhut like a Purfe, and ferved him for
the fame uſe: We found therein feveral
maffy pieces of yellow Metal, which if
they be real Gold, muft be of immenfe
value.
HAVING thus, in obedience to your
Majeſty's Commands, diligently fearched
all his Pockets, we obferved a Girdle a-
bout his Waift made of the Hide of fome
prodigious Animal; from which, on the
Left fide, hung a Sword of the length of
Five men; and on the Right, a Bag or
Pouch divided into Two Cells, each Cell
capable of holding Three of your Ma-
jeſty's Subjects. In one of theſe Cells
were feveral Globes or Balls of the moſt
ponderous Metal, about the bigness of
our Heads, and required a ftrong Hand
to lift them: The other Cell contained a
heap of certain black Grains, but of no
great bulk or weight, for we could hold
above
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above Fifty of them in the palms of our
Hands.
THIS is an exact Inventory of what
we found about the body of the Man-
Mountain, who uſed us with great ci-
vility, and due refpect to your Majeſty's
Commiffion. Signed and Sealed on the
Fourth day of the Eighty ninth moon
of your Majefty's aufpicious Reign.
Clefren Frelock, Marfi Frelock.
WHEN this Inventory was read over
to the Emperor, he directed me, although
in very gentle terms, to deliver up the
feveral Particulars. He firſt called for
my Scymiter, which I took out, Scab-
bard and all. In the mean time he or-
dered Three Thouſand of his choiceſt
Troops (who then attended him) to fur-
round me at a diſtance, with their Bows
and Arrows juſt ready to diſcharge: But
I did not obferve it, for mine Eyes were
wholly fixed upon his Majefty. He then
defired me to draw my Scymiter, which,
although
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although it had got fome Ruft by the
Sea-water, was in moſt parts exceeding
bright. I did ſo, and immediately all the
Troops gave a Shout between Terror and
Surprize; for the Sun fhone clear, and
the Reflexion dazled their Eyes as I wa-
ved the Scymiter to and fro in my hand.
His Majefty, who is a moft magnanimous
Prince, was lefs daunted than I could ex-
pect; he ordered me to return it into the
Scabbard, and caft it on the ground as
gently as I could, about Six foot from the
end of my Chain. The next thing he
demanded was One of the hollow Iron
Pillars, by which he meant my Pocket-
piftols. I drew it out, and at his defire,
as well as I could, expreffed to him the
uſe of it; and charging it only with
powder, which by the clofenefs of my
Pouch happened to cape wetting in the
Sea (an inconvenience againſt which all
prudent Mariners take fpecial care to
provide) I firſt cautioned the Emperor
not to be afraid, and then I let it off in
the Air. The Aftoniſhment here was
much
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much greater than at the fight of my
Scymiter. Hundreds fell down as if they
had been truck dead; and even the Em-
peror, although he ftood his ground,
could not recover himſelf in fome time.
I delivered up both my Piftols in the
fame manner as I had done my Scymiter,
and then my Pouch of Powder and Bul-
lets; begging him that the former might
be kept from the Fire, for it would kindle
with the ſmalleſt Spark, and blow up his
Imperial Palace into the Air. I likewife
delivered up my Watch, which the Em-
peror was very curious to fee, and com-
manded Two of his talleft Yeomen of
the Guards to bear it on a Pole upon their
Shoulders, as Dray-men in England do
a Barrel of Ale. He was amazed at the
continual Noiſe it made, and the Motion
of the Minute-hand, which he could ea-
fily diſcern; for their Sight is much more
acute than ours; and asked the Opinions
of his learned Men about him, which
were various and remote, as the Reader
may well imagine without my repeating;
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although indeed I could not very perfect.
ly underſtand them. I then gave up my
Silver and Copper Money, my Purſe with
Nine large pieces of Gold, and fome
fmaller ones; my Knife and Razor, my
Comb and Silver Snuff-box, my Hand-
kerchief and Journal-book. My Scymi-
ter, Piſtols, and Pouch, were conveyed
in Carriages to his Majeſty's Stores; but
the rest of my Goods were returned me,
I had, as I before obferved, one pri-
vate Pocket which eſcaped their fearch,
wherein there was a pair of Spectacles
(which I fometimes ufe for the weakneſs
of mine eyes) a Pocket Perſpective, and
feveral other little Conveniencies; which
being of no confequence to the Empe-
ror, I did not think myſelf bound in
Honour to diſcover, and I apprehended
they might be loft or ſpoiled if I ventured
them out of my poffeffion.
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CHA P. III.
The Author diverts the Emperor and his
Nobility of both Sexes, in a very un-
common Manner. The Diverfions of
the Court of Lilliput defcrib'd. The
Author bath his Liberty granted him,
upon certain Conditions.
M
Y Gentleneſs and good Beha-
viour had gained fo far on the
Emperor and his Court, and
indeed upon the Army and
People in general, that I began to conceive
hopes of getting my Liberty in a fhort
time. I took all poffible methods to cul-
tivate this favourable difpofition. The
Natives came by degrees to be leſs appre-
henfive of any Danger from me. I would
fometimes lie down, and let Five or
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Six of them dance on my hand. And at
laft the Boys and Girls would venture to
come and play at Hide and Seek in my
hair. I had now made a good progreſs
in underſtanding and ſpeaking their Lan-
guage. The Emperor had a mind one
day to entertain me with feveral of the
Country Shows, wherein they exceed all
Nations I have known, both for Dexte-
rity and Magnificence. I was diverted
with none fo much as that of the Rope-
dancers, performed upon a flender white
Thread, extended about Two foot, and
Twelve inches from the ground. Upon
which I fhall defire liberty, with the
Reader's patience, to enlarge a little.
THIS Diverfion is only practifed by
thoſe perſons who are Candidates for
great Employments and high Favour at
Court. They are trained in this Art
from their youth, and are not always of
noble Birth, or liberal Education. When
a great Office is vacant either by Death
or Difgrace (which often happens) Five
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or Six of thoſe Candidates petition the
Emperor to entertain his Majefty and the
Court with a Dance on the Rope, and
whoever jumps the higheſt without fal-
ling fucceeds in the Office. Very often
the Chief Minifters themſelves are com-
manded to fhew their Skill, and to con-
vince the Emperor that they have not loft
their Faculty. Flimnap, the Treaſurer, is
allowed to cut a Caper on the ftrait Rope,
at leaſt an Inch higher than any other Lord
in the whole Empire. I have ſeen him
do the Summerſet ſeveral times together
upon a Trencher fixed on the Rope,
which is no thicker than a common Pack-
thread in England. My Friend Reldre-
Sal, Principal Secretary for private Affairs,
is, in my opinion, if I am not partial,
the ſecond after the Treaſurer; the reft of
the Great Officers are much upon a Par.
THESE Diverfions are often attended
with fatal Accidents, whereof great num-
bers are on record. I myſelf have ſeen
Two or Three Candidates break a Limb.
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But the Danger is much greater when the
Miniſters themſelves are commanded to
Thew their Dexterity; for by contending
to excel themſelves and their Fellows,
they ſtrain fo far, that there is hardly One
of them who hath not received a Fall,
and fome of them Two or Three. I was
affured that a Year or Two before my
arrival, Flimnap would have infallibly
broke his Neck, if One of the King's
Cuſhions, that accidentally lay on the
ground, had not weakened the force of
his Fall.
THERE is likewiſe another Diverfion
which is only fhewn before the Emperor
and Empreſs, and Firft Minifter, upon
particular Occafions. The Emperor lays
on a Table Three fine filken Threads of
Six inches long. One is Purple, the
other Yellow, and the Third White.
Theſe Threads are propofed as Prizes for
thoſe perſons whom the Emperor hath a
mind to diſtinguiſh by a peculiar mark of
his Favour. The Ceremony is performed
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in his Majeſty's great Chamber of State,
where the Candidates are to undergo a
Tryal of Dexterity very different from
the former, and fuch as I have not obſerv-
ed the leaſt reſemblance of in any other
Countrey of the old or the new World.
The Emperor holds a Stick in his hands,
both ends parallel to the Horizon, while
the Candidates advancing one by one,
fometimes leap over the Stick, fometimes
creep undert backwards and forwards
feveral times, according as the Stick is
advanced or depreffed. Sometimes the
Emperor holds one end of the Stick, and
his First Minifter the other; fometimes
the Miniſter has it entirely to himſelf.
Whoever performs his part with moſt
Agility, and holds out the longeft in leap-
ing and creeping, is rewarded with the
Purple coloured Silk; the Yellow is given
to the next, and the White to the Third,
which they all wear girt twice round a-
bout the middle; and you fee few great
Perfons about this Court who are not
adorned with one of thefe Girdles.
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THE Horſes of the Army, and thoſe
of the Royal Stables, having been daily
led before me, were no longer fhy, but
would come up to my very feet without
ftarting. The Riders would leap them
over my hand as I held it on the ground,
and One of the Emperor's Huntſmen,
upon a large Courfer, took my Foot,
Shoe and all; which was indeed a pro-
digious Leap. I had the good fortune to
divert the Emperor One day after a very
extraordinary manner. I defired he would
order ſeveral Sticks of Two foot high,
and the thickneſs of an ordinary Cane, to
be brought me; whereupon his Majeſty
commanded the Mafter of his Woods to
give directions accordingly; and the next
morning Six Wood-men arrived with as
many Carriages, drawn by Eight Horfes
to each. I took Nine of theſe Sticks,
and fixing them firmly in the ground in
a Quadrangular Figure, Two foot and a
half ſquare, I took four other Sticks, and
tyed them parallel at each Corner, about
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Two foot from the ground; then I
faftned my Handkerchief to the Nine
Sticks that flood erect, and extended it
on all fides till it was as tight as the top
of a Drum; and the Four parallel Sticks
rifing about Five inches higher than the
Handkerchief, ferved as Ledges on each
fide. When I had finiſhed my Work, I
defired the Emperor to let a Troop of
his beſt Horſe, Twenty four in number,
come and exercife upon this Plain. His
Majeſty approved of the Propoſal, and I
took them up one by one in my hands,
ready mounted and armed, with the pro-
per Officers to exerciſe them As foon as
they got into order, they divided into
Two Parties, performed mockSkirmiſhes,
diſcharged blunt Arrows, drew their
Swords, fled and purfued, attacked and
retired, and in fhort diſcovered the beſt
Military Diſcipline I ever beheld. The
parallel Sticks fecured them and their
Horfes from falling over the Stage; and
the Emperor was fo much delighted, that
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peated feveral days, and once was pleafed
to be lifted up, and give the word of
Command; and, with great difficulty,
perfuaded even the Emprefs herſelf to
let me hold her in her cloſe Chair within
Two yards of the Stage, from whence
fhe was able to take a full view of the
whole performance. It was my good
fortune that no ill Accident happened in
thefe Entertainments, only once a fiery
Horſe that belonged to one of the Cap-
tains pawing with his Hoof ftruck a hole
in my Handkerchief, and his Foot flip-
ping, he overthrew his Rider and him-
felf but I immediately relieved them
both, and covering the Hole with one
hand, I fet down the Troop with the
other, in the fame manner as I took them
up. The Horſe that fell was ſtrained in
the Left ſhoulder, but the Rider got no
hurt, and I repaired my Handkerchief
as well as I could; however, I would not
truſt to the ſtrength of it any more in
fuch dangerous Enterprizes.
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ABOUT TWO or Three days before I
was fet at liberty, as I was entertaining
the Court with thefe kind of Feats, there
arrived an Exprefs to inform his Majefty
that fome of his Subjects riding near the
place where I was first taken up, had feen
a great black Subftance lying on the
ground, very odly fhaped, extending its
Edges round as wide as his Majefty's Bed-
chamber, and rifing up in the middle as
high as a Man; that it was no living
Creature, as they at firft apprehended, for
it lay on the grafs without motion, and
fome of them had walked round it feve-
ral times: That by mounting upon each
others Shoulders, they had got to the top,
which was flat and even, and ſtamping
upon it they found it was hollow with-
in; that they humbly conceived it might
be fomething belonging to the Man-
Mountain, and if his Majefty pleaſed,
they would undertake to bring it with
only Five horfes. I prefently knew what
they meant, and was glad at heart to re-
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​ceive this Intelligence. It feems upon
my firſt reaching the ſhore after our fhip-
wreck, I was in fuch confufion, that be-
fore I came to the place where I went to
fleep, my Hat, which I had faftned with a
String to my Head while I was rowing,
and had ſtuck on all the time I was fwim-
ming, fell off after I came to land; the
String, as I conjecture, breaking by fome
accident which I never obferved, but
thought my Hat had been loft at fea. I
intreated his Imperial Majefty to give or-
ders it might be brought to me as foon as
poffible, defcribing to him the Uſe and
the Nature of it: And the next day the
Waggoners arrived with it, but not in a
very good condition; they had bored two
Holes in the Brim, within an Inch and
half of the Edge, and faftned Two Hooks
in the Holes; thefe Hooks were tyed by a
long Cord to the Harneſs, and thus my
Hat was dragged along for above half an
English Mile: But the Ground in that
country being extremely fmooth and le-
vel,it received lefs damage than I expected.
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Two days after this Adventure, the
Emperor having ordered that part of his
Army which quarters in and about his
Metropolis to be in a readineſs, took a
fancy of diverting himſelf in a very fin-
gular manner. He defired I would ſtand
like a Coloffus, with my Legs as far a-
funder as I conveniently could. He then
commanded his General (who was an old
experienced Leader, and a great Patron
of mine) to draw up the Troops in cloſe
Order, and march them under me, the
Foot by Twenty four in a breaft, and
the Horſe by Sixteen, with Drums beat-
ing, Colours flying, and Pikes advanced.
This Body confifted of Three thouſand
Foot, and a Thoufand Horfe. His Ma-
jeſty gave orders, upon pain of Death,
that every Soldier in his march fhould
obſerve the ſtricteſt Decency, with regard
to my Perfon; which, however, could
not prevent ſome of the younger Officers
from turning up their Eyes as they paffed
under me. And, to confefs the Truth,
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my Breeches were at that time in ſo ill a
condition, that they afforded fome op-
portunities for Laughter and Admiration.
I had fent fo many Memorials and Pe-
titions for my Liberty, that his Majeſty
at length mentioned the Matter firft in
the Cabinet, and then in a full Council;
where it was oppofed by none, except
Skyreſh Bolgolam, who was pleafed, with-
out any provocation, to be my mortal
Enemy. But it was carried againſt him
by the whole Board, and confirmed by
the Emperor. That Minifter was Galbet,
or Admiral of the Realm, very much in
his Mafter's Confidence, and a Perfon
well verſed in affairs, but of a morofe
and four Complexion. However, he was
at length perfuaded to comply; but pre-
vailed that the Articles and Conditions
upon which I ſhould be fet free, and to
which I muſt ſwear, fhould be drawn
up by himſelf. Thefe Articles were
brought to me by Skyrefh Bolgolam in
perfon, attended by Two Under-Secre-
taries,
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taries, and feveral Perſons of Diftinction.
After they were read, I was demanded to
fwear to the performance of them; firft
in the manner of my own countrey, and
afterwards in the method preſcribed by
their Laws; which was to hold my Right
foot in my Left hand, to place the Mid-
dle finger of my Right hand on the
Crown of my head, and my Thumb on
the Tip of my Right ear. But becauſe
the Reader may perhaps be curious to
have ſome idea of the Style and Manner
of expreffion peculiar to that People, as
well as to know the Articles upon which
I recovered my Liberty, I have made a
a Tranflation of the whole Inftrument
word for word, as near as I was able,
which I here offer to the publick.
GOLBASTO MOMAREN EVLAME GUR-
DILO SHEFIN MULLY ULLY GUE, moft
Mighty Emperor of Lilliput, Delight and
Terror of the Univerſe, whoſe Domini-
ons extend Five thouſand Bluftrugs (a-
bout Twelve miles in Circumference) to
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the Extremities of the Globe; Monarch
of all Monarchs, taller than the Sons of
Men; whofe Feet prefs down to the
Center, and whofe Head ſtrikes againſt
the Sun: At whofe Nod the Princes of
the Earth fhake their Knees; pleaſant as
the Spring, comfortable as the Summer,
fruitful as Autumn, dreadful as Winter.
His moft fublime Majefty propoſeth to
the Man-Mountain, lately arrived to our
Celeſtial Dominions, the following Ar-
ticles, which by a folemn Oath he ſhall
be obliged to perform,
FIRST, The Man-Mountain fhall not
depart from our Dominions, without our
Licenſe under our Great Seal.
2d, HE fhall not prefume to come in-
to our Metropolis, without our exprefs
Order; at which time the Inhabitants
fhall have Two hours warning to keep
within their Doors.
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3d, THE faid Man-Mountain fhall
confine his Walks to our principal High
Roads, and not offer to walk or lie down
in a Meadow or Field of Corn.
4th, As he walks the faid Roads, he
fhall take the utmost care not to trample
upon the bodies of any of our loving
Subjects, their Horfes, or Carriages, nor
take any of our faid Subjects into his
hands, without their own confent.
5th, IF an Expreſs requires extraordi-
nary Dispatch, the Man-Mountain fhall
be obliged to carry in his pocket the
Meffenger and Horſe a Six days Journey
once in every Moon, and return the
faid Meſſenger back (if fo required) fafe
to our Imperial Prefence.
6th, HE fhall be our Ally againft our
Enemies in the Ifland of Blefufeu, and
do his utmoſt to deftroy their Fleet,
which is now preparing to invade Us.
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th, THAT the faid Man-Mountain
fhall, at his times of leifure, be aiding
and affifting to our Workmen, in help-.
ing to raiſe certain great Stones, towards
covering the Wall of the principal Park,
and other our Royal Buildings.
8th, THAT the faid Man-Mountain
fhall, in Two Moons time, deliver in
an exact Survey of the Circumference of
our Dominions by a Computation of his
own Paces round the Coaft.
LASTLY, That upon his folemn Oath
to obferve all the above Articles, the
faid Man-Mountain fhall have a daily
Allowance of Meat and Drink fufficient
for the Support of 1728 of our Subjects,
with free acceſs to our Royal Perſon,
and other marks of our Favour. Given
at our Palace at Belfaborec the Twelfth
Day of the Ninety firft Moon of our
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I ſwore and fubfcribed to theſe arti-
cles with great Chearfulneſs and Con-
tent, although fome of them were not
fo honourable as I could have wifhed
which proceeded wholly from the ma-
lice of Skyreſh Bolgolam the High Ad-
miral: Whereupon my Chains were im-
mediately unlocked, and I was at full
liberty; the Emperor himſelf in perfon
did me the Honour to be by at the whole
Ceremony. I made my Acknowledg-
ments by proftrating myſelf at his Ma-
jeſty's Feet: But he commanded me to
rife; and after many gracious expreffions,
which, to avoid the cenfure of Vanity,
I fhall not repeat, he added, that he
hoped I should prove a uſeful Servant,
and well deferve all the Favours he had
already conferred upon me, or might do
for the future.
THE Reader may pleaſe to obferve,
that in the laſt Article for the recovery
of my Liberty the Emperor ftipulates to
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allow me a quantity of meat and drink
fufficient for the fupport of 1728 Lilli-
putians. Some time after, asking a Friend
at Court how they came to fix on that
determinate number; he told me, that
his Majeſty's Mathematicians, having
taken the Height of my Body by the
help of a Quadrant, and finding it to ex-
ceed theirs in the proportion of Twelve
to One, they concluded from the Simi-
larity of their bodies, that mine muſt
contain at leaſt 1728 of theirs, and con-
fequently would require as much Food as
was neceſſary to ſupport that number of
Lilliputians. By which, the Reader may
conceive an idea of the Ingenuity of that
People, as well as the prudent and exact
Oeconomy of fo great a Prince.
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CHA P. IV.
Mildendo the Metropolis of Lilliput de
fcrib'd, together with the Emperor's
Palace. A Converfation between the
Author and a principal Secretary,
concerning the Affairs of that Empire.
The Author's Offers to ferve the Em-
peror in his Wars.
HE Firſt requeſt I made after
I had obtained my Liberty,
was, that I might have li-
cenſe to ſee Mildendo, the
Metropolis; which the Emperor eafily
granted me, but with a ſpecial charge
to do no hurt, either to the Inhabitants,
or their Houſes. The People had no-
tice by Proclamation of my defign to
vifit the Town. The Wall which en-
compaffed it, is Two foot and an half
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high, and at leaſt Eleven inches broad, fo
that a Coach and Horſes may be driven
very fafely round it; and it is flanked
with ftrong Towers at Ten foot diſtance.
I ftept over the great Weſtern Gate, and
paffed very gently, and fideling through
the Two principal Streets, only in my
fhort Waistcoat, for fear of damaging the
Roofs and Eves of the Houſes with the
Skirts of my Coat. I walked with the
utmoſt circumfpection, to avoid treading
on any Stragglers, that might remain
in the Streets, although the Orders were
very ſtrict, that all people fhould keep
in their houſes, at their own peril. The
Garret Windows and Tops of houſes were
fo crowded withSpectators,that I thought
in all my Travels I had not feen a more
populous place. The City is an exact
Square, each fide of the Wall being Five
hundred foot long. The two great Streets
which run crofs and divide it into Four
Quarters, are Five foot wide. The Lanes
and Alleys which I could not enter, but
only viewed them as I paffed, are from
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Twelve to Eighteen inches. The Town
is capable of holding Five hundred thou-
fand Souls. The Houſes are from Three
to Five Stories. The Shops and Markets
well provided.
THE Emperor's Palace is in the Cen-
ter of the City, where the Two great
Streets meet. It is inclofed by a Wall
of Two foot high, and Twenty foot dif-
tant from the Buildings. I had his Ma-
jeſty's permiffion to ftep over this Wall;
and the Space being fo wide between
that and the Palace, I could eafily view
it on every fide. The outward Court
is a Square of Forty foot, and includes
Two other Courts: In the inmoft are the
Royal Apartments, which I was very de-
firous to fee, but found it extremely dif
ficult; for the great Gates, from one
Square into another, were but Eighteen
inches high, and Seven inches wide. Now
the Buildings of the outer Court were
at leaſt Five foot high, and it was impof-
fible for me to ftride over them, with-
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out infinite damage to the Pile, though
the Walls were ſtrongly built of hewn
Stone, and Four inches thick. At the
fame time the Emperor had a great de-
fire that I fhould fee the Magnificence
of his Palace; but this I was not able to
do till Three days after, which I ſpent in
cutting down with my Knife fome of
the largeſt Trees in the Royal Park, a-
bout an Hundred yards diftant from the
City. Of theſe Trees I made Two Stools,
each about Three foot high, and ſtrong
enough to bear my Weight. The People
having received notice a Second time, I
went again through the City to the Pa-
lace, with my Two Stools in my hands.
When I came to the fide of the outer
Court, I ftood upon One Stool, and took
the other in my hand: This I lifted over
the Roof, and gently fet it down on the
Space between the firſt and ſecond Court,
which was Eight foot wide. I then ſtept
over the Buildings very conveniently
from one Stool to the other, and drew
up the firſt after me with a hooked Stick.
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By this contrivance I got into the inmoft
Court; and lying down upon my Side, I
applied my Face to the Windows of the
middle Stories, which were left open on
purpoſe, and diſcovered the moſt ſplen-
did Apartments that can be imagined.
There I faw the Emprefs, and the young
Princes in their feveral Lodgings, with
their chief Attendants about them. Her
Imperial Majeſty was pleafed to fmile
very graciouſly upon me, and gave me
out of the Window her Hand to kifs.
BUT I fhall not anticipate the Reader
with farther Deſcriptions of this kind,
becauſe I referve them for a greater Work,
which is now almoft ready for the Preſs,
containing a general Defcription of this
Empire, from its first Erection, through
a long Series of Princes, with a particu-
lar Account of their Wars and Politicks,
Laws, Learning, and Religion; their
Plants and Animals, their peculiar Man-
ners and Cuſtoms,
very curious and with other Matters
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at preſent being only to relate fuch E-
vents and Tranſactions as happened to
the publick, or to myfelf, during a Re-
fidence of about Nine months in that
Empire.
ONE morning, about a Fortnight af
ter I had obtained my liberty, Keldrefal,
Principal Secretary (as they ftyle him)
of private Affairs, came to my Houſe,
attended only by one Servant. He or-
dered his Coach to wait at a diſtance, and
defired I would give him an hour's Au-
dience; which I readily confented to, on
account of his Quality and perſonal Me-
rits, as well as the many good Offices
he had done me during my Solicitations
at Court. I offered to lie down, that he
might the more conveniently reach my
Ear; but he chofe rather to let me hold
him in my hand during our converſa-
tion. He began with Compliments on
my Liberty, faid he might pretend to
fome Merit in it; but, however, added,
that if it had not been for the preſent
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Situation of things at Court, perhaps I
might not have obtained it fo foon. For,
faid he, as flourishing a Condition as we
may appear to be in to Foreigners, we
labour under Two mighty Evils; a vio-
lent Faction at home, and the danger of
an Invaſion by a moft potent Enemy from
abroad. As to the first, you are to un-
derſtand, that for above Seventy moons
paſt, there have been Two ftruggling Par-
ties in this Empire, under the Names of
Trameckfan, and Slameckfan, from the
high and low Heels on their Shoes, by
which they diftinguiſh themſelves. It is
alledged indeed, that the high Heels are
moſt agreeable to our ancient Conftitu
tion: But however this be, his Majefty
hath determined to make uſe of only
low Heels in the Adminiftration of the
Government, and all Offices in the gift
of the Crown, as you cannot but ob
ferve; and particularly, that his Majefty's
Imperial Heels are lower at leaſt by a
Drurr than any of his Court; (Drurr
is a Meaſure about the Fourteenth part
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of an inch.) The Animofities between
thefe Two parties run fo high, that they
will neither eat nor drink, nor talk with
each other. We compute the Trameck-
fan, or High-heels, to exceed us in num-
ber; but the Power is wholly on our
fide. We apprehend his Imperial High-
nefs, the Heir to the Crown, to have
ſome Tendency towards the High-heels;
at leaft, we can plainly difcover one of
his Heels higher than the other, which
gives him a Hobble in his Gait. Now,
in the midſt of theſe inteftine Difquiets,
we are threatned with an Invafion from
the Iſland of Blefufcu, which is the o-
ther great Empire of the Univerſe, al-
moſt as large and powerful as this of his
Majeſty. For as to what we have heard
you affirm, that there are other King-
doms and States in the world, inhabited
by human Creatures as large as yourſelf,
our Philoſophers are in much doubt, and
would rather conjecture that you dropt
from the Moon, or One of the Stars; be-
cauſe it is certain, that an hundred Mor-
tals
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tals of your Bulk would, in a fhort time,
deſtroy all the Fruits and Cattel of his
Majeſty's Dominions. Befides, our Hi-
ftories of Six thouſand Moons make no
mention of any other Regions, than the
Two great Empires of Lilliput and Ble-
fufcu. Which Two mighty Powers have,
as I was going to tell you,
been engaged
in a moſt obſtinate War for Six and thirty
Moons paft. It began upon the follow-
ing Occafion. It is allowed on all hands,
that the primitive way of breaking Eggs
before we eat them, was upon the larger
End: But his prefent Majefty's Grand-
father, while he was a Boy, going to eat
an Egg, and breaking it according to the
ancient practice, happened to cut one of
his Fingers. Whereupon the Emperor
his Father publiſhed an Edict, command-
ing all his Subjects, upon great Penalties,
to break the ſmaller End of their Eggs,
The People ſo highly refented this Law,
that our Hiftories tell us there have been
Six Rebellions raiſed on that account;
wherein one Emperor loft his Life, and
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another his Crown. Theſe Civil Com-
motions were conftantly fomented by the
Monarchs of Blefufeu; and when they
were quelled, the Exiles always fled for
Refuge to that Empire. It is computed,
that Eleven thouſand Perfons have, at
feveral times, fuffered Death, rather than
ſubmit to break their Eggs at the ſmaller
End. Many hundred large Volumes have
been publiſhed upon this Controverfy:
But the Books of the Big-Endians have
been long forbidden, and the whole Par-
ty rendred incapable by Law of holding
Employments. During the Courſe of
thefe Troubles, the Emperors of Ble-
fufcu did frequently expoftulate by their
Ambaffadors, accufing us of making a
Schifm in Religion, by offending againſt
a fundamental Doctrine of our great Pro-
phet Luftrog, in the Fifty fourth Chapter
of the Brundecral (which is their Al-
coran.) This, however, is thought to be
a mere Strain upon the Text: For the
Words are thefe; That all true Believers
fball break their Eggs at the convenient
End:
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End: And which is the Convenient end,
ſeems, in my humble opinion, to be left
to every man's Confcience, or at leaſt in
the power of the Chief Magiftrate to
determine. Now the Big-Endian Exiles
have found fo much credit in the Emperor
of Blefufcu's Court, and fo much private
Affiftance and Encouragement from their
Party here at home, that a bloody War
hath been carried on between the Two
Empires for Six and thirty moons with
various Succefs; during which time we
have loft Forty Capital Ships, and a much
greater number of ſmaller Veſſels, toge-
ther with Thirty thouſand of our beſt
Seamen and Soldiers; and the Damage
received by the Enemy is reckoned to be
fomewhat greater than ours. However,
they have now equipped a numerous
Fleet, and are juſt preparing to make a
Defcent upon us; and his Imperial Ma-
jeſty placing great Confidence in your
Valour and Strength, hath commanded
Me to lay this account of his Affairs be-
fore You.
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I defired the Secretary to prefent my
humble Duty to the Emperor, and to
let him know, that I thought it would
not become Me, who was a Foreigner,
to interfere with Parties; but I was rea-
dy, with the hazard of my Life, to de-
fend his Perfon and State againſt all In-
vaders.
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CHAP. V.
The Author by an extraordinary Strata-
gem, prevents an Invasion. A high
Title of Honour is conferr'd upon him.
Ambaffadors arrive from the Emperor
of Blefufcu, and fue for Peace. The
Empress's Apartment on fire by an
Accident. The Author inftrumental in
faving the rest of the Palace.
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HE Empire of Blefufeu is an
Ifland fituated to the North-
North-Eaft fide of Lilliput,
from whence it is parted on-
ly by a Channel of Eight hundred yards'
wide. I had not yet feen it, and upon
this notice of an intended Invafion, I
avoided appearing on that fide of the
Coaft, for fear of being difcovered by
fome of the Enemies Ships, who had
received
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received no Intelligence of me, all In-
tercourſe between the Two Empires ha-
ving been ſtrictly forbidden during the
War, upon pain of Death, and an Em-
bargo laid by our Emperor upon all Vef-
fels whatſoever. I communicated to his
Majefty a Project I had formed of feizing
the Enemy's whole Fleet; which, as
our Scouts affured us, lay at anchor in
the Harbour ready to fail with the firſt
fair Wind. I confulted the moſt expe-
rienced Seamen, upon the depth of the
Channel, which they had often plummed,
who told me, that in the middle at High-
water it was Seventy Glumgluffs deep,
which is about Six foot of European mea-
fure; and the reſt of it Fifty Glumgluffs at
moft. I walked towards the North-Eaft
Coaft over-againſt Blefufcu, and lying
down behind a Hillock, took out my
ſmall Pocket Perfpective-Glafs, and
viewed the Enemy's Fleet at anchor,
conſiſting of about Fifty Men of War,
and a great number of Tranfports: I then
came back to my Houſe, and gave order
(for
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(for which I had a Warrant) for a great
quantity of the ftrongeft Cable and Bars
of Iron. The Cable was about as thick
as Packthread, and the Bars of the length
and fize of a Knitting-needle. I trebled
the Cable to make it ſtronger, and for
the ſame reaſon I twiſted Three of the
Iron Bars together, bending the Extremi-
ties into a Hook. Having thus fixed Fifty
Hooks to as many Cables, I went back
to the North-Eaſt Coaſt, and putting off
my Coat, Shoes, and Stockings, walked
into the Sea in my Leathern Jerkin, about
half an hour before High-water. I wa-
ded with what hafte I could, and ſwam in
the middle about Thirty yards till I felt
ground; I arrived at the Fleet in lefs than
half an hour. The Enemy was fo fright-
ed when they faw me, that they leaped
out of their ſhips, and fwam to fhore,
where there could not be fewer than
Thirty thouſand Souls. I then took my
Tackling, and faftning a Hook to the hole
at the Prow of each, I tied all the Cords
together at the End. While I was thus
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employed, the Enemy diſcharged feveral
thouſand Arrows, many of which ftuck in
my Hands and Face; and befides the ex-
ceffive fmart, gave me much diſturbance
in my Work. My greateſt Apprehenfion
was for mine Eyes, which I fhould have
infallibly loft, if I had not fuddenly
thought of an Expedient. I kept among
other little Neceffaries a pair of Spectacles
in a private Pocket, which, as I obferved
before, had fcaped the Emperor's Search-
ers. Theſe I took out and faftned as ſtrong-
ly as I could upon my Nofe, and thus
armed went on boldly with my Work in
fpight of the Enemies Arrows, many of
which ftruck againſt the Glaffes of my
Spectacles, but without any other effect,
further than a little to difcompofe them.
I had now faftned all the Hooks, and tak-
ing the Knot in my hand, began to pull;
but not a Ship would ftir, for they were all
too faſt held by their Anchors, fo that the
boldest part of my Enterprize remained,
I therefore let go the Cord, and leaving
the Hooks fixed to the Ships, I refolutely
cut
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cut with my Knife the Cables that faſt-
ned the Anchors, receiving above Two
hundred Shots in my Face and Hands;
then I took up the knotted end of the
Cables to which my Hooks were tyed,
and with great eafe drew Fifty of the
Enemies largeſt Men of War after me.
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THE Blefufcudians, who had not the
leaft imagination of what I intended,were
at firft confounded with aſtoniſhment.
They had ſeen me cut the Cables, and
thought my Deſign was only to let the
Ships run a-drift, or fall foul on each
other: But when they perceived the
whole Fleet moving in order, and faw
me pulling at the end, they ſet up fuch
ſcream of Grief and Defpair, that it is
almoſt impoffible to defcribe or conceive.
When I had got out of danger, I ftopt a
while to pick out the Arrows that ſtuck
in my Hands and Face, and rubbed on
fome of the fame Ointment that was given
me at my first arrival, as I have formerly
mentioned. I then took off my Specta-
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cles, and waiting about an hour till the
Tide was a little fallen, I waded through
the middle with my Cargo, and arrived
ſafe at the Royal Port of Lilliput.
THE Emperor and his whole Court
ftood on the shore expecting the Iffue
of this great Adventure. They ſaw the
Ships move forward in a large Half-moon,
but could not difcern me, who was up
to my Breaſt in Water. When I ad-
vanced to the middle of the Channel,
they were yet more in pain becauſe I
was under Water to my Neck. The Em-
peror concluded me to be drowned, and
that the Enemy's Fleet was approaching
in a hoftile manner: But he was foon
eafed of his Fears, for the Channel grow-
ing fhallower every ftep I made, I came
in a ſhort time within hearing; and hold-
ing up the end of the Cable by which
the Fleet was faftned, I cried in a loud
Voice, Long live the most puissant Em-
peror of Lilliput! This great Prince re
ceived me at my landing with all poffi-
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ble
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ble Encomiums, and created me a Nar-
dac upon the ſpot, which is the higheſt
Title of Honour among them.
His Majeſty defired I would take
ſome other Opportunity of bringing all
the reſt of his Enemy's Ships into his
Ports. And fo unmeafurable is the Am-
bition of Princes, that he ſeemed to think
of nothing less than reducing the whole
Empire of Blefufcu into a Province, and
governing it by a Vice-Roy; of deftroy-
ing the Big-Endian Exiles, and compel-
ling that People to break the ſmaller end
of their Eggs, by which he would remain
the fole Monarch of the whole World.
But I endeavoured to divert him from
this Deſign, by many Arguments drawn
from the Topicks of Policy as well as
Juſtice: And I plainly protefted, that I
would never be an Inſtrument of bring-
ing a Free and Brave People into Slavery.
And when the Matter was debated in
Council, the wifeft part of the Miniſtry
were of my opinion.
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THIS open bold Declaration of mine
was fo oppofite to the Schemes and Po-
liticks of his Imperial Majefty, that he
could never forgive it; he mentioned it
in a very artful manner at Council, where
I was told that fome of the wifeft appear-
ed, at leaſt, by their filence, to be of my
opinion; but others, who were my fecret
Enemies, could not forbear fome Ex-
preffions, which by a fide-wind reflect-
ed on me. And from this time began an
Intrigue between his Majefty, and a Jun-
to of Miniſters maliciouſly bent againſt
me, which broke out in leſs than Two
months, and had like to have ended in
my utter Deſtruction. Offo little weight
are the greateſt Services to Princes, when
put into the ballance with a Refuſal to
gratify their Paffions.
ABOUT Three weeks after this Ex-
ploit,there arrived a folemn Embaffy from
Blefufcu, with humble Offers of a Peace;
which was foon concluded
upon Condi-
tions.
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tions very advantageous to our Emperor,
wherewith I fhall not trouble the Reader.
There were Six Ambaffadors, with aTrain
of about Five hundred Perfons, and their
Entry was very magnificent, fuitable to
the Grandeur of their Mafter, and the Im-
portance of their Bufinefs. When their
Treaty was finiſhed, wherein I did them
feveral good Offices by the Credit I now
had, or at leaſt appeared to have at Court,
their Excellencies, who were privately told
how much I had been their Friend, made
me a Viſit in form. They began with
many Compliments upon my Valour and
Generofity, invited me to that Kingdom
in the Emperor their Mafter's Name, and
defired me to fhew them fome Proofs of
my prodigious Strength, of which they
had heard fo many Wonders; wherein I
readily obliged them, but ſhall not trou-
ble the Reader with the Particulars.
WHEN I had for fome time enter-
tained their Excellencies to their infinite
Satisfaction and Surprize, I defired they
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would do me the Honour to preſent my
moft humble refpects to the Emperor
their Mafter, the Renown of whoſe Vir
tues had ſo juſtly filled the whole World
with Admiration, and whofe Royal Per-
fon I refolved to attend before I returned
to my own Countrey: Accordingly, the
next time I had the honour to ſee our
Emperor, I defired his general Licence to
wait on the Blefufcudian Monarch,which
he was pleaſed to grant me, as I could
plainly perceive, in a very cold manner;
but could not gueſs the Reafon, till I had
a Whiſper from a certain perfon, that
Flimnap and Bolgolam had repreſented
my Intercourfe with thofe Ambaffadors as
a mark of Difaffection, from which I am
fure my heart was wholly free. And this
was the first time I began to conceive fome
imperfect Idea of Courts and Minifters.
It is to be obſerved, that theſe Am-
baſſadors ſpoke to me by an Interpreter,
the Languages of both Empires differing
as much from each other as any Two in
'bluow
Europe;
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Europe; and each Nation priding itſelf
upon the Antiquity, Beauty, and Energy
of their own Tongues, with an avowed
Contempt for that of their Neighbour;
yet our Emperor, ftanding upon the ad-
vantage he had got by the feifure of their
Fleet, obliged them to deliver their Cre-
dentials, and make their Speech in the
Lilliputian Tongue. And it muſt be
confeffed, that from the great Intercourſe
of Trade and Commerce between both
Realms, from the continual Reception of
Exiles, which is mutual among them, and
from the Cuſtom in each Empire to ſend
their young Nobility and richer Gentry to
the other, in order to polifh themſelves,
by ſeeing the World, and underſtanding
Men and Manners; there are few perfons
of Diſtinction, or Merchants, or Seamen,
who dwell in the Maritime Parts, but
what can hold converfation in both
Tongues, as I found fome Weeks after,
when I went to pay my refpects to the
Emperor of Blefufcu, which in the midft
of great misfortunes, through the Malice
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of my enemies, proved a very happy
Adventure to me, as I fhall relate in its
proper place.
THE Reader may remember, that when
I figned thofe Articles upon which I reco-
vered my Liberty, there were fome which
I disliked upon account of their being
too fervile, neither could any thing but
an extreme Neceffity have forced me to
fubmit. But being now a Nardac, of the
highest Rank in that Empire, fuch Offi
ces were looked upon as below my dig
nity, and the Emperor (to do him juſtice)
never once mentioned them to me. How-
ever, it was not long before I had an
opportunity of doing his Majefty, at leaſt,
as I then thought, a moft fignal Service.
I was alarmed at midnight with the Cries
of many hundred People at my Door;
by which being fuddenly awaked, I was
in fome kind of terror. I heard the
word Burglum repeated inceffantly: Se-
veral of the Emperor's Court making
their way through the Croud, intreated
me
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me to come immediately to the Palace,
where her Imperial Majefty's Apartment
was on fire, by the careleſneſs of a Maid
of Honour, who fell afleep while fhe
was reading a Romance. I got up in an
inſtant; and Orders being given to clear
the way before me, and it being like-
wife a Moon-fhine Night, I made a
ſhift to get to the Palace without tramp-
ling on any of the People. I found
they had already applied Ladders to
the Walls of the Apartment, and were
well provided with Buckets, but the Wa-
ter was at fome diftance. Theſe Buckets
were about the fize of a large Thimble,
and the poor people fupplied me with
them as fast as they could; but the Flame
was fo violent, that they did little good.
I might eaſily have ftifled it with my Coat,
which I unfortunately left behind me for
hafte, and came away only in my Leathern
Jerkin. The Cafe feemed wholly defpe-
rate and deplorable, and this magnificent
Palace would have infallibly been burnt
down to the ground, if, by a Prefence
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of mind, unufual to me, I had not fud-
denly thought of an Expedient. I had
the evening before drank plentifully of a
moſt delicious Wine, called Glimigrim
(the Blefufcudians call it Flunec, but
ours is eſteemed the better fort) which
is very Diuretick. By the luckieft Chance
in the world, I had not difcharged my-
ſelf of any part of it. The Heat I had
contracted by coming very near the
Flames, and by my labouring to quench
them, made the Wine begin to operate
by Urine; which I voided in fuch a quan-
tity, and applied fo well to the proper
places, that in Three minutes the Fire
was wholly extinguished, and the reft of
that noble Pile, which had coft fo many
ages in erecting, preſerved from deftru-
&tion.
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It was now day-light, and I returned
to my houſe, without waiting to con-
gratulate with the Emperor; becauſe, al-
though I had done a very eminent piece
of Service, yet I could not tell how his
Majefty
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Majeſty might refent the manner by
which I had performed it: For, by the
fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is
Capital in any Perfon, of what Quality
foever, to make water within the Pre-
cincts of the Palace. But I was a little
comforted by a meſſage from his Majeſty,
that he would give orders to the Grand
Jufticiary for paffing my Pardon in form;
which, however, I could not obtain.
And I was privately affured, the Emprefs,
conceiving the greateſt Abhorrence of
what I had done, removed to the moſt
diſtant fide of the Court, firmly reſolved
that thoſe Buildings fhould never be re-
paired for her ufe; and, in the preſence
of her chief Confidents, could not for-
bear vowing Revenge.
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CHAP. VI.
Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput, their
Learning, Laws and Customs, the
Manner of educating their Children,
The Author's way of living in that
Countrey, His Vindication of a great
Lady,
LTHOUGH I intend to leave
the Defcription of this Empire
to a particular Treatife, yet
in the mean time I am con-
tent to gratify the curious Reader with
fome general Ideas. As the common fize
of the natives is fomewhat under Six
inches high, fo there is an exact Propor-
tion in all other Animals, as well as Plants
and Trees: For inftance, the talleſt Horſes
and Oxen are between Four and Five
inches
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inches in height, the Sheep an Inch and
a half, more or less; their Geeſe about
the bigness of a Sparrow, and fo the fe
veral Gradations downwards, till you
come to the ſmalleſt, which, to my fight,
were almoft invifible; but Nature hath
adapted the Eyes of the Lilliputians to
all Objects proper for their view: They
fee with great exactneſs, but at no great
diſtance. And to ſhow the ſharpneſs of
their fight towards Objects that are near,
I have been much pleaſed in obferving a
Cook pulling a Lark, which was not ſo
large as a common Fly; and a young Girl
threading an invifible Needle with in-
viſible Silk. Their talleft Trees are a-
bout Seven foot high; I mean ſome of
thofe in the great Royal Park, the Tops
whereof I could but juſt reach with my
Fift clenched. The other Vegetables are
in the fame proportion; but this I leave
to the Reader's imagination.
I fhall fay but little at prefent of their
Learning, which for many Ages hath
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flouriſhed in all its branches among them:
But their manner of writing is very pecu-
liar, being neither from the Left to the
Right, like the Europeans; nor from the
Right to the Left, like the Arabians; nor
from up to down, like the Chineſe; nor
from down to up, like the Cafcagians;
but aflant from one corner of the paper
to the other, like Ladies in England.
THEY bury their Dead with their
Heads directly downwards, becauſe they
hold an opinion, that in Eleven thouſand
moons they are all to rife again, in which
period the Earth (which they conceive
to be flat) will turn upfide down, and
by this means they fhall, at their Refur-
rection, be found ready ftanding on their
feet. The Learned among them confefs
the Abfurdity of this Doctrine, but the
Practice ſtill continues, in compliance to
the Vulgar.
THERE are fome Laws and Customs
in this Empire very peculiar, and if they
were
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were not fo directly contrary to thoſe
of my own dear Countrey, I fhould be
tempted to ſay a little in their juftification.
It is only to be wifhed, that they were as
well executed. The firft I fhall mention,
relates to Informers. All Crimes againſt
the State are puniſhed here with the ut-
moſt ſeverity; but if the Perſon accuſed
maketh his Innocence plainly to appear
upon his Tryal, the Accufer is immediate-
ly put to an ignominious Death; and out
of his Goods or Lands, the innocent Per-
fon is quadruply recompenfed for the Lofs
of his Time, for the Danger he under-
went, for the Hardſhip of his Impriſon-
ment, and for all the Charges he hath
been at in making his Defence. Or, if
that Fund be deficient, it is largely fup-
plied by the Crown. The Emperor does
alfo confer on him fome publick Mark of
his Favour, and Proclamation is made of
his Innocence through the whole City.
THEY look upon Fraud as a greater.
Crime than Theft, and therefore ſeldom
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fail to puniſh it with Death; for they al-
ledge, that Care and Vigilance, with a ve-
ry common Underſtanding, may preferve
a man's Goods from Thieves, but Honeſty
has no fence againſt fuperior Cunning:
and fince it is neceffary that there fhould
be a perpetual Intercourfe of Buying and
Selling, and dealing upon Credit, where
Fraud is permitted or connived at, or hath
no Law to puniſh it, the honeft Dealer is
always undone, and the Knave gets the
advantage. I remember when I was once
interceding with the King for a Criminal
who had wronged his Maſter of a great
Sum of Money, which he had received
by order, and ran away with; and hap-
pening to tell his Majefty by way of ex-
tenuation, that it was only a Breach of
truft; the Emperor thought it monftrous
in me to offer, as a Defence, the greateſt
Aggravation of the Crime: And truly I
had little to ſay in return, farther than the
common Anſwer, that different Nations
had different Cuſtoms; for, I confefs, I
was heartily afhamed. Bod
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ALTHOUGH We ufually call Reward
and Puniſhment the Two Hinges
upon
which all Government turns, yet I could
never obſerve this Maxim to be put in
practiſe by any Nation except that of
Lilliput. Whoever can there bring ſuf-
ficient proof that he hath ftrictly obferved
the Laws of his Country for Seventy
three moons, hath a claim to certain Pri-
vileges, according to his Quality and
Condition of Life, with a proportionable
Sum of Money out of a Fund appropria
ted for that uſe: He likewife acquires the
Title of Snilpall, or Legal, which is ad-
ded to his Name, but does not deſcend to
his Pofterity. And theſe people thought
it a prodigious Defect of Policy among
us, when I told them that our Laws
were enforced only by Penalties without
any mention of Reward. It is upon this
account that the Image of Juftice, in their
Courts of Judicature, is formed with Six
eyes, Two before, as many behind, and
On each fide One, to fignify Circum-
ſpection;
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ſpection; with a bag of Gold open in het
Right hand, and a Sword fheathed in her
Left, to fhew ſhe is more difpofed to
Reward than to Puniſh.
10IN chufing Perfons for all Employ-
ments, they have more regard to good
Morals than to great Abilities; for, fince
Government is neceffary to Mankind,
they believe that the common fize of
Human Underſtandings is fitted to fome
Station or other, and that Providence ne-
ver intended to make the Management of
publick Affairs a Myftery, to be compre-
hended only by a few Perfons of fublime
Genius, of which there feldome are Three
born in an Age: But they fuppofe Truth,
Juſtice, Temperance, and the like, to be
in every man's power; the practice of
which Virtues, affifted by Experience and
a good Intention, would qualify any Man
for the Service of his Countrey, except
where a Courſe of Study is required.
But they thought the want of Moral Vir-
tues was fo far from being fupplied by
fupe-
te
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fuperior Endowments of the mind, that
Employments could never be put into
fuch dangerous hands as thoſe of Perſons
fo qualified; and at leaſt, that the Mi-
ftakes committed by Ignorance in a vir-
tuous Difpofition, would never be of fuch
fatal confequence to the Publick Weal,
as the Practices of a Man whofe Inclina-
tions led him to be Corrupt, and had
great Abilities to manage, and multiply,
and defend his Corruptions.
;
IN like manner, the Disbelief of a
Divine Providence renders a Man unca-
pable of holding any Publick Station
for fince Kings avow themſelves to be the
Deputies of Providence, the Lilliputians
think nothing can be more abfurd, than
for a Prince to employ fuch men as dif-
own the Authority under which he acts.
IN relating theſe and the following
Laws, I would only be underſtood to
mean the original Inftitutions, and not
the moſt ſcandalous Corruptions into
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which theſe People are fallen by the
degenerate nature of man. For as to
that infamous Practice of acquiring great
Employments by dancing on the Ropes,
or Badges of Favour and Diſtinction by
leaping over Sticks, and creeping under
them; the Reader is to obferve, that they
were first introduced by the Grandfather
of the Emperor now reigning, and grew
to the preſent height, by the gradual in-
creaſe of Party and Faction.
INGRATITUDE is among them a ca-
pital Crime, as we read it to have been
in ſome other Countries; for they reaſon
thus, That whoever makes ill Returns to
his Benefactor, muft needs be a common
Enemy to the reſt of Mankind, from
whom he hath received no Obligation,
and therefore ſuch a Man is not fit to live.
THEIR Notions relating to the Du-
ties of Parents and Children differ ex-
tremely from ours. For, fince the Con-
junction of Male and Female is founded
upon
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upon the great Law of Nature, in order
to propagate and continue the Species,
the Lilliputians will needs have it, that
Men and Women are joined together like
other Animals, by the Motives of Con-
cupifcence; and that their Tenderneſs to-
wards their Young proceeds from the like
natural Principle: For which reaſon they
will never allow, that a Child is under
any obligation to his Father for begetting
him, or his Mother for bringing him into
the World; which, confidering the Mife-
ries of human Life, was neither a Benefit
in itſelf, or intended fo by his Parents,
whoſe Thoughts in their Love-Encoun-
ters were otherwife employed. Upon
theſe, and the like Reaſonings, their
Opinion is, that Parents are the laft of
all others to be trufted with the Educa-
tion of their own Children: And there-
fore they have in every town publick
Nurſeries, where all Parents, except Cot-
tagers and Labourers, are obliged to fend
their Infants of both Sexes to be reared
and educated when they come to the Age
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of Twenty moons, at which time, they
are fuppofed to have fome Rudiments of
Docility. Thefe Schools are of ſeveral
kinds, fuited to different Qualities, and
to both Sexes. They have certain Pro-
feffors well skilled in preparing Children
for fuch a condition of life as befits the
Rank of their Parents, and their own
Capacities as well as Inclinations. I fhall
firſt ſay ſomething of the Male Nurſe-
ries, and then of the Female.
THE Nurſeries for Males of noble or
eminent Birth, are provided with grave
and learned Profeffors, and their ſeveral
Deputies. The Clothes and Food of the
Children are plain and fimple. They are
bred up in the principles of Honour,
Juftice, Courage, Modefty, Clemency,
Religion, and Love of their Countrey;
they are always employed in fome Bufi-
neſs, except in the times of Eating and
Sleeping, which are very fhort; and Two
hours for Diverſions, confifting of bo-
dily Exerciſes. They are dreffed by Men
till
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till Four years of age, and then are
obliged to dress themſelves, although
their Quality be ever fo great; and the
Women Attendants, who are aged pro-
portionably to ours at Fifty, perform
only the moſt menial Offices. They are
never ſuffered to converfe with Servants,
but go together in finall or greater num-
bers to take their Diverfions, and always
in the preſence of a Profeffor, or one of
his Deputies; whereby they avoid thoſe
early bad Impreffions of Folly and Vice
to which our Children are fubject.
Their Parents are fuffered to ſee them
only twice a year; the Viſit is to laſt but
an hour. They are allowed to kifs the
Child at meeting and parting; but a
Profeffor, who always ftands by on thoſe
occafions, will not fuffer them to whi-
fper, or uſe any fondling Expreffions, or
bring any Prefents of Toys, Sweet-meats,
and the like.
THE Penfion from each Family for
the Education and Entertainment of a
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Child, upon failure of due payment, is
levied by the Emperor's Officers.
THE Nurſeries for Children of ordi-
nary Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders,
and Handicrafts, are managed propor-
tionably after the fame manner; only
thoſe deſigned for Trades, are put out
Apprentices at Eleven years old, whereas
thoſe of Perſons of Quality continue in
their Nurſeries till Fifteen, which answers
to One and twenty with us: But the
Confinement is gradually leffened for the
laft Three years.
IN the Female Nurferies, the young
Girls of Quality are educated much like
the Males, only they are dreffed by or-
derly Servants of their own Sex, but al-
ways in the preſence of a Profeffor or
Deputy, till they come to drefs them-
felves, which is at Five years old. And
if it be found that theſe Nurfes ever pre-
fume to entertain the Girls with frightful
or foolish Stories, or the common Follies
bido
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practiſed by Chamber-maids among us,
they are publickly whipped thrice about
the City, impriſoned for a Year, and
baniſhed for life to the moſt deſolate
part of the countrey. Thus the young
Ladies there are as much afhamed of be-
ing Cowards and Fools, as the Men, and
deſpiſe all perfonal Ornaments beyond
Decency and Cleanlineſs: Neither did
I perceive any Difference in their Edu-
cation, made by their Difference of Sex,
only that the Exerciſes of their Females
were not altogether fo robuft, and that
fome Rules were given them relating to
domeſtick Life, and a fmaller compaſs of
Learning was enjoined them: For the
Maxim is, that among People of Qua-
lity, a Wife ſhould be always a reaſon-
able and agreeable Companion, becauſe
ſhe cannot always be young. When the
Girls are Twelve years old, which among
them is the marriageable Age, their Pa-
rents or Guardians take them home, with
great expreffions of Gratitude to the
Profeffors, and feldom without Tears
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of the young Lady and her Compa-
nions.
IN the Nurſeries of Females of the
meaner fort, the Children are inftructed
in all kinds of Works proper for their Sex,
and their ſeveral degrees: Thoſe intend-
ed for Apprentices are difmiffed at Nine
years old, the reft are kept to Thirteen.
THE meaner Families who have chil-
dren at theſe nurſeries, are obliged, be
fides their annual Penfion, which is as
low as poffible, to return to the Steward
of the Nurſery a ſmall monthly fhare
of their Gettings, to be a Portion for
the child; and therefore all Parents are
limited in their Expences by the Law.
For the Lilliputians think nothing can
be more unjuft, than for people, in fub-
fervience to their own Appetites, to
bring Children into the World, and
leave the Burthen of fupporting them
on the Publick. As to Perſons of qua-
lity, they give Security to appropriate a
certain
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certain Sum for each Child, fuitable to
their Condition; and theſe Funds are
always managed with good Husbandry,
and the moſt exact Juſtice.
THE Cottagers and Labourers keep
their children at home, their Buſineſs be-
ing only to till and cultivate the Earth,
and therefore their Education is of little
confequence to the Publick; but the Old
and Diſeaſed among them are fupported
by Hofpitals: For Begging is a Trade
unknown in this Kingdom.
AND here it may perhaps divert the
curious Reader, to give ſome account of
my Domeſticks, and my manner of living
in this Countrey, during a Refidence of
-Nine months and Thirteen days. Ha-
ving a Head mechanically turned, and
being likewife forced by neceffity, I had
made for myſelf a Table and Chair con-
venient enough, out of the largeſt Trees
in the Royal Park. Two hundred Semp-
ftreffes were employed to make me Shirts,
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the ſtrongeſt and coarſeft kind they could
get; which, however, they were forced
to quilt together in feveral Folds, for
the thickeſt was fome degrees finer than
Lawn. Their Linen is ufually Three
inches wide, and Three foot make a Piece.
The Sempftreffes took my meaſure as I
lay on the ground, one ftanding at my
Neck, and another at my Mid-leg, with
a ftrong Cord extended, that each held
by the end, while the third meaſured the
length of the Cord with a Rule of an
Inch long. Then they meaſured my Right
thumb, and defired no more; for by a
mathematical computation, that twice
round the Thumb is once round the
Wrift, and fo on to the Neck and the
Waift, and by the help of my old Shirt,
which I diſplayed on the ground before
them for a Pattern, they fitted me ex-
actly. Three hundred Taylors were em-
ployed in the fame manner to make me
Clothes; but they had another Contri-
vance for taking my meaſure. I kneeled
down,
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down, and they raiſed a Ladder from the
Ground to my Neck; upon this Ladder
one of them mounted, and let fall a Plum-
line from my Collar to the Floor, which
juſt anſwered the length of my Coat
but my Waiſt and Arms I meaſured my-
felf. When my Clothes were finiſhed,
which was done in my houfe (for the
largeſt of theirs would not be able to
hold them) they looked like the Patch-
work made by the Ladies in England,
only that mine were all of a Colour,
I had Three hundred Cooks to dreſs
my Victuals, in little convenient Huts
built about my houſe, where they and
their Families lived, and prepared meTwo
difhes a-piece. I took up Twenty Waiters
in my Hand, and placed them on the
Table, an Hundred more attended below
on the Ground, fome with Difhes of
Meat, and fome with Barrels of Wine,
and other Liquors, flung on their Shoul-
ders; all which the Waiters above drew
up as I wanted, in a very ingenious man-
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ner, by certain Cords, as we draw the
Bucket up a Well in Europe. A Difh
of their Meat was a good Mouthful, and
a Barrel of their Liquor a reaſonable
Draught. Their Mutton yields to ours,
but their Beef is excellent. I have had
a Sirloin fo large, that I have been for-
ced to make Three bits of it; but this is
rare. My Servants were aſtoniſhed to fee
me eat it Bones and all, as in our Coun-
trey we do the Leg of a Lark. Their
Geefe and Turkeys I ufually eat at a
Mouthful, and I must confefs they far
exceed ours. Of their ſmaller Fowl I
could take up Twenty or Thirty at the
end of my Knife.
ONE day his Imperial Majefty being
informed of my way of living, defired
that himſelf and his Royal Confort, with
the young Princes of the Blood of both
Sexes, might have the Happineſs (as he
was pleaſed to call it) of dining with me.
They came accordingly, and I placed 'em
upon Chairs of State on my Table, juſt
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over-againftime, with their Guards about
them. Flimnap the Lord High Treaſurer
attended there likewife, with his White
Staff; and I obſerved he often looked on
me with a four Countenance, which I
would not ſeem to regard, but eat more
than usual, in honour to my dear Coun
trey, as well as to fill the Court with
admiration. I have fome private Rea-
fons to believe, that this Vifit from his
Majefty gave Flimnap an opportunity of
doing me ill Offices to his Mafter. That
Miniſter had always been my fecret E-
nemy, though he outwardly careffed me
more than was ufual to the Morofenefs
of his Nature. He reprefented to the
Emperor the low Condition of his Trea-
fury; that he was forced to take up
Money at great Difcount; that Exchequer
Bills would not circulate under Nine per
Cent. below Par; that in fhort I had coft
his Majesty above a Million and a half of
Sprugs (their greateſt Gold Coin, about
the bigness of a Spangle;) and upon the
whole, that it would be adviſeable in
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the Emperor to take the fift fair occa
fion of difmiffing me.
I am here obliged to vindicate the Re-
putation of an excellent Lady, who was
an innocent Sufferer upon my account,
The Treaſurer took a fancy to be jea-
lous of his Wife, from the Malice of
fome evil tongues, who informed him
that her Grace had taken a violent Af-
fection for my Perfon, and the Court-
Scandal ran for fome time, that she once
came privately to my Lodging. This I
folemnly declare to be a most infamous
Falfhood, without any grounds, farther
than that her Grace was pleaſed to treat
me with all innocent marks of Freedom
and Friendſhip. I own the came often
to my houſe, but always publickly, nor
ever without Three more in the Coach,
who were uſually her Sifter and young
Daughter, and fome particular Acquain-
tance; but this was common to many
other Ladies of the Court. And I ftill
appeal to my Servants round, whether
they
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they at any time faw a Coach at my
door without knowing what Perfons
were in it. On thofe occafions, when
a Servant had given me notice, my Cuf
tom was to go immediately to the door;
and after paying my refpects, to take
up
the Coach and Two horfes very care-
fully in my hands (for if there were Six
horſes, the Poftillion always unharneſſed
Four) and place them on a Table, where
I had fixed a moveable Rim quite round,
of Five inches high, to prevent Accidents.
And I have often had Four Coaches and
horſes at once on my Table full of Com-
pany, while I fate in my Chair leaning
my Face towards them; and when I was
engaged with one Sett, the Coachman
would gently drive the others round my
table. I have paffed many an afternoon
very agreeably in theſe Converſations.
But I defy the Treaſurer, or his Two In-
formers (I will name them, and let 'em
make their beſt of it) Cluftril and Drun-
lo, to prove that any Perfon ever came
to me incognito, except the Secretary Rel
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drefal, who was fent by exprefs Com-
mand of his Imperial Majeſty, as I have
before related. I fhould not have dwelt
fo long upon this Particular, if it had not
been a Point wherein the Reputation of
a great Lady is fo nearly concerned, to
fay nothing of my own; though I had
then the Honour to be a Nardac, which
the Treaſurer himſelf is not; for all the
World knows he is only a Clumglum, a
Title inferiour by one degree, as that of
a Marquifs is to a Duke in England, al-
though I allow he preceded me in right
of his Poft. Thefe falfe Informations,
which I afterwards came to the know-
ledge of, by an accident not proper to
mention, made Flimnap the Treaſurer
fhew his Lady for ſome time an ill coun-
tenance, and me a worfe; and although
he was at laft undeceived and reconciled
to her, yet I loft all credit with him, and
found my Intereſt decline very faft with
the Emperor himſelf, who was indeed too
much governed by that Favourite.
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CHAP. VII.
The Author being informed of a Defign
to accufe him of High-Treafon, makes
his Eſcape to Blefufcu. His Reception
there.
B
EFORE I proceed to give an
account of my leaving this
Kingdom, it may be proper
to inform the Reader of a pri-
vate Intrigue which had been for Two
months forming againſt me.
I had been hitherto all my life a ftran-
ger to Courts, for which I was unqua-
lified by the Meanneſs of my condition.
I had indeed heard and read enough of
the Difpofitions of great Princes and
Miniſters; but never expected to have
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found fuch terrible effects of them in
fo remote a Countrey, governed, as I
thought, by very different Maxims from
thofe in Europe:
to my
WHEN I was juſt preparing to pay
my attendance on the Emperor of Ble-
fufcu, a confiderable Perfon at Court
(to whom I had been very ſerviceable at
a time when he lay under the higheſt
diſpleaſure of his Imperial Majefty) came
Houſe very privately at night in
a cloſe Chair, and without fending his
Name, defired admittance: The Chair-
men were difmiffed; I put the Chair,
with his Lordfhip in it, into my Coat-
pocket; and giving orders to a truſty Ser-
vant to ſay I was indifpofed and gone to
fleep, I faſtened the Door of my houſe,
placed the Chair on the Table, according
to my uſual cuſtom, and fate down by
it. After the common Salutations were
over, obferving his Lordship's counte-
nance full of concern; and enquiring
into the reaſon, he defired I would hear
him
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him with patience in a matter that highly
concerned my Honour and my Life. His
Speech was to the following effect, for I
took notes of it as foon as he left me.
You are to know, faid he, that feve
ral Committees of Council have been
lately called in the moſt private manner
on your account: And it is but Two
days fince his Majefty came to a full Re-
folution.
You are very fenfible that Skyris Bol-
golam (Galbet, or High Admiral) hath
been your mortal Enemy almoſt ever
fince your Arrival. His original Reaſons
I know not, but his hatred is much en-
creaſed fince your great Succeſs againſt
Blefufcu, by which his Glory, as Admiral,
is obfcur'd. This Lord, in conjunction
with Flimnap the High Treafurer, whoſe
Enmity against you is notorious on ac-
count of his Lady, Limtor the General,
Lalcon the Chamberlain, and Balmuff
the Grand Jufticiary, have prepared Ar-
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ticles of Impeachment against you, for
Treafon, and other Capital crimes.
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THIS Preface made me fo impatient,
being conſcious of my own Merits and
Innocence, that I was going to interrupt;
when he entreated me to be filent, and
thus proceeded. hockeds hi
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Our of Gratitude for the favours you
have done me, I procured Information
of the whole Proceedings, and a Copy
of the Articles, wherein I venture my
Head for your ſervice.
Articles of Impeachment againſt Quinbus
Fleftrin (the Man-Mountain.)
ARTICLE I
WHEREAS, by a Statute made in
the Reign of his Imperial Majefty
Calin Deffar Plune, it is enacted, That
whoever shall make water within the
Precincts of the Royal Palace, fhall be
liable to the Pains and Penalties of High-
Treafon:
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:
Treafon Notwithstanding, the faid
Quinbus Fleftrin, in open breach of the
faid Law, under colour of extinguiſhing
the Fire kindled in the Apartment of his
Majeſty's dear Imperial Confort, did ma-
liciouſly, traiteroufly, and devilishly, by
diſcharge of his Urine, put out the faid
Fire kindled in the faid Apartment, ly-
ing and being within the Precincts of the
faid Royal Palace, againſt the Statute in
that cafe provided, &c. against the Du-
ty, &c.
ARTICLE II. Liech
THAT the faid Quinbus Fleftrin ha-
ving brought the Imperial Fleet of Ble-
fufcu into the Royal Port, and being
afterwards commanded by his Imperial
Majefty to feize all the other Ships of the
faid Empire of Blefufcu, and reduce that
Empire to a Province, to be governed by
a Vice-Roy from hence, and to deftroy
and put to death not only all the Big-
Endian Exiles, but likewife all the peo-
ple of that Empire, who would not im-
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mediately forſake the Big-Endian Hereſy:
He, the faid Fleftrin, like a falſe Traitor
againſt his moſt Aufpicious, Serene, Im-
perial Majefty, did petition to be excuſed
from the faid Service, upon pretence of
unwillingneſs to force the Confciences,
or deſtroy the Liberties and Lives of an
innocent people.
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ARTICLE III.
THAT, whereas certain Ambaffadors
arrived from the Court of Blefufcu to fue
for Peace in his Majefty's Court: He,
the faid Fleftrin, did, like a falfe Traitor,
aid, abet, comfort, and divert the faid
Ambaſſadors, although he knew them to
be Servants to a Prince who was lately
an open Enemy to his Imperial Majefty,
and in open War againft his faid Majefty.
ARTICLE IV.
THAT the faid Quinbus Fleftrin, con-
trary to the Duty of a faithful Subject,
is now preparing to make a Voyage to the
Court and Empire of Blefufcu, for which
he
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he hath received only verbal Licence from
his Imperial Majefty; and under Colour
of the faid Licence, doth falfly and trai-
terouſly intend to take the faid Voyage,
and thereby to aid, comfort, and abet the
Emperor of Blefufcu, fo late an Enemy,
and in open War with his Imperial Ma-
jeſty aforefaid.
THERE are fome other Articles, but
theſe are the moſt important, of which
I have read you an Abſtract.
In the feveral Debates upon this Im-
peachment, it muſt be confeffed, that his
Majefty gave many marks of his great
Lenity, often urging the Services you
had done him, and endeavouring to ex-
tenuate your Crimes. The Treaſurer
and Admiral infifted, that you ſhould be
put to the most painful and ignominious
Death, by fetting fire,on your Houſe at
night, and the General was to attend
with Twenty thousand men armed with
poifoned Arrows to fhoot you on the
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Face and Hands. Some of your Servants
were to have private orders to ftrew a
poiſonous Juice on your Shirts, which
would foon make you tear your own
Flefh, and die in the utmoft Torture.
The General came into the fame opini-
on, ſo that for a long time there was a
Majority against you. But his Majefty
refolving, if poffible, to fpare your Life,
at laft brought off the Chamberlain.
UPON this Incident, Reldrefal Prin-
cipal Secretary for private Affairs, who
always approved himself your trueFriend,
was commanded by the Emperor to de-
liver his Opinion, which he according-
ly did; and therein juftified the good
Thoughts you have of him. He allowed
your Crimes to be great, but that ftill
there was room for Mercy, the moſt
commendable Virtue in a Prince, and for
which his Majefty was fo juftly celebrated.
He faid the Friendship between you and
him.
fo well known to the World,
that perhaps the most honourable Board
might
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might think him partial: However, in
obedience to the Command he had re-
ceived, he would freely offer his Senti-
ments. That if his Majefty, in confi-
deration of your Services, and purfuant
to his own merciful Difpofition, would
pleaſe to ſpare your Life, and only give
order to put out both your Eyes, he hum-
bly conceived that by this expedient,
Juſtice might in fome meaſure be fatif-
fied, and all the World would applaud
the Lenity of the Emperor, as well as the
fair and generous Proceedings of
thofe
who have the Honour to be his Coun-
fellors. That the lofs of your Eyes
would be no impediment to your bodily
ftrength, by which you might ftill be ufe-
ful to his Majefty. That Blindneſs is an
addition to Courage, by concealing Dan-
gers from us; that the Fear you had for
your Eyes was the greateſt Difficulty in
bringing over the Enemy's Fleet, and
it would be fufficient for you to fee by
the Eyes of the Minifters, fince the
greateſt Princes do no more.
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THIS Propoſal was received with the
utmoſt Diſapprobation by the whole
Board. Bolgolam, the Admiral, could
not preſerve his temper; but rifing up in
Fury, faid, he wondered how the Secre-
tary durft preſume to give his opinion for
preſerving the Life of a Traitor: That
the Services you had performed, were, by
all true Reaſons of State, the great Ag-
gravation Crimes; that you, who
were able to extinguifh the Fire, by dif
charge of Urine in her Majefty's Apart-
ment (which he mentioned with horror)
might, at another time, raiſe an Inunda-
tion by the fame means, to drown the
whole Palace; and the fame Strength
which enabled you to bring over the E-
nemy's Fleet, might ferve, upon the firſt
Diſcontent, to carry it back: That he had
good Reaſons to think you were a Big-
Endian in your heart; and as Treafon
begins in the Heart before it appears in
Overt-Acts, fo he accufed you as a Traitor
on that account, and therefore infifted you
fhould be put to death.
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THE Treaſurer was of the fame opi-
nion; he fhewed to what ftreights his
Majefty's Revenue was reduced by the
charge of maintaining you, which would
foon grow infupportable: That the Se-
cretary's Expedient of putting out your
Eyes was fo far from being a Remedy a-
againſt this Evil, it would probably en-
creaſe it, as it is manifeft from the com-
mon practice of blinding fome kind of
Fowl, after which they fed the faſter, and
grew fooner fat: That his facred Majefty,
and the Council, who are your Judges,
were in their own Confciences fully con-
vinced of your Guilt, which was a fuf-
ficient Argument to condemn you to
death, without the formal Proofs re-
quired by the ſtrict Letter of the Law.
BUT his Imperial Majefty fully deter-
mined againſt capital Punishment, was
graciouſly pleaſed to fay, that fince the
Council thought the lofs of your Eyes
too eafy a Cenfure, fome other may be
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bend the
inflicted hereafter. And your
Secretary humbly defiring to be heard
again, in anſwer to what the Treaſurer
had objected concerning the great Charge
his Majeſty was at in maintaining you,
faid, that his Excellency, who had the
fole diſpoſal of the Emperor's Revenue,
might eafily provide againſt that evil,
by gradually leffening your Eſtabliſh-
ment; by which, for want of fufficient
Food, you would
grow weak and faint,
and lofe your Appetite, and confequently
decay and confume in a few months
neither would the Stench of your Carcafs
be then fo dangerous, when it should
become more than half diminiſhed ; and
immediately upon your death, Five or
Six thoufand of his Majefty's Subjects
might, in Two or Three days, cut your
Flesh from your Bones, take it away by
Cart-loads, and bury it in diftant parts
to prevent Infection, leaving the Skele-
ton as a Monument of Admiration to
Pofterity.
THUS
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THUS by the great Friendship of the
Secretary, the whole Affair was compro-
miſed. It was ftrictly enjoin'd, that the
Project of starving you by degrees fhould
be kept a Secret, but the Sentence of put-
ting out your Eyes was entered on the
books; none diffenting except Bolgolam
the Admiral, who being a Creature of
the Empreſs, was perpetually inftigated
by her Majeſty to infift upon your Death,
fhe having born perpetual malice againſt
you, on account of that infamous and
illegal method
you took to extinguiſh
the Fire in her Apartment.
IN Three days your Friend the Secre-
tary will be directed to
come to ...
houſe, and read before you the Articles
of Impeachment; and then to fignify the
great Lenity and Favour of his Majefty
and Council, whereby you are only con-
demned to the lofs of your Eyes, which
his Majeſty doth not queftion you will
gratefully and humbly fubmit to; and
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Twenty of his Majefty's Surgeons will
attend in order to fee the Operation well
performed, by diſcharging very fharp-
pointed Arrows into the balls of your
Eyes, as you lie on the ground.
I leave to your Prudence what mea-
fures you will take.
and to avoid ſufpi-
cion, I muſt immediately return in as
private a manner as I came.
His Lordship did fo, and I remained
alone, under many Doubts and Perplex-
ities of Mind.
Ir was a Cuſtom introduced by this
Prince and his Miniftry (very different,
as I have been affured, from the Practices
of former times) that after the Court had
decreed any cruel Execution, either to
gratify the Monarch's Refentment, or the
Malice of a Favourite, the Emperor made
a Speech to his whole Council, expreffing
his great Lenity and Tenderneſs, as Qua-
lities known and confeffed by all the
World.
to LILLIPUT. 129
World. This Speech was immediately
publiſhed through the Kingdom; nor
did any thing terrify the people fo much
as thoſe Encomiums on his Majefty's
Mercy; becauſe it was obferv'd, that the
more theſe Praiſes were enlarged and in-
fifted on, the more inhuman was the Pu-
niſhment, and the Sufferer more inno-
cent. And as to myself, I must confefs,
having never been defigned for a Courtier
either by my Birth or Education, I was fo
ill a Judge of things, that I could not
diſcover the Lenity and Favour of this
Sentence, but conceived it (perhaps er-
roneouſly) rather to be rigorous than gen-
tle. I fometimes thought of ſtanding my
Tryal, for although I could not deny the
Facts alledged in the ſeveral Articles, yet
I hoped they would admit of fome Exte-
nuations. But having in my Life peruled
many State-Tryals, which I ever obſerved
to terminate as the Judges thought fit
to direct, Idurft not rely on fo dangerous
a Decifion, in fo critical a Juncture, and
againſt fuch powerful Enemies. Once I
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was ſtrongly bent upon Refiftance, for
while I had liberty, the whole Strength
of that Empire could hardly fubdue me,
and I might eaſily with Stones pelt the
Metropolis to pieces; but I foon rejected
that Project with Horror, by remembring
the Oath I had made to the Emperor, the
Favours I received from him, and the
high Title of Nardac he conferred upon
me. Neither had I fo foon learned the
Gratitude of Courtiers, to perfuade my
felf that his Majefty's prefent Severities
quitted me of all paft Obligations.
AT
Ar laft I fixed upon a Refolution, for
which it is probable I may incur fome
Cenfure, and not unjustly; for I confefs
I owe the preſerving mine Eyes, and con-
fequently my Liberty, to my own great
Raſhneſs and want of Experience: be-
cauſe if I had then known the nature of
Princes and Minifters, which I have fince
obſerved in many other Courts, and their
Methods of treating Criminals lefs ob-
noxious than myſelf, I ſhould with great
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alacrity and readineſs have fubmitted to fo
eafy a puniſhment. But hurry'd on by
the Precipitancy of Youth, and having
his Imperial Majefty's Licence to pay my
attendance upon the Emperor of Blefuf-
cu, I took this Opportunity, before the
Three days were elapfed, to fend a Letter
to my Friend the Secretary, fignifying my
Refolution of ſetting out that morning
for Blefufcu purſuant to the leave I had
got; and without waiting for an anſwer,
I went to that fide of the Ifland where
our Fleet lay: I feized a large Man of
War, ty'da Cable to the Prow, and lift-
ing up the Anchors, I ftript myſelf, put
my Cloaths (together with my Coverlet,
which I brought under my Arm) into the
Veffel, and drawing it after me between
wading and ſwimming, arrived at the
Royal Port of Blefufcu, where the People
had long expected me; they lent me two
Guides to direct me to the Capital City,
which is of the fame name. I held them
in my hands till I came within Two Hun-
dred Yards of the Gate, and defir'd them to
fignify
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fignify my Arrival to one of the Secreta
ries, and let him know, I there waited
'his Majeſty's Commands. I had an An-
ſwer in about an hour, that his Majeſty,
attended by the Royal Family, and great
Officers of the Court, was coming out to
receive me. I advanced an Hundred yards.
The Emperor and his train alighted from
their Horſes, the Empress and Ladies
from their Coaches, and I did not perceive
they were in any Fright or Concern. I
lay on the Ground to kifs his Majefty's
and the Empreſs's Hand. I told his Ma-
jeſty that I was come according to my Pro-
mife, and with the Licence of the Empe-
ror my Maſter, to have the Honour of
feeing fo Mighty a Monarch, and to offer
him any Service in my power, conſiſtent
with my Duty to my own Prince; not
mentioning a word of my Difgrace, be-
cauſe I had hitherto no regular Informa
tion of it, and might fuppofe myſelf
wholly ignorant of any fuch Deſign;
neither could I reaſonably conceive that
the Emperor would difcover the Secret
while
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to LILLIPUT.
133
while I was out of his power: Wherein,
however, it foon appeared I was deceived.
I ſhall not trouble the reader with the
particular account of my reception at this
Court, which was fuitable to the Gene-
rofity of fo great a Prince; nor of the
Difficulties I was in for want of a Houſe
and Bed, being forced to lie on the ground,
wrapt up in my Coverlet.
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A VOYAGE
CHAP. VIII.
The Author, by a lucky Accident, finds
Means to leave Blefufcu; and, after
Jome Difficulties, returns fafe to his
native Countrey.
14
HREE days after my arrival,
walking out of curiofity to
the North-Eaſt Coaſt of the
Iſland, I obferved, about Half
a league off, in the fea, fomewhat that
looked like a Boat overturned. I pulled
off my Shoes and Stockings, and wading
Two or Three hundred yards, I found
the Object to approach nearer by force
of the Tide, and then plainly faw it to
be a real Boat, which I fuppofed might,
by fome Tempeſt, have been driven from
a Ship; whereupon I returned immedi-
ately towards the City, and defired his Im-
perial
to LILLIPUT. 135
perial Majefty to lend me Twenty of the
talleſt Veffels he had left after the lofs of
his Fleet, and Three thouſand Seamen
under the Command ofthe Vice-Admiral.
This Fleet failed round, while I went
back the ſhorteſt way to the Coaſt where
I firſt diſcovered the Boat; I found the
Tide had driven it ftill nearer. The Sea-
men were all provided with Cordage,
which I had beforehand twifted to a fuf
ficient ftrength. When the Ships came
up, I ftript myſelf, and waded till I came
within an Hundred yards of the Boat, af
ter which I was forced to fwim till I got
up to it. The Seamen threw me the end
of the Cord, which I faftned to a Hole in
the fore-part of the Boat, and the other
end to a Man of War: But I found all
my
labour to little purpoſe; for being out of
my depth, I was not able to work. In
this neceflity, I was forced to fwim behind,
and puſh the Boat forwards as often as I
could, with one of my hands; and the
Tide favouring me, I advanced fo far, that
I could just hold up my Chin and feel the
Ground.
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A VOYAGE
Ground. Irefted Two or Three minutes,
and then gave the Boat another fhove,
and fo on till the Sea was no higher than
my Arm-pits; and now the moft labori-
ous part being over, I took out my other
Cables which were ftowed in one of the
Ships, and faft ning them firft to the Boat,
and then to Nine of the Veffels which
attended me; the Wind being favourable,
the Seamen towed, and I fhoved till we
arrived within Forty yards of the Shore,
and waiting till the Tide was out, I got
dry to the Boat, and by the affiftance of
Two thouſand men, with Ropes and En-
gines, I made a fhift to turn it on its
bottom, and found it was but little da-
maged.
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I fhall not trouble the reader with the
difficulties I was under by the help of
certain Paddles, which coft me Ten days
making, to get my Boat to the Royal
Port of Blefufcu, where a mighty con-
courſe of people appeared upon my ar-
rival, full of wonder at the fight of fo
prodi.
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to LILLIPUT. 137
prodigious a Veffel. I told the Emperor
that my good fortune had thrown this
Boat in my way, to carry me to fome
place from whence I might return into
my native Countrey, and begged his
Majefty's orders for getting Materials to
fit it up, together with his Licence to
depart; which, after fome kind expoftu-
lations, he was pleaſed to grant.
I did very much wonder, in all this
time, not to have heard of any Expreſs
relating to me from our Emperor to the
Court of Blefufcu. But I was after-
wards given privately to underſtand, that
his Imperial Majefty, never imagining
I had the leaſt notice of his Defigns, be-
lieved I was only gone to Blefuſcu in
performance of my Promife, according
to the Licence he had given me, which
was well known at our Court, and would
return in a few days when that Ceremony
was ended. But he was at laſt in pain at
my long abfence; and, after confulting
with the Treasurer, and the reft of that
K 3
Cabal,
138
A VOYAGE
Cabal, a Perfon of Quality was difpatched
with the copy of the Articles againſt me
This Envoy had Inftructions to reprefent
to the Monarch of Blefufcu, the great
Lenity of his Mafter, who was content
to puniſh me no further than with the lofs
of mine Eyes; that I had fled from Juſtice,
and if I did not return in Two hours, I
fhould be deprived of my Title of Nar-
dac, and declared a Traitor. The Envoy
further added, that in order to maintain
the Peace and Amity between both Em-
pires, his Mafter expected, that his Brother
of Blefufcu would give orders to have
me fent back to Lilliput, bound Hand
and Foot, to be puniſhed as a Traitor.
THE Emperor of Blefufcu having ta-
ken Three days to confult, returned an
Anſwer confifting of many Civilities and
Excuſes. He faid, that as for fending
me bound, his Brother knew it was im-
poffile; that although I had deprived
him of his Fleet, yet he owed great Ob-
ligations to me for many good Offices I
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to LILLIPUT. 139
had done him in making the Peace. That
however both their Majefties would foon
be made easy; for I had found a prodi-
gious Veffel on the Shore, able to carry
me on the Sea, which he had given or-
der to fit up with my own Affiftance
and Direction, and he hoped in a few
weeks both Empires would be freed from
fo infupportable an Incumbrance.
WITH this Anfwer the Envoy re-
turned to Lilliput, and the Monarch of
Blefufcu related to me all that had paft,
offering me at the fame time (but un-
der the ſtricteſt Confidence) his gracious
Protection, if I would continue in his
Service; wherein although I believed him
fincere, yet I refolved never more to put
any confidence in Princes or Minifters,
where I could poffibly avoid it; and
therefore, with all due acknowledgments
for his favourable Intentions, I humbly
begged to be excuſed. I told him, that
fince Fortune, whether good or evil, had
thrown a Veſſel in my way, I was re-
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folved
140
A VOYAGE
folved to venture myſelf in the Ocean,
rather than be an occafion of difference
between two fuch mighty Monarchs.
Neither did I find the Emperor at all
diſpleaſed; and I diſcovered by a certain
Accident, that he was very glad of my
Refolution, and fo were most of his Mi-
nifters,
THESE Confiderations moved me to
haften my departure fomewhat fooner
than I intended; to which the Court im-
patient to have me gone, very readily
contributed. Five hundred Workmen
were employed to make two Sails to
my Boat, according to my directions, by
quilting Thirteen fold of their ſtrongeſt
Linen together. I was at the pains of
making Ropes and Cables, by twiſting
Ten, Twenty or Thirty of the thickeſt
and ſtrongeſt of theirs. A great Stone that
I happened to find, after a long ſearch, by
the Sea-fhore, ferved me for an Anchor.
I had the Tallow of Three hundred cows
for greafing my Boat, and other uſes.
I was
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to LILLIPUT. 141
I was at incredible pains in cutting down
fome of the largeſt Timber Trees for Oars
and Mafts, wherein I was, however,
much affifted by his Majefty's Ship-Car-
penters, who helped me in fmoothing
them, after I had done the rough work.
A
In about a month, when all was pre-
pared, I fent to receive his Majefty's Com-
mands, and to take my leave. The Em-
peror and Royal Family came out of the
Palace; I lay down on my Face to kiſs
his Hand, which he very graciouſly gave
me; fo did the Emprefs, and young
Princeſs of the Blood. His Majefty pre-
ſented me with Fifty purſes of Two hun-
dred Sprugs a-piece, together with his
Picture at full length, which I put im-
mediately into one of my Gloves, to keep
it from being hurt. The Ceremonies at
my Departure were too many to trouble
the reader with at this time.
I ftored the Boat with the carcaffes of
an Hundred oxen, and Three hundred
fheep,
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142
A VOYAGE
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2.
ſheep, with Bread and Drink propor
tionable, and as much Meat ready dref
fed as Four Hundred cooks could pro-
vide. I took with me Six cows and Two
bulls alive, with as many yews and rams,
intending to carry them into my own
country, and propagate the breed. And
to feed them on board, I had a good bundle
of Hay, and a bag of Corn. I would
gladly have taken a Dozen of the natives,
but this was a thing the Emperor would
by no means permit; and befides a dili-
gent fearch into my Pockets, his Majeſty
engaged my Honour not to carry away
any of his Subjects, although with their
own conſent and defire.
HAVING thus prepared all things as
well as I was able, I fet fail on the Twenty-
fourth day of September 1701, at Six in
the morning; and when I had gone a-
bout Four leagues to the Northward, the
Wind being at South-Eaft, at Six in the
evening, I deſcryed a ſmall Iſland about
Half a league to the North-Weft. I ad-
vanced
2.
to LILLIPUT. 143
vanced forward, and caft anchor on the
Lee-fide of the land, which feemed to
be uninhabited. I then took ſome refreſh-
ment, and went to my reft. I flept well,
and I conjecture at leaft Six hours, for I
found the day broke in Two hours after
I awaked. It was a clear night. I eat my
breakfaſt before the Sun was up; and
heaving anchor, the Wind being favour-
able, I fteered the fame courſe that I had
done the day before, wherein I was di-
rected by my Pocket-Compafs. My in-
tention was to reach, if poffible, one of
thoſe Iſlands, which I had reaſon to be-
lieve lay to the North-Eaft of Van Die-
men's Land. I discovered nothing all that
day; but upon the next, about Three in
the afternoon, when I had, by my com-
putation, made Twenty four leagues from
Blefufcu, I defcryed a Sail fteering to the
South-East; my courſe was due Eaft. I
hailed her, but could get no anfwer; yet
I found I gained upon her, for the Wind
flackned. I made all the fail I could,
and in Half an hour ſhe ſpied me, then
hung
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hung out her Antient, and diſcharged a
Gun. It is not eafy to exprefs the joy
I was in upon the unexpected hope ofonce
more ſeeing my beloved Countrey, and
the dear Pledges I had left in it. The Ship
flackned her Sails, and I came up with
her between Five and Six in the evening;
September 26; but my heart leapt with-
in me to ſee her English Colours. I
put my Cows and Sheep into my Coat-
Pockets, and got on board with all my
little Cargo of Provifions. The Veffel
wasan English Merchant-Man, returning
from Japan by the North and South
Seas; the Captain, Mr. John Biddle of
Deptford, a very civil Man, and an ex-
cellent Sailor. We were now in the
Latitude of 30 Degrees South, there were
about Fifty men in the fhip; and here I
met an old Comrade of mine, one Peter
Williams, who gave me a good charac-
ter to the Captain: This Gentleman
treated me with kindneſs, and defired I
would let him know what place I came
from laft, and whither I was bound;
which
to LILLIPUT. 145
which I did in few words, but he thought
I was raving, and that the dangers I un-
derwent had difturbed my head; where-
upon I took my black Cattle and Sheep
out of my Pocket, which, after great
aftoniſhment, clearly convinced him of
my Veracity. I then fhewed him the
Gold given me by the Emperor of Ble-
fufcu, together with his Majefty's Picture
at full length, and fome other Rarities
of that countrey. I gave him Two Purſes
of Two hundred Sprugs each, and pro-
miſed, when we arrived in England, to
make him a Preſent of a Cow and a
Ship big with young.
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I fhall not trouble the reader with a
particular account of this voyage, which
was very profperous for the moſt part.
We arrived in the Downs on the 13th
of April 1702. I had only one misfor-
tune, that the Rats on board carried a-
way one of my Sheep; I found her
Bones in a hole, picked clean from the
fleſh.
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​146 A VOYAGE
flefh. The reft of my Cattle I got fafe
on fhore, and ſet them a grazing in a
Bowling-Green at Greenwich, where the
Fineneſs of the Grafs made them feed
very heartily, though I had always feared
the contrary: neither could I poffibly
have preſerved them in fo long a Voyage,
if the Captain had not allowed me fome
of his beſt Bisket, which rubbed to Pow-
der, and mingled with Water, was their
conftant food. The fhort time I con-
tinued in England, I made a confide
rable profit by fhewing my Cattle to
many Perſons of Quality, and others:
And before I began my ſecond Voyage,
I fold them for Six Hundred pounds.
Since my laſt return, I find the breed
is confiderably increaſed, eſpecially the
Sheep; which I hope will prove much
to the advantage of the Woollen Ma-
nufacture, by the Fineness of the Flee-
ces.
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with my
I ftayed but Two months with
Wife and Family; for my infatiable De-
fire of feeing foreign Countries would
fuffer me to continue no longer. I left
Fifteen Hundred pounds with my Wife,
and fixed her in a good houſe at Red-
riff. My remaining Stock I carried
with me, part in Money, and part in
Goods, in hopes to improve my for-
tunes. My eldeſt Uncle John had left
me an Eſtate in-Land, near Epping, of
about Thirty pounds a Year; and I had
a long Leafe of the Black Bull in Fet-
ter-Lane, which yielded me as much
more: fo that I was not in any danger
of leaving my Family upon the Pariſh.
My Son Johnny, named fo after his
Uncle, was at the Grammar-School, and
a towardly Child. My Daughter Betty
(who is now well married, and has chil-
dren) was then at her Needle-work.
I took leave of my Wife, and Boy and
Girl, with tears on both fides, and went
on
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Which home-bred Prepoffeffion had confin'd;
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He fees his Britain with a Mother's Eyes;
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THE
CONTENTS.
A
CHAP. I.
Great Storm defcribed; the Long-
boat fent to fetch Water; the Au-
thor goes with it to discover the Coun-
trey. He is left on Shore; is feized by
one of the Natives, and carried to a
Farmer's Houfe. His Reception there,
with feveral Accidents that happened
to him. A Defcription of the Inha-
bitants.
Page 1.
CHA P. II. quo
ADefcription of the Farmer's Daughter.
The Author carried to a Market-
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Town,
The CONTENTS.
بدانة
Town, and then to the Metropolis. The
Particulars of his Journey.
CHA P. III.
p. 30.
The Author fent for to Court. The Queen
buys him of his Mafter, the Farmer, and
prefents him to the King. He dif
putes with his Majesty's great Scho-
lars. An Apartment at Court provided
for the Author. He is in high Favour
with the Queen. He ftands up for the
Honour of his own Countrey. His Quar-
rels with the Queen's Dwarf. p. 43
CHA P. IV.
The Countrey defcribed. A Propofal for
correcting modern Maps. The King's
Palace, and fome Account of the Me-
tropolis. The Author's way of tra-
velling. The chief Temple defcribed.
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P. 67.
CHAP.
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The CONDENTS.
CHA P. V.3.
Several Adventures that happened to the
Author. The Execution of a Criminal.
The Author fhews his Skill in Navi-
gation.
tot volanoOp. 78.
CHAP. VI. nator oli
Several Contrivances of the Author to
pleaſe the King and Queen. He fhews
bis Skill in Mufick. The King enquires
into the State of Europe, which the
Author relates to him. The King's
Obfervations thereon.
CHA P. VII.
p. 1ot.
The Author's Love of his Countrey. He
makes a Propofal of much advantage
to the King, which is rejected. The
King's great Ignorance in Politicks.
The Learning of that Countrey very
imperfect and confined. The Laws,
and military Affairs, and Parties in
the State.
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p. 122.
CHAP.
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CHA P. VIII.
The King and Queen make a Progress
to the Frontiers. The Author attends
them. The manner in which he leaves
the Countrey very particularly related.
He returns to England.
p. 138.
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TRAVEL S.
PART II.
A Voyage to BROBDING NAG.
CHAP.
I.
A great Storm defcribed; the Long boat
fent to fetch Water; the Author goes
with it to diſcover the Countrey. He is
left on Shoar; is feized by one of the
Natives, and carried to a Farmer's
Houfe. His Reception there, with fe-
veral Accidents that happen'd to him.
A Defcription of the Inhabitants.
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AVING been condemned by
nature and fortune to an ac-
tive and reſtleſs Life, in Two
months after my Return, I a-
gain left my native Countrey, and took
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ſhipping in the Downs on the 20th Day of
June 1722, in the Adventure, Captain
John Nicholas a Cornish Man Com-
mander, bound for Surat. We had a very
profperous Gale till we arrived at the
Cape of Good-hope, where we landed for
freſh Water, but difcovering a Leak we
unfhipped our Goods, and winter'd there;
for the Captain falling fick of an Ague,
we could not leave the Cape till the end
of March. We then fet fail, and had
good Voyage till we paffed the Streights
of Madagaſcar; but having got North-
ward of that Ifland, and to about five
Degrees South Latitude, the Winds,
which in thofe Seas are obferved to
blow a conſtant equal Gale between
the North and Weft from the beginning
of December to the beginning of May,
on the 19th of April began to blow
with much greater Violence, and more
Wefterly than ufual, continuing fo for
Twenty days together, during which
time we were driven a little to the Eaft
of the Molucca Iflands, and about Three
Degrees
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Degrees Northward of the Line, às our
Captain found by an obfervation he took
the Second of May, at which time the
Wind ceaſed, and it was a perfect Calm,
whereat I was not a little rejoyced. But
he, being a Man well experienc'd in the
Navigation of thoſe Seas, bid us all pre-
pare againſt a Storm, which accordingly
happen'd the day following: For a
Southern Wind, called the Southern
Monfoon, began to fet in.ne
FINDING it was like to overblow,
we took in our Sprit-fail, and ftood by
to hand the Fore-fail; but making foul
Weather, we look'd the Guns were all
faſt, and handed the Mizen. The Ship
lay very broad off, fo we thought it bet-
ter fpooning before the Sea, than trying
or hurlling. We reeft the Fore-fail and
fet him, we hawl'd aft the Fore-fheet;
the Helm was hard a Weather. The
Ship wore bravely. We belay'd the Fore-
down-hall; but the Sail was ſplit, and we
hawl'd down the Yard, and got the Sail
into
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into the fhip, and unbound all the things
clear of it. It was a very fierce Storm;
the Sear broke ftrange and dangerous.
We hawl'd off upon the Lanniard of
the Whipſtaff, and helped the Man at
Helm. We would not get down our
Top-Maft, but let all ftand, becauſe ſhe
fcudded before the Sea very well, and we
knew that the Top-Maft being aloft, the
Ship was the wholefomer, and made bet.
ter way through the Sea, feeing we had
Sea-room. When the Storm was over, we
fet Fore-fail and Main-fail, and brought
the Ship to: Then we fet the Mizen,
Maintop-fail, and the Foretop-fail. Our
Courfe was Eaſt North-eaft, the Wind
was at South-weft. We got the Star-board
Tacks aboard, we caft off our Weather-
braces, and Lifts; we fet in the Lee-
braces, and hawl'd forward by the Wea
ther-bowlings, and hawl'd them tight,
and belayed them, and hawled over the
Mizen-Tack to Windward, and kept
her full and by as near as fhe would
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DURING this form, which was fol-
lowed by a ſtrong Wind Weft-fouth-weft,
we were carried by my computation a-
bout Five hundred leagues to the Eaft, fo
that the oldeſt Sailor on board could not
tell in what part of the world we were.
Our Provifions held out well, our Ship
was ftaunch, and our Crew all in good
health; but we lay in the utmoſt diftrefs
for Water. We thought it beft to hold
on the fame courfe rather than turn more
Northerly, which might have brought
us to the North-weft parts of Great Tar-
tary, and into the Frozen Sea.
ON the 16th Day of June, 1703, a
Boy on the Top-maft difcovered Land.
On the 17th we came in full view of
a great Ifland or Continent (for we
knew not whether) on the South fide
whereof was a fmall Neck of Land jut-
ting out into the Sea, and a Creek too
fhallow to hold a Ship of above One
hundred tuns. We caft anchor within a
League of this creek, and our Captain
fent
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fent a Dozen of his men well armed in the
Long-boat, with Veffels for Water if any
could be found. I defired his leave to
go with them, that I might fee the coun-
trey, and make what difcoveries I could.
When we came to land, we faw no Ri-
ver or Spring, nor any fign of Inhabitants.
Our men therefore wander'd on the fhore
to find out fome freſh Water near the fea,
and I walked alone about a Mile on
the other fide, where I obferved the
countrey all barren and rocky. I now
began to be weary, and, feeing nothing
to entertain my curiofity, I returned
gently down towards the Creek; and,
the Sea being full in my view, I faw
our men already got into the Boat, and
rowing for life to the Ship. I was go
ing to hollow after them, although it
had been to little purpoſe, when I ob-
ferved a huge Creature walking after them
in the fea, as faft as he could: He waded
not much deeper than his knees, and
took prodigious ftrides: But our men
had the start of him Half a league, and
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the Sea thereabouts being full of fharp-
pointed Rocks, the Monfter was not
able to overtake the Boat. This I was
afterwards told, for I durft not ſtay to ſee
the iffue of that adventure; but ran as
faſt as I could the way I firft went; and
then climbed up a fteep Hill which gave
me ſome proſpect of the countrey. I
found it fully cultivated; but that which
firft furprized me was the length of the
Grafs, which in thofe grounds that feem-
ed to be kept for Hay, was above Twen-
ty foot high.
I fell into a high Road, for fo I took
it to be, though it ferved to the inhabi-
tants only as a foot Path through a Field of
barley.
arley. Here I walked on for fome time,
but could fee little on either fide, it be-
ing now near Harveft, and the Corn ri-
fing at leaſt Forty foot. I was an Hour
walking to this end of the field, which
was fenced in with a Hedge of at leaft One
hundred and twenty foot high, and the
Trees fo lofty that I could make no com-
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putation of their Altitude. There was
a Stile to paſs from this field into the
next. It had Four fteps, and a Stone to
crofs over when you came to the upper-
moft. It was impoffible for me to climb
this ftile, becauſe every Step was Six foot
high, and the upper Stone above Twenty.
I was endeavouring to find fome Gap in
the hedge, when I difcovered one of
the Inhabitants in the next field advan-
cing towards the ftile, of the fame fize
with him whom I faw in the fea purfu-
ing our Boat. He appeared as tall as an
ordinary Spire-fteeple, and took about
Ten yards at every ftride, as near as I
could guess. I was ftruck with the ut-
moft fear and aftoniſhment, and ran to
fear and a
hide myſelf in the corn, from whence
I faw him at the top of the ftile, look-
ing back into the next field on the right
hand, and heard him call in a voice ma-
ny degrees louder than a Speaking Trum-
pet; but the Noife was fo high in the
air, that at first I certainly thought it
was Thunder. Whereupon Seven Mon-
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fters like himſelf came towards him with
Reaping-hooks in their hands, each Hook
about the largeneſs of Six Scythes. Theſe
people were not fo well clad as the first,
whoſe fervants or labourers they ſeemed
to be. For, upon fome words he spoke,
they
went to reap the corn in the field
where I lay. I kept from them at as great
a diſtance as I could, but was forced to
move with extreme difficulty, for the
Stalks of the corn were fometimes not a-
bove a Foot diſtant, ſo that I could hardly
fqueeze my body betwixt them. How-
ever, I made a fhift to go forward till I
came to a part of the field where the corn
had been laid by the Rain and Wind.
Here it was impoffible for me to advance
a ftep; for the Stalks were fo interwoven
that I could not creep thorough, and the
Beards of the fallen Ears fo ftrong and
pointed that they pierced through my
clothes into my flesh. At the fame
time I heard the Reapers not above an
Hundred yards behind me. Being quite.
difpirited with toil, and wholly over-
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come by grief and defpair, I lay down
between Two Ridges, and heartily
wifhed I might there end my days. I
bemoaned my defolate Widow, and Fa-
therless Children. I lamented my own
folly and wilfulneſs in attempting a Se-
cond Voyage against the advice of all
my friends and relations. In this terrible
agitation of mind I could not forbear
thinking of Lilliput, whofe Inhabitants
looked upon me as the greateſt Prodigy
that ever appeared in the world; where
I was able to draw an Imperial Fleet in
my hand, and perform thofe other acti-
ons which will be recorded for ever in
the Chronicles of that Empire, while
Pofterity fhall hardly believe them, al-
though atteſted by Millions. I reflected
what a mortification it must prove to
me to appear as inconfiderable in this
nation as one fingle Lilliputian would
be among us. But, this I conceived was
to be the leaſt of my misfortunes: For,
as human Creatures are obferved to be
more fayage and cruel in proportion to
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their Bulk, what could I expect but to
be a Morfel in the mouth of the first
among theſe enormous Barbarians that
ſhould happen to feize me? Undoubt-
edly Philofophers are in the right when
they tell us, that nothing is great or little
otherwife than by Comparifon. It might
have pleaſed fortune to let the Lillipu-
tians find fome nation, where the peo-
ple were as Diminutive with refpect to
them, as they were to me. And who
knows but that even this prodigious Race
of Mortals might be equally overmatch-
ed in fome diftant part of the world,
whereof we have yet no difcovery?
SCARED and confounded as I was, I
could not forbear going on with theſe
reflections, when one of the reapers ap-
proaching within Ten yards of the Ridge
where I lay, made me apprehend that
with the next ſtep I fhould be fquaſhed
to death under his Foot, or cut in Two
with his Reaping-hook. And therefore
when he was again about to move, I
fcreained
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fcreamed as loud as fear could make me.
Whereupon the huge Creature trod fhort,
and looking round about under him for
fome time, at laſt efpied me as I lay on the
ground. He confidered a while with the
caution of one who endeavours to lay
hold on a ſmall dangerous animal in fuch
a manner that it ſhould not be able either
to ſcratch or to bite him, as I myſelf have
fometimes done with a Weafel in Eng-
land. At length he ventured to take me
up behind by the Middle between his
Fore-finger and Thumb, and brought me
within Three yards of his eyes, that he
might behold my fhape more perfectly.
I gueſſed his meaning, and my good for-
tune gave me fo much Prefence of mind,
that I refolved not to ftruggle in the leaft
as he held me in the Air above Sixty foot
from the ground, although he grievously
pinched my fides, for fear I fhould flip
through his fingers. All I ventured was
to raiſe mine eyes towards the Sun, and
place my hands together in a fupplica-
ting pofture, and to fpeak fome words
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in an humble melancholy tone, fuitable
to the condition I then was in: For
I apprehended every moment that he
would daſh me againſt the ground, as
we ufually do any little hateful Animal
which we have a mind to deftroy. But
my good ſtar would have it, that he
appeared pleaſed with my voice and ge-
ftures, and began to look upon me as a
Curiofity, much wondering to hear me
pronounce articulate words, although he
could not underftand them. In the
mean time I was not able to forbear
groaning and fhedding tears, and turn-
ing my Head towards my Sides, letting
him know, as well as I could, how cru-
elly I was hurt by the Preffure of his
Thumb and Finger. He feemed to ap-
prehend my meaning; for, lifting up
the Lappet of his Coat, he put me gently
into it, and immediately ran along with
me to his Mafter, who was a fubftantial
Farmer, and the fame perfon I had firft
ſeen in the field.
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THE Farmer having (as I fuppofed by
their talk) received fuch an account of
me as his fervant could give him, took a
piece of a ſmall Straw, about the fize of
a Walking-ſtaff, and therewith lifted up
the Lappets of my Coat; which it ſeems
he thought to be fome kind of covering
that nature had given me. He blew
my Hairs afide to take a better view of
my Face. He called his hinds about him,
and asked them (as I afterwards learned)
whether they had ever ſeen in the fields
any little Creature that reſembled me.
He then placed me foftly on the ground
upon
all four, but I got immediately up,
and walked flowly backwards and for-
wards, to let thofe people fee I had no
intent to run away. They all fate down
in a Circle about me, the better to ob-
ferve my motions. I pulled off my hat,
and made a low Bow towards the farmer,
I fell on my Knees, and lifted up my
Hands and Eyes, and ſpoke feveral words,
as loud as I could: I took a Purſe of
Gold out of my pocket, and humbly
preſented
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preſented it to him. He received it on
the Palm of his Hand, then applied it
cloſe to his eye, to fee what it was, and
afterwards turned it feveral times with
the point of a Pin (which he took out
of his Sleeve) but could make nothing
of it.
Whereupon I made a fign that
he fhould place his Hand on the ground.
I took the Purſe, and opening it, poured
all the Gold into his Palm. There were
Six Spanish pieces of Four Piſtoles each,
befides Twenty or Thirty fmaller Coins.
I ſaw him wet the Tip of his Little fin-
ger upon his Tongue, and take up one
of my largeſt Pieces, and then another,
but he ſeemed to be wholly ignorant
what they were. He made me a fign to
put them again into my Purſe, and the
Purſe again into my pocket, which after
offering to him ſeveral times, I thought
it beſt to do.
THE Farmer by this time was con-
vinced I muſt be a Rational creature.
He spoke often to me, but the Sound of
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his voice pierced my ears like that of
a Water-Mill, yet his words were ar-
ticulate enough. I anfwered as loud as
I could in ſeveral Languages, and he
often laid his ear within Two yards of
me, but all in vain, for we were wholly
unintelligible to each other. He then fent
his Servants to their work, and taking
his Handkerchief out of his Pocket,
he doubled and fpread it on his left
Hand, which he placed flat on the
ground with the palm upwards, making
me a fign to ſtep into it, as I could eaſily
do, for it was notabove a Foot in thick-
nefs. I thought it my part to obey,
and for fear of falling, laid my felf at
length upon the Handkerchief, with the
remainder of which he lapped me up to
the Head for further fecurity, and in this
manner carried me home to his houfe.
There he called his Wife, and fhewed
me to her; but fhe fcreamed and ran
back, as Women in England do at the
fight of a Toad or a Spider. However,
when ſhe had a while feen my behaviour,
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and how well I obferved the figns her
Husband made, fhe was foon reconciled,
and by degrees grew extremely tender
of me.
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It was about Twelve at noon, and a
ſervant brought in Dinner. It was only
One ſubſtantial difh of Meat (fit for the
plain condition of an Husband-man)
in a Diſh of about Four and twenty
foot Diameter. The company were
the Farmer and his Wife, Three Chil-
dren, and an old Grandmother: When
they were fat down, the Farmer placed
me at ſome diſtance from him on the
Table, which was Thirty foot high
from the floor. I was in a terrible
fright, and kept as far as I could from
the Edge for fear of falling. The Wife
minced a bit of Meat, then crumbled
fome Bread on a trencher, and placed
it before me. I made her a low Bow,
took out my Knife and Fork, and fell
to eat, which gave them exceeding
delight. The Miſtreſs fent her Maid
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for a ſmall Dram-cup, which held about
Three gallons, and filled it with drink,
I took up the veffel with much difficulty
in both hands, and in a moſt reſpectful
manner drank to her Ladyfhip's Health,
expreffing the words as loud as I could
in English, which made the company
laugh fo heartily, that I was almoſt
deafned with the noife. This liquor
taſted like a ſmall Cyder, and was not
unpleaſant. Then the Mafter made me
a fign to come to his trencher fide
but as I walked on the Table, being in
great furprize all the time, as the indul-
gent reader will eaſily conceive and ex-
cufe, I happened to ftumble againſt a
Cruft, and fell flat on my face, but re-
ceived no hurt. I got up immediately,
and obferving the good people to be in
much concern, I took my Hat (which I
held under my arm out of good man-
ners) and waving it over my head, made
Three Huzza's to fhew I had got no
miſchief by my fall. But advancing for-
wards toward my Mafter (as I fhall hence-
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forth call him) his youngeſt Son who
fate next him, an arch Boy of about ten
Years old, took me up by the Legs, and
held me fo high in the Air, that I trem-
bled every limb; but his Father fnatch-
ed me from him, and at the ſame time
gave him fuch'a Box on the left Ear, as
would have felled an European Troop
of Horſe to the earth, ordering him to
be taken from the table. But, being
afraid the Boy might owe me a fpight,
and well remembring how mischievous
all Children among us naturally are to
Sparrows, Rabbets, young Kittens, and
Puppy Dogs, I fell on my knees, and
pointing to the boy, made my Mafter to
underſtand, as well as I could, that I de-
fired his fon might be pardoned. The
Father complied, and the lad took his
ſeatagain; whereupon I went to him and
kiſſed his hand, which my Maſter took,
and made him ftroak me gently with it.
In the midſt of dinner my Miſtreſs's
favourite Cat leapt into her lap. I
heard
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heard a Noife behind me like that of a
Dozen Stocking-Weavers at work; and
turning my Head I found it proceeded
from the purring of this Animal, who
ſeemed to be Three times larger than an
Ox, as I computed by the View of her
Head, and one of her Paws, while her
Miſtreſs was feeding and ftroaking her.
The Fierceness of this Creature's Coun-
tenance altogether difcompofed me;
though I ftood at the further end of the
Table, above Fifty foot off, and although
my Miſtreſs held her faft for fear fhe
might give a fpring, and feize me in
her talons. But it happened there Was
no danger;for the Cat took not the
leaft notices of me when my Mafter
placed me within Three yards of her.
And as I have been always told, and
found true by experience in my travels,
that flying, or difcovering Fear before a
fierce animal, is a certain way to make
it purſue or attack you; fo I refolved in
this dangerous juncture to fhew no man-
ner of concern. I walked with Intre-
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pidity Five or six times before the very
Head of the Cat, and came within half
a Yard of her; whereupon fhe drew her
felf back, as if he were more afraid of
me: I had lefs apprehenfion concerning
the Dogs, whereof Three or Four came
into the room, as it is ufual in Farmers
houſes; one of which was a Maftiff
equal in bulk to Four Elephants, and a
Grey-hound fomewhat taller than the
Maſtif, but not fo large.or
WHEN dinner was almoſt done, the
Nurfe came in with a Child of a Year
old in her arms, who immediately fpy'd
me, and began a fquall that you might
have heard from London-Bridge to Chel-
fea, after the ufual Oratory of infants,
to get me for a Play-thing. The Mo-
ther out of pure indulgence took me
up, and put me towards the Child, who
preſently ſeized me by the Middle, and
got my Head in his Mouth, where I
roared fo loud that the Urchin was
frighted, and let me drop; and I fhould
infal-
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infallibly have broke my neck if the
Mother had not held her Apron
under me. The Nurfe, to quiet her
babe, made uſe of a Rattle, which was
a kind
of hollow Veffel filled with great
ftones, and faſtned by a Cable to the
Child's waft: But all in vain, ſo that
ſhe was forced to apply the laft remedy by
giving it fuck. I must confefs no Ob-
ject ever difgufted me fo much as the
fight of her monftrous Breaft, which I
cannot tell what to compare with, ſo
as to give the curious reader an Idea of
its Bulk, Shape and Colour. It ftood
prominent Six foot, and could not be
leſs than Sixteen in circumference. The
Nipple was about half the bigness of
my Head, and the Hew both of that and
the Dug fo varified with Spots, Pimples
and Freckles, that nothing could appear
more nauſeous: For I had a near fight
of her, fhe fitting down the more con-
veniently to give fuck, and I ftanding on
the table. This made me reflect upon
the fair skins of our English Ladies, who
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appear fo beautiful to us, only becaufe
they are of our own fize, and their De-
fects not to be ſeen but through a Mag-
nifying-Glaſs, where we find by experi-
ment that the ſmootheft and whiteft
skins look rough and coarfe, and ill
coloured.*
I remember when I was at Lilliput,
the Complexions of thofe diminutive
people appeared to me the Faireft in the
world, and talking upon this fubject
with a perſon of Learning there, who
was an intimate friend of mine, he faid
that my Face appeared much fairer and
fmoother when he looked on me from
the ground, than it did upon a nearer
view when I took him up in my hand,
and brought him cloſe, which he confef-
fed was at firſt a very ſhocking fight. He
faid he could diſcover great Holes in
my
skin, that the Stumps of my beard were
Ten times ftronger than the Briftles of a
Boar, and my Complexion made up of
feveral colours altogether difagreeable:
Although
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although I muſt beg leave to fay for my
felf, that I am of my Sex
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and Countrey, and very little funburnt
by all my travels. On the other fide,
difcourfing of the Ladies in that Em-
peror's Court, he uſed to tell me, one
had freckles, another too wide a mouth,
a third too large a nofe, nothing of
which I was able to diftinguish. I con-
fefs this reflection was obvious enough;
which however I could not forbear, left
the Reader might think thofe vaft Crea-
tures were actually deformed: For I muſt
do them justice to fay they are a comely
Race of people; and particularly the
Features of my Mafter's Countenance,
although he were but a Farmer, when I
beheld him from the height of Sixty
foot, appeared very well proportioned.
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WHEN dinner was done, my Mafter
went out to his labourers, and as I could
difcover by his voice and gefture, gave
his Wife a ftrict charge to take care of
me. I was very much tired and difpofed
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to fleep, which my Miftrefs perceiving,
fhe put me on her own bed, and covered
me with a clean white Handkerchief,
but larger and coarfer than the Main-fail
of a Man of War.
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I flept about Two hours, and dreamed
I was at home with my Wife and Chil-
dren,which aggravated my forrows when
I awaked and found my felf alone in a
vaſt room, between Two and Three hun-
dred foot wide, and above Two hundred
high, lying in a bed Twenty yards
wide. My Miſtreſs was gone about her
houfhold affairs, and had locked me in.
The bed was eight yards from the floor.
Some natural Neceffities required me to
get down; I durft not prefume to call,
and if I had, it would have been in vain
with fuch a Voice as mine at fo great a
diſtance from the room where I lay to
the kitchen where the Family kept. While
I was under theſe circumftances, two Rats
crept up the curtains, and ran ſmelling
backwards and forwards on the bed.One of
them
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them came up almoſt to my Face, where-
upon I rofe in a fright, and drew out
my Hanger to defend myſelf. Theſe
horrible Animals had the
boldneſs
to attack me on both fides, and one
of them held his Fore-feet at my Col-
lar; but I had the good fortune to
rip up his belly before he could do me
any miſchief. He fell down at my
feet, and the other feeing the fate of
his Comrade, made his efcape, but not
without one good Wound on the Back,
which I gave him as he fled, and made
the blood run trickling from him. After
this exploit I walked gently to and fro
on the bed, to recover my Breath and
Lofs of Spirits. Thefe Creatures were
of the fize of a large Maftiff, but in-
finitely more nimble and fierce, fo that
if I had taken off my Belt before I
went to fleep, I muſt have infallibly
been torn to pieces and devoured. I
meafured the tail of the dead Rat, and
found it to be Two yards long wanting
an Inch; but it went against my ftomach
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to drag the Carcafs off the bed, where
it lay ftill bleeding; I obferved it had yet
fome Life, but with a ftrong flaſh croſs
the neck I thoroughly diſpatched it.
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Soon after my Miftrefs came into
the room, who feeing me all bloody,
ran and took me up in her hand. I
pointed to the dead Rat, fmiling and
making other figns to fhew I was not hurt,
whereat ſhe was extremely rejoyced, cal-
to take up the dead Rat
with a pair of tongs, and throw it out
of the window. Then the fet me on a
table where I fhewed her my Hanger all
bloody, and wiping it on the Lappet of
my Coat, returned it to the Scabbard.
I was preffed to do more than one thing,
which another could not do for me, and
therefore endeavoured to make my Mif
trefs underſtand that I defired to be fet
down on the floor; which after fhe had
done, my Bafhfulneſs would not fuffer
me to expreſs myfelf farther than by
pointing to the door, and bowing feve-
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ral times. The good Woman with much
difficulty at laft perceived what I would
be at, and taking me up again in her
hand, walked into the Garden where fhe
fet me down. I went on one fide about
Two hundred yards, and beckoning to
her not to look or to follow me, I hid
myſelf between Two Leaves of Sorrel,
and there diſcharged the neceffities of
nature.
I hope the gentle reader will excufe
me from dwelling on thefe and the like
Particulars, which however infignificant
they may appear to grovelling vulgar
minds, yet will certainly help a Philo-
fopher to enlarge his thoughts and ima-
gination, and apply them to the Benefit
of Publick as well as Private life, which
was my fole defign in prefenting this
and other accounts of my Travels to the
world; wherein I have been chiefly ftu-
dious of Truth, without affecting any or-
naments of Learning or of Style. But
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feveral Paffages of lefs moment which
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A Defcription of the Farmer's Daughter.
The Author carried to a Market-
Town, and then to the Metropolis. The
Particulars of his Journey.
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Y Miſtreſs had a Daughter of
Nine years old, a child of for-
ward Parts for her age, very
dextrous at her Needle, and
skilful in dreffing her Baby. Her Mother
and fhe contrived to fit up the Baby's
Cradle for me againft night: The Cra-
dle was put into a fmall Drawer of a
Cabinet, and the Drawer placed upon a
hanging Shelf for fear of the Rats. This
was my Bed all the time I ftay'd with
thoſe people, though made more conve-
nient by degrees, as I began to learn their
Language, and make my wants known.
This young Girl was fo handy, that after
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I had once or twice pulled off my cloaths
before her, fhe was able to drefs and un-
drefs me, though I never gave her that
trouble when he would let me do
either myſelf. She made me Seven fhirts,
and ſome other Linen of as fine Cloth
as could be got, which indeed was coar-
fer than Sackcloth; and thefe fhe con.
ſtantly wafhed for me with her own
hands. She was likewife my School-
miſtreſs to teach me the Language:
When I pointed to any thing, fhe told
me the name of it in her own tongue,
fo that in a few days I was able to call
for whatever I had a mind to. She was
very good natur'd, and not above Forty
foot high, being little for her age. She
gave me the name of Grildrig, which
the Family took up, and afterwards the
whole Kingdom. The Word imports
what the Latins call Nanunculus, the Ita-
lians Homunceletino, and the English
Mannikin. To her I chiefly owe my
Prefervation in that countrey: We ne-
ver parted while I was there; I called her
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my Glumdalclitch, or little Nurfe: And
I fhould be guilty of great Ingratitude
if I omitted this honourable mention of
her Careand Affection towards me,which
I heartily wish it lay in my power to re-
quite as ſhe deferves, inftead of being the
innocent but unhappy Inftrument of her
Difgrace, as I have too much reafon to
fear.
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IT now began to be known and talked
of in the neighbourhood, that my Ma-
fter had found a ſtrange Animal in the
field about the bignefs of a Splacknuck,
but exactly ſhaped in every part like a
human creature; which it likewiſe imi-
tated in all its actions; feemed to ſpeak
in a little language of its own, had al-
ready learned ſeveral words of theirs,
went erect upon Two legs, was tame
and gentle, would come when it was cal-
led, do whatever it was bid, had the fi-
neft Limbs in the world, and a Complex-
ion fairer than a Nobleman's Daughter
of Three years old. Another Farmer who
lived
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lived hard by, and was a particular friend
of my Maſter, came on a viſit on pur-
poſe to enquire into the Truth of this
ftory. I was immediately produced, and
placed upon a Table, where I walked as
I was commanded, drew my Hanger, put
it up again, made my reverence to my
Maſter's Gueft,, asked him in his own
language how he did, and told him he
was welcome, juft as my little Nurſe had
inftructed me. This Man, who was old
and dim-fighted, put on his Spectacles to
behold me better, at which I could not
forbear laughing very heartily, for his
Eyes appeared like the Full-Moon fhin-
ing into a chamber at Two windows.
Our people, who difcovered the cauſe of
my Mirth, bore me company in Laugh-
ing, at which the old Fellow was fool
enough to be angry and out of counte-
nance. He had the character of a great
Mifer, and, to my misfortune, he well
deſerved it by the curfed advice he gave
my Maſter to fhew me as a Sight upon
a Market-Day in the next town, which
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was Half an hour's riding, about Two
and twenty miles from our houfe. I guef
fed there was fome mifchief contriving,
when I obferved my Mafter and his Friend
whispering long together, fametimes,
pointing at me; and my Fears made me
fanfy that I overheard and underſtood
fome of their words, But, the next
morning Glumdalclitch my little Nurfe
told me the whole matter, which ſhe had
cunningly picked out from her Mother,
The poor Girl laid me on her bofom,
and fell a weeping with fhame and grief,
She apprehended fomé miſchief would
happen to me from rude vulgar folks,
who might ſqueeze me to death or break
one of my Limbs by taking me in their
hands. She had alfo obferved how mo
deft I was in my nature, how nicely I re-
garded my Honour, and what an Indig-
nity Ifhould conceive it to be expofed for
Money as a publick Spectacle to the mean
eft of the people. She faid, her Papa and
Mamma had promifed that Grildrigfhould
be hers, but now fhe found they meant
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to ferve her as they did laft year, when
they pretended to give her a Lamb, and
yet, as foon as it was fat, fold it to a
butcher. For my own part, I may truly
affirm that I was lefs concerned than my
Nurſe. I had a ftrong hope which ne-
ver left me, that I fhould one day re-
cover my Liberty; and as to the Igno-
miny of being carried about for a Mon-
fter, I confidered my felf to be a perfect
Stranger in the Countrey, and that fuch
a Misfortune could never be charged
upon me as a Reproach if ever I fhould
return to England; fince the King of
Great Britain himſelf, in my condition,
muſt have undergone the fame Diſtreſs,
My Maſter, purſuant to the advice of
his Friend, carried me in a Box the next
Market-day to the neighbouring Town,
and took along with him his little daugh-
ter my Nurſe upon a Pillion behind
him. The Box was cloſe on every fide,
with a little Door for me to go in and
out, and a few Gimlet-holes to let in
Air.
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Air. The Girl had been fo careful to
put the Quilt of her baby's bed into it,
for me to lye down on. However, I
was terribly fhaken and difcompofed in
this journey, though it were but of Half
an hour. For the Horſe went about
Forty foot at every ſtep, and trotted fo
high, that the Agitation was equal to the
rifing and falling of a Ship in a great
ftorm, but much more frequent: Our
Journey was fomewhat further than from
London to St. Albans. My Mafter alight-
ed at an Inn which he uſed to frequent;
and after confulting a while with the
Inn-keeper, and making fome neceffary
Preparations, he hired the Grultrud, or
Cryer to give notice through the town
of a ſtrange Creature to be feen at the
fign of the Green Eagle not fo big as a
Splacnuck (an Animal in that Countrey
very finely fhaped, about Six foot long)
and in every part of the body refembling
an human creature, could ſpeak ſeveral
words, and perform an hundred divert
ing tricks.
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I was
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I was placed upon a Table in the
largeſt room of the Inn, which might
be near Three hundred foot ſquare. My
little Nurſe ftood on a low Stool clofe
to the table, to take care of me, and di-
rect what I fhould do. My Mafter, to
avoid a croud, would fuffer only Thirty
People at a time to fee me. I walked
about on the table as the Girl command-
ed; fhe asked me Queſtions as far as fhe
knew my Underſtanding of the language
reached, and I answered them as loud as
I could. I turned about feveral times
to the company, paid my humble re-
fpects, faid they were welcome, and uſed
fome other ſpeeches I had been taught.
I took up a Thimble filled with liquor,
which Glumdalclitch had given me for
a Cup, and drank their health. I drew
out my Hanger, and flouriſhed with it
after the manner of Fencers in England.
My Nurſe gave me part of a Straw
which I exerciſed as a Pike, having learn-
ed the art in my youth. I was that
day fhewn to Twelve Sets of company,
and
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and as often forced to go over again
with the fame Fopperies, till I was
half dead with weariness and vexation.
For, thoſe who had ſeen me made fuch
wonderful Reports, that the people were
ready to break down the Doors to come
in. My Maſter for his own Intereſt
would not fuffer any one to touch me
except my Nurſe; and, to prevent dan-
ger, Benches were fet round the Table
at fuch a diftance as put me out of every
body's reach. However, an unlucky
School-boy aimed a hazel Nut directly
at my head, which very narrowly mif-
fed me; otherwiſe, it came with fo much
violence that it would have infallibly
knocked out my brains, for it was almoſt
as large as a ſmall Pumpion: But I had the
fatisfaction to ſee the young Rogue well
beaten, and turned out of the room.
My Mafter gave publick notice, that
he would fhew me again the next Mar-
ket-day, and in the mean time he pre-
pared a more convenient Vehicle for me,
which he had reafon enough to do; for
Altido
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was fo tired with my firft Journey, and
with entertaining company for Eight
hours together, that I could hardly ftand
upon my legs, or fpeak a word. It
was at leaſt Three days before I recover-
ed my ftrength; and that I might have
no reft at home, all the neighbouring
Gentlemen from an Hundred miles round,
hearing of my fame, came to fee me at
my Maſter's own houſe. There could not
be fewer than Thirty perfons with their
Wives and Children (for the Countrey
was very populous;) and my Mafter de-
manded the rate of a full room when-
ever he fhewed me at home, although
it were only to a fingle family. So that
for fome time I had but little eaſe every
day of the week (except Wednesday
which is their Sabbath) although I were
not carried to their town.
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My Mafter finding how profitable I
to be, refolved to carry me to
the moft confiderable Cities of the king-
dom. Having therefore provided himself
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with all things neceffary for a long jour
ney, and fettled his affairs at home, he
took leave of his Wife, and upon the
17th of August 1703, about Two months
after my arrival, we fet out for the Me
tropolis, fituated near the middle of that
Empire, and about Three thouſand miles
diſtance from our houfe: My Mafter
made his Daughter Glumdalclitch ride
behind him. She carried me on her
Lap in a Box tyed about her Waft. The
Girl had lined it on all fides with the
fofteft Cloth fhe could get, well quilted
underneath, furniſhed it with her Baby's
bed, provided me with Linen and other
Neceflaries, and made every thing as con-
venient as fhe could. We had no other
tas
company but a Boy of the houfe, who
rode after us with the Luggage. al doble
My Mafter's Defign was to fhew me
in all the towns by the way, and to ftep
out of the road for Fifty or an Hundred
miles, to any Village or Perfon of Quali
ty's houſe where he might expect cuftom.
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We made eafy journies of not above Seven
or Eightſcore miles a Day: For Glum-
dalclitch, on purpofe to fpare me, com-
plained fhe was tired with the trotting of
the Horſe. She often took me out of
my Box at my own defire, to give me
Air, and fhew me the Countrey, but al-
ways held me faft by a Leading-ftring
We paffed over Five or Six Rivers many
degrees broader and deeper than the Nile
or the Ganges; and there was hardly a
Rivulet ſo ſmall as the Thames at Lon-
don-Bridge. We were Ten Weeks in
our Journey, and I was fhewn in Eighteen
large Towns befides many Villages and
private Families.
ON the 26th Day of October, we ar-
rived at the Metropolis, called in their
language Lorbrulgrud, or Pride of the
Universe. My Mafter took a lodging
in the principal Street of the City, nor
far from the Royal Palace, and put our
Bills in the ufual form, containing an
exact Deſcription of my Perfon and Parts.
He
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He hired a large room between Three
and Four hundred foot wide. He pro-
vided a Table Sixty foot in diameter,
upon which I was to act my part, and
palifadoed round Three foot from the
Edge, and as many high, to prevent my
falling over. I was fhewn Ten times a
day to the Wonder and Satisfaction of
all people. I could now fpeak the lan-
guage tolerably well, and perfectly under-
ftood every word that was ſpoken to
me. Befides, I had learned their Alpha-
bet, and could make a ſhift to explain a
Sentence here and there; for Glumdal-
clitch had been my Inftructer while we
were at home, and at leiſure hours du
ring our Journey. She carried a little
Book in her pocket, not much larger
than a Sanfon's Atlas; it was a common
Treatife for the ufe of young Girls, giv
ing a fhort account of their Religion;
out of this ſhe taught me my Letters,
and interpreted the Words.
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CHA P. III.
The Author fent for to Court. The Queen
buys him of his Mafter, the Farmer, and
prefents him to the King. He dif
putes with his Majefty's great Scho-
lars. An Apartment at Court provided
for the Author. He is in high Favour
with the Queen. He flands up for the
Honour of his own Countrey. His Quar-
rels with the Queen's Dwarf.
T
HE frequent Labours I under-
went every day made in a few
weeks a very confiderable change
in my health: The more my Mafter got
by me, the more unfatiable he grew. I had
quite loft my Stomach, and was almoſt
reduced to a Skeleton. The Farmer ob-
ferved it, and concluding I foon muſt
dye, refolved to make as good a hand
of me as he could. While he was thus
reaſoning
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"Slardral, or Gentleman Ufher came from
Court, commanding my Mafter to carry
me immediately thither for the Diverfion
of the Queen and her Ladies. Some of
the latter had already been to fee me, and
reported ftrange things of my Beauty,
Behaviour, and good Senfe. Her Maje
fty and those who attended her were be-
yond Meafure delighted with my De-
meanor. I fell on my knees, and begged
the honour of kiffing her Imperial Foot;
but this Gracious Princefs held out her
little Finger towards me (after I was fet
on a Table) which I embraced in both
my Arms, and put the tip of it, with the
utmoſt reſpect, to my Lip. She made
me fome general queftions about my
Countrey and my Travels, which I an-
fwer'd as diftinctly and in as few words as
I could. She asked whether I would be
content to live at Court. I bowed down
to the board of the Table, and humbly
anfwered, that I was my Mafter's Slave,
but if I were at my own difpofal, I
fhould
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fhould be proud to devote my Life to
her Majeſty's Service. She then asked
my Maſter whether he were willing to
fell me at a good price. He, who ap-
prehended I could not live a Month,
was ready enough to part with me, and
demanded a Thouſand pieces of Gold,
which were ordered him on the ſpot,
each piece being about the bigness of
Eight hundred Moydores; but, allowing
for the proportion of all things between
that Countrey and Europe, and the high
price of Gold among them, was hardly
ſo great a fum as a Thouſand Guineas
would be in England. I then faid to
the Queen, fince I was now her Majefty's
moſt humble Creature and Vaffal, I muft
beg the favour, that Glumdalclitch, who
had always tended me with fo much care
and kindneſs, and understood to do it fo
well, might be admitted into her fer-
vice, and continue to be my Nurſe, and
Instructor. Her Majefty agreed to my
Petition, and eafily got the Farmer's con-
fent, who was glad enough to have his
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Daughter preferred at Court; and the
poor Girl herſelf was not able to hide
her Joy: My late Maſter withdrew, bid-
ing me farewell, and faying he had left
me in a good Service; to which I re-
plyed not a word, only making him a
flight bow.
THE Queen obferved my coldneſs,
and when the Farmer was gone out of
the Apartment, asked me the reafon. I
made bold to tell her Majefty that I
owed no other obligation to my late
Mafter, than his not dafhing out the
brains ofa poor harmleſs Creature found
by chance in his field; which Obligati-
on was amply recompenced by the gain
he had made in fhewing me through half
the Kingdom, and the price he had now
fold me for. That the Life I had fince
led, was laborious enough to kill an Ani-
mal of ten times my ftrength. That my
Health was much impaired by the con-
tinual drudgery of entertaining the Rab-
ble every hour of the day, and that if my
Mafter
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Maſter had not thought my life in danger,
her Majefty, perhaps, would not have got
fo cheap a bargain. But as I was out of all
fear of being ill treated under the pro-
tection of fo great and good an Empreſs,
the Ornament of Nature, the Darling
of the World, the Delight of her Subjects,
the Phoenix of the Creation; fo, I hoped
my late Maſter's apprehenfions would ap-
pear to be groundleſs, for I already found
my Spirits to revive by the Influence of
her moſt Auguſt Preſence.
THIS was the fum of my Speech,
delivered with great Improprieties and
Hefitation; the latter part was altoge-
ther framed in the Style peculiar to that
people, whereof I learned fome Phraſes
from Glumdalclitch, while fhe was cary-
ing me to Court.
THE Queen giving great allowance
for my Defectiveneſs in fpeaking, was
however ſurpriſed at fo much Wit and
good Senfe in fo diminutive an Animal.
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She took me in her own hands, and
carried me to the King, who was then
retired to his Cabinet. His Majefty, a
Prince of much Gravity, and auftere
Countenancé, not well obferving my
fhape at first view, asked the Queen
after a cold manner, how long it was
fince fhe grew fond of a Splacnuck? for
fuch it feems he took me to be, as I lay
upon my breaft in her Majeſty's Right
hand. But this Princeſs, who hath an
infinite deal of Wit and Humour, fet
me gently on my feet upon the fcrutore,
and commanded me to give His Majefty
an account of myſelf, which I did in
a very few words; and Glumdalclitch,
who attended at the Cabinet door, and
could not endure I fhould be out of her
fight, being admitted, confirmed all that
had paſſed from my Arrival at her Fa-
ther's Houſe.
THE King, although he be as learned
a Perfon as any in his Dominions, and
had been educated in the ftudy of Phi-
lofophy,
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loſophy, and particularly Mathematicks;
yet when he obferved my fhape exactly,
and faw me walk erect, before I began
to fpeak, conceived I might be a piece
of Clock-work, (which is in that coun-
trey arrived to a very great perfection)
contrived by fome ingenious Artift. But,
when he heard my Voice, and found
what I delivered to be regular and ratio-
nal, he could not conceal his Aſtoniſh-
ment. He was by no means fatisfied
with the relation I gave him of the
manner I came into his Kingdom', but
thought it a Story concerted between
Glumdalclitch and her Father, who had
taught me a Sett of words to make me
fell at a higher price. Upon this imagi-
nation he put feveral other Queſtions to
me, and ftill received rational Anfwers,
no otherwiſe defective than by a foreign
Accent, and an imperfect Knowledge in
the language, with fome ruftick Phrafes
which I had learned at the Farmer's
houſe, and did not fuit the polite Style
of a Court,
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His Majeſty ſent for Three great
Scholars who were then in their weekly
waiting (according to the cuftom in
that countrey.): Thefe Gentlemen, after
they had a while examined my Shape
with much nicety, were of different
opinions concerning me. They all a-
greed, that I could not be produced ac-
cording to the regular laws of Nature,
becauſe I was not framed with a capa-
city of preferving my life, either by
Swiftnefs, or climbing of Trees, or dig-
ging Holes in the Earth. They obſer-
ved by my Teeth, which they viewed
with great Exactneſs, that I was a car-
nivorous Animal; yet moft Quadrupeds
being an Overmatch for me, and Field-
Mice, with fome others, too nimble,
they could not imagine how I fhould be
able to ſupport myſelf, unleſs I fed
upon Snails and other Infects, which
they offered by many learned argu-
ments to evince that I could not pof-
fibly do. One of theſe Virtuofi feemed
tq
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to think that I might be an Embry, or
abortive Birth. But this opinion was
rejected by the other Two, who obfer-
ved my limbs to be perfect and finiſhed,
and that I had lived feveral years, as it
was manifefted from my Beard, the Stumps
whereof they plainly diſcovered through
a Magnifying-Glafs. They would not
allow me to be a Dwarf, becauſe my
Littleness was beyond all Degrees of
compariſon; for, the Queen's favourite
Dwarf, the ſmalleſt ever known in that
kingdom, was near Thirty foot high.
After much debate, they concluded u-
nanimouſly that I was only Relplum
Scalcath, which is interpreted literally,
Lufus Naturæ ; a Determination exactly
agreeable to the Modern Philofophy of
Europe, whofe Profeffors, difdaining the
old evafion of occult Caufes, whereby
the Followers of Ariftotle, endeavour in
vain to diſguiſe their ignorance, have
invented this wonderful Solution of all
Difficulties to the unspeakable advance-
ment of human knowledge.
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AFTER this decifive. Conclufion, I
entreated to be heard a word or two. I
applied myſelf to the King, and affured
His Majefty that I came from a countrey
which abounded with feveral Millions
of both fexes, and of my own ftature;
where the Animals, Trees, and Houſes
were all in Proportion, and where by
confequence I might be as able to de-
fend myſelf, and to find ſuſtenance, as
any of his Majefty's Subjects could do
here; which I took for a full Anfwer to
thoſe Gentlemens Arguments. To this
they only replied with a fmile of Con-
tempt, faying, That the Farmer had
inftructed me very well in my Leffon.
The King, who had a much better Un-
derſtanding, difmiffing his learned Men,
fent for the Farmer, who by good for-
tune was not yet gone out of town:
Having therefore firſt examined him pri-
confronted him with me
and the young Girl, his Majefty began
to think that what we told him might
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poffibly be true. He defired the Queen
to order that a particular care fhould
be taken of me, and was of opinion,
that Glumdalclitch fhould ftill continue
in her office of tending me, becauſe he
obſerved we had a great affection for
each other. A convenient Apartment
was provided for her at Court; fhe had
a fort of Governeſs appointed to take
care of her education, a Maid to drefs
her, and Two other fervants for menial
offices; but, the care of me was wholly
appropriated to herſelf. The Queen
commanded her own Cabinet-maker to
contrive a Box that might ferve me for
3
Bed-chamber, after the Model that
Glumdalclitch and I fhould agree upon.
This Man was a moft ingenious Artiſt,
and according to my directions, in Three
weeks finiſhed for me a wooden Cham-
ber of Sixteen foot fquare, and Twelve
high, with Safh Windows, a Door, and
Two Clofets, like a London Bed-chamber.
The Board that made the Cieling was to
be lifted up and down by Two Hinges,
to
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to put in a Bed ready furniſhed by her
Majeſty's Upholſterer, which Glumdal-
clitch took out every day to air, made
it with her own hands, and letting it
down at night, locked up the Roof over
me. A nice Workman, who was fa-
mous for little curiofities, undertook to
make me Two Chairs, with Backs and
Frames, of a Subſtance not unlike Ivory,
and Two Tables, with a Cabinet to put
my things in. The Room was quilted
on all fides, as well as the Floor and
the Cieling, to prevent any Accident
from the Carelefnefs of thoſe who car-
ried me, and to break the Force of a
Jolt when I went in a Coach. I de
fired a Lock for my Door to prevent
Rats and Mice from coming in: The
Smith after ſeveral Attempts made the
fmalleſt that was ever feen among them,
for I have known a larger at the Gate
of a Gentleman's houfe in England.
I made a fhift to keep the Key in a
Pocket of my own,
clitch might loſe it.
fearing Glumdal-
The Queen like-
wife
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wife ordered the thinneft Silks that could
be gotten, to make me Cloaths, not
much thicker than an English Banket,
very cumberſome till I was accuſtomed
to them. They were after the faſhion
of the Kingdom, partly reſembling the
Perſian, and partly the Chineſe, and are
a very grave decent Habit.
THE Queen became fo fond of my
company, that fhe could not dine with-
out me. I had a Table placed upon the
fame at which her Majefty eat, juſt at
her Left elbow, and a Chair to fit on.
Glumdalclitch ſtood upon a Stool on the
Floor, near my Table, to affift and take
care of me. I had an entire Set of Sil-
ver Diſhes and Plates, and other Necef-
faries, which in proportion to thoſe of
the Queen, were not much bigger than
what I have ſeen of the fame kind in a
London Toy-ſhop, for the furniture of
a Baby-houſe: Theſe my little Nurſe
kept in her pocket in a Silver Box, and
gave me at meals as I wanted them, al-
ways
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ways cleaning them herſelf. No Però
fon dined with the Queen but the Two
Princeffes Royal, the elder Sixteen years
old, and the younger at that time Thir-
teen and a month. Her Majefty uſed to
put a bit of meat upon one of my difhes,
out of which I carved for myfelf; and
her diverfion was to ſee me eat in Mini-
ature. For the Queen (who had indeed
but a weak ftomach) took up at one
mouthful, as much as a dozen English
Farmers could eat at a meal, which to
me was for fome time a very naufeous
fight. She would craunch the Wing of
a Lark, bones and all, between her
teeth, although it were Nine times as
large as that of a full grown Turkey;
and put a bit of Bread in her mouth,
as big as Two Twelvepenny Loaves.
She drank out of a golden Cup, above
a Hogfhead at a draught. Her Knives
were twice as long as a Scythe ſet ſtrait
upon the handle; the Spoons, Forks,
and other Inftruments were all in the fame
proportion. I remember when Glum-
dalclitch
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dalclitch carried me out of curiofity to
fee fome of the Tables at Court, where
Ten or a Dozen of theſe enormous
Knives and Forks were lifted up toge-
ther, I thought I had never till then be-
held ſo terrible a fight.
Ir is the custom that every Wednef
day (which, as I have before obſerved,
was their Sabbath) the King and Queen,
with the Royal Iffue of both fexes,
dine together in the apartment of his
Majefty, to whom I was now become a
great Favourite; and at theſe Times my
little Chair and Table were placed at
his Left hand before one of the Salt-
fellers. This Prince took a pleaſure in
converfing with me, enquiring into the
Manners, Religion, Laws, Government,
and Learning of Europe, wherein I
gave him the beft account I was able.
His Apprehenfion was fo clear, and his
Judgment fo exact, that he made very
wife Reflexions and Obſervations upon
all I faid. But, I confefs, that after I
had
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had been a little too copious in talking
of my own beloved Countrey, of our
Trade, and Wars by Sea and Land, of
our Schiſms in Religion, and Parties in
the State; the Prejudices of his educa-
tion prevailed fo far, that he could not
forbear taking me up in his Right hand,
and ſtroaking me gently with the other,
after an hearty Fit of laughing, asked me
whether I were a Whig or a Tory. Then
turning to his First Minifter, who waited
behind him with a White ſtaff, near as
tall as the Main-maft of the Royal So-
verain; he obſerved how contemptible
a Thing was human Grandeur, which
could be mimicked by fuch diminutive
infects as I: And yet, faid he, I dare
engage, theſe Creatures have their Titles
and Diſtinctions of Honour, they con-
trive little Neſts and Burrows, that they
call Houſes and Cities; they make a
figure in Dreſs and Equipage; they
love, they fight, they difpute, they
cheat, they betray. And thus he con-
tinued on, while my colour came and
went
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went ſeveral times with indignation to
hear our noble Countrey, the Miſtreſs
of Arts and Arms, the Scourge of France,
the Arbitreſs of Europe, the Seat of Vir
tue, Piety, Honour, and Truth, the Pride
and Envy of the World, fo contemptu-
ouſly treated.
BUT, as I was not in a condition to
reſent Injuries, fo, upon mature thoughts,
I began to doubt whether I were injured
or no. For, after having been accuſtom-
ed ſeveral months to the fight and con-
verſe of this people, and obferved every
object upon which I caft mine eyes to
be of proportionable Magnitude, the
Horror I had firft conceived from their
Bulk and Afpect was fo far worn off,
that if I had then beheld a company
of English Lords and Ladies in their
Finery and Birth-day Cloaths, acting
their feveral Parts in the moſt courtly
manner of Strutting, and Bowing, and
Prating; to ſay the truth, I fhould have
been ſtrongly tempted to laugh as much
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at them as this King and his Grandees
did at me. Neither indeed could I for-
bear ſmiling at myſelf, when the Queen
uſed to place me upon her hand towards
a Looking-glafs, by which both our
Perſons appeared before me in full view
together; and there could nothing be
more ridiculous than the Compariſon:
So that I really began to imagine my-
felf dwindled many degrees below my
ufual fize.
4
NOTHING angred and mortified me
fo much as the Queen's Dwarf, who
being of the loweſt ftature that was ever
in that countrey (for I verily think he
was not full Thirty foot high) became
infolent at ſeeing a Creature fo much
beneath him, that he would always affect
to fwagger and look big as he paffed by
me in the Queen's Antichamber, while
I was ſtanding on fome Table talking
with the Lords or Ladies of the Court,
and he feldom failed of a ſmall word
or two upon my Littleness; againſt
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which
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61
which I could only revenge myſelf by
calling him Brother, challenging him to
wreſtle, and fuch Repartees as are ufual
in the mouths of Court Pages. One day
at dinner this malicious little Cubb was
fo nettled with fomething I had faid to
him, that raiſing himſelf upon the Frame
of her Majefty's Chair, he took me up
by the middle, as I was fitting down, not
thinking any harm, and let me drop into
a large Silver Bowl of Cream, and then
ran away as faſt as he could. I fell over
head and ears, and if I had not been a
good ſwimmer, it might have gone very
hard with me; for Glumdalclitch in
that inftant happened to be at the other
end of the room, and the Queen was
in fuch a Fright that fhe wanted Pre-
fence of mind to affift me. But my little
Nurſe ran to my relief, and took me out,
after I had ſwallowed above a Quart of
Cream. I was put to bed; however I
received no other damage than the lofs
of a Suit of Cloaths, which was utterly
fpoiled. The Dwarf was foundly whip-
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ped, and as a further Punishment, forced
to drink up the Bowl of cream, into
which he had thrown me; neither was
he ever reſtored to favour: For, ſoon
after the Queen beſtowed him to a Lady
of high Quality, fo that I faw him no
more, to my very great fatisfaction; for
I could not tell to what extremity fuch
a malicious Urchin might have carried
his refentment.
He had before ferved me a fcurvy
trick, which fet the Queen a laughing,
although at the fame time fhe were hear-
tily vexed, and would have immediately
cafhiered him, if I had not been fo ge-
nerous as to intercede. Her Majefty had
taken a Marrow-bone upon her Plate,
and after knocking out the Marrow,
placed the Bone again in the Diſh erect
as it ſtood before; the Dwarf watching
his opportunity, while Glumdalclitch was
gone to the fide-board, mounted upon
the Stool fhe ftood on to take care of me
at meals, took me up in both hands, and
fqueezing
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fqueezing my legs together, wedged them
into the Marrow-bone above my Waft,
where I ftuck for fome time, and made
a very ridiculous figure. I believe it
was near a minute before any one knew
what, was become of me, for I thought
it below me to cry out. But, as Princes
feldom get their meat hot, my legs were
not fcalded, only my ftockings and
breeches in a fad condition. The Dwarf
at my entreaty had no other puniſhment
than a found Whipping,
#
I was frequently rallied by the Queen
upon account of my Fearfulneſs, and fhe
uſed to ask me whether the People of my
countrey were as great Cowards as my-
felf. The occafion was this. The King-
dom is much peſtered with Flies in fum-
mer, and theſe odious Infects, each of
them as big as a Dunstable Lark, hardly
gave me any reſt while I fat at dinner,
with their continual humming and buz-
zing about mine ears. They would
fometimes alight upon my victuals, and
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leave their loathfomeExcrement or Spawn
behind, which to me was very viſible,
though not to the Natives of that coun-
trey, whoſe large Opticks were not fo
acute as mine in viewing fmaller Objects.
Sometimes they would fix upon my
Noſe or Forehead, where they ftung me
to the quick, fmelling very offenfively,
and I could eaſily trace that viſcous mat-
ter,
which our Naturalifts tell us enables
thoſe Creatures to walk with their feet
upwards upon a cieling. I had much ado
to defend myſelf againſt theſe deteſtable
Animals, and could not forbear ftarting
when they came on my face. It was
the common practice of the Dwarf to
catch a number of theſe Infects in his
hand, as School-boys do among us, and
let them out fuddenly under my noſe on
purpoſe to frighten me, and divert the
Queen. My Remedy was to cut them
in pieces with my Knife as they flew in
the air, wherein my Dexterity was much
admired.
I re-
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zzes
I remember one morning when Glum-
dalclitch had fet me in my box upon a
Window, as fhe ufually did in fair days
to give me air (for I durft not venture
to let the Box be hung on a Nail out of
the Window, as we do with Cages in
England) after I had lifted up one of
my Saſhes, and fat down at my table to
eat a piece of Sweet Cake for
my Break-
faft, above Twenty Wafps, allured by the
fmell, came flying into the room, hum-
ming louder than the Drones of as many
Bagpipes. Some of them feized my Cake,
and carried it piece-meal away, others
flew about my Head and Face, confound-
ing me with the noiſe, and putting me
in the utmoft terror of their Stings.
However I had the Courage to rife and
draw my Hanger, and attack them in the
air. I diſpatched Four of them, but the
reft got away, and I preſently ſhut my
Window. Theſe Creatures were as large
as Partridges, I took out theirStings,found
them an Inch and a Half long, and as
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fharp as Needles. I carefully preſerved
them all, and having fince fhewn them
with ſome other curiofities in feveral
parts of Europe; upon my return to Eng-
land I gave Three of them to Gresham
College, and kept the Fourth for myſelf.
&
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CHAP.
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ہے نہیں
CHA P. IV. G
The Countrey defcribed. A Propofal for
correcting modern Maps. The King's
Palace, and fome Account of the Me-
tropolis. The Author's way of tra-
velling. The chief Temple defcribed.
I
NOW intend to give the reader
a fhort Deſcription ofthis coun-
trey, as far as I travelled in it,
which was not above Two thouſand miles
round Lorbrulgrud the Metropolis. For,
the Queen, whom I always attended, ne-
ver went further when the accompanied
the King in his Progreffes, and there ftaid
till his Majeſty returned from viewing
his Frontiers. The whole Extent of this
Prince's dominions reaching about Six
thouſand miles in Length, and from Three
to Five in Breadth. From whence I can-
not but conclude that our Geographers of
Europe are in a great error, by fuppofing
nothing
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nothing but Sea between Japan and
California; for it was ever my opinion,
that there muſt be a balance of earth to
counterpoiſe the great Continent of Tar-
tary; and therefore they ought to cor-
rect their Maps and Charts, by joining
this vaft Tract of Land to the North-weſt
parts of America, wherein I fhall be rea-
dy to lend them my afſiſtance.
THE Kingdom is a Peninſula, termi-
nated to the North-eaſt by a Ridge of
Mountains Thirty miles high, which are
altogether impaffable by reafon of the
Volcanoes upon the tops.
the tops. Neither do
the moſt Learned know what fort of
mortals inhabit beyond thoſe mountains,
or whether they be inhabited at all.
On the Three other fides it is bounded
by the Ocean. There is not one Sea-
port in the whole Kingdom, and thoſe
Parts of the Coafts into which the Rivers
iffue are fo full of pointed Rocks, and
the Sea generally fo rough, that there is
no venturing with the fmalleft of their
Boats,
BROBDINGNAG. 69
Boats, fo that theſe people are wholly
excluded from any Commerce with the
reſt of the world. But the large Rivers
are full of Veſſels, and abound with ex-
cellent Fiſh, for they feldom get any
from the Sea, becauſe the Sea-fiſh are of
the fame fize with thoſe in Europe, and
confequently not worth catching; where-
by it is manifeft, that Nature in the Pro-
duction of Plants and Animals of fo ex-
traordinary a bulk is wholly confined to
this Continent, of which I leave the
reaſons to be determined by Philofo-
phers. However, now and then they
take a Whale that happens to be dafh-
ed againſt the Rocks, which the common
people feed on heartily. Theſe Whales
I have known fo large that a Man could
hardly carry one upon his Shoulders; and
ſometimes for curiofity they are brought
in Hampers to Lorbrulgrud: I faw one
of them in a Diſh at the King's Table,
which paffed for a Rarity, but I did not
obſerve he was fond of it; for I think
indeed the Bignefs difgufted him, al-
though
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​though I have ſeen one ſomewhat larger
in Greenland.
THE Country is well inhabited, for
it contains Fifty one Cities, near an Hun-
dred walled Towns, and a great num-
ber of Villages. To fatisfy my curious
reader, it may be fufficient to defcribe
Lorbrulgrud. This City ſtands upon al-
moſt Two equal Parts on each fide the
River that paffes through. It contains
above Eighty thouſand Houſes, and about
Six hundred thouſand Inhabitants. It is
in length Three Glong luns (which make
about Fifty four English Miles) and Two
and a half in breadth, as I meaſured it
myfelf in the Royal Map made by the
King's Order, which was laid on the
ground on purpoſe for me, and extend-
ed an Hundred Feet; I paced the Dia-
meter and Circumference feveral times
barefoot, and computing by the Scale,
meaſured it pretty exactly.
THE King's Palace is no regular Edi-
fice,
BROBDINGNAG. 71
fice, but an heap of Buildings about Se-
ven miles round: The chief Rooms are
generally Two hundred and Forty foot
high, and broad and long in proporti-
on. A Coach was allowed to Glumdal-
clitch and me, wherein her Governeſs
frequently took her out to fee the town,
or go among the fhops; and I was al-
ways of the party, carried in my Box;
although the Girl at my own defire would
often take me out, and hold me in her
hand, that I might more conveniently
view the Houſes and the People as we
paffed along the Streets. I reckoned our
Coach to be about a Square of Weft-
minſter-Hall, but not altogether fo high;
however, I cannot be very exact. One
day the Governeſs ordered our Coach-
man to ſtop at ſeveral Shops, where the
Beggars, watching their opportunity,
crouded to the fides ofthe Coach, and gave
me the moſt horrible Spectacles that ever
an English Eye beheld. There was a
Woman with a Cancer in her Breaſt,
ſwelled to a monftrous fize, full of holes,
3
in
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in Two or Three of which I could have
eafily crept, and covered my whole body.
There was a fellow with a Wen in his
Neck, larger than Five Woolpacks, and
another with a couple of wooden Legs,
each about Twenty foot high. But, the
moſt hateful Sight of all was the Lice
crawling on their clothes. I could fee di-
ftinctly the Limbs of thefe vermin with
my naked eye, much better than thoſe of
an European Louſe thro' a Microſcope,
and their Snouts with which they root-
ed like Swine. They were the firſt I had
ever beheld, and I fhould have been curi-
ous enough to diffect one of them, if I had
proper Inſtruments (which I unluckily
left behind me in the Ship) although in-
deed the Sight was fo naufeous, that it
perfectly turned my ftomach.
BESIDE the large Box in which I was
ufually carried, the Queen ordered a
ſmaller one to be made for me, of about
Twelve foot ſquare, and Ten high, for the
convenience of travelling, becauſe the
other
ü
BROBDINGNAG. 73
other was fomewhat too large for Glum-
dalclitch's Lap, and cumberſome in the
Coach; it was made by the fame Artiſt,
whom I directed in the whole contri-
vance. This travelling Cloſet was an
exact Square with a Window in the mid-
dle of Three of the Squares, and each
Window was latticed with Iron Wire on
the outſide, to prevent accidents in long
journies. On the fourth fide, which had
no Window, two ftrong Staples were
fixed, through which the Perfon that car-
ried me, when I had a mind to be on
horſeback, put in a Leathern Belt, and
buckled it about his Wafte. This was
always the office of fome grave truſty
Servant in whom I could confide, whe-
ther I attended the King and Queen in
their Progreffes, or were difpofed to fee
the Gardens, or pay a vifit to fome great
Lady or Miniſter of State in the Court,
when Glumdalclitch happened to be out
of order: For I foon began to be known
and eſteemed among the greateſt Officers,
I ſuppoſe more upon account of their
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Majefty's Favour than any Merit of my
own. In journies, when I was weary
of the Coach, a Servant on horfeback
would buckle my Box, and place it on
a Cuſhion before him; and there I had
a full Profpect of the Countrey on Three
Sides from my Three Windows. I had
in this Clofet a Field-bed and a Ham-
mock hung from the Cieling, Two Chairs
and a Table, neatly ſcrewed to the Floor,
to prevent being toffed about by the A-
gitation of the Horfe or the Coach. And
having been long uſed to Sea-Voyages,
thoſe Motions, although fometimes very
violent, did not much diſcompoſe me.
WHENEVER I had a mind to ſee the
Town, it was always in my Travelling-
Cloſet, which Glumdalclitch held in her
Lap in a kind of open Sedan, after the fa-
ſhion of the countrey, born by Four Men,
and attended by Two others in theQueen's
Livery. The People who had often
heard of me, were very curious to croud
about the Sedan, and the Girl was com-
plaifant
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plaifant enough to make the Bearers ftop,
and to take me in her hand that I might
be more conveniently feen.
I was very defirous to fee the chief
Temple, and particularly the Tower be-
longing to it, which is reckoned the
higheſt in the Kingdom. Accordingly
one day my Nurfe carried me thither, but
I may truly fay I came back diſappointed;
for, the height is not above Three thou-
fand foot, and reckoning from the Ground
to the higheſt Pinnacle top; which allow-
ing for the difference between the fize of
thofe people, and us in Europe, is no
great matter for admiration, nor at all
equal in proportion, (if I rightly remem-
ber) to Salisbury Steeple. But, not to
detract from a Nation to which during
my life I fhall acknowledge my felf ex-
tremely obliged, it must be allowed that
whatever this famous Tower wants in
Height is amply made up in Beauty and
Strength. For the Walls are near an Hun-
dred foot thick, built of hewn Stone,
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whereof each is about Forty foot ſquare,
and adorned on all fides with Statues of
Gods and Emperors cut in Marble larger
than the Life, placed in their ſeveral Nich-
es. I meaſured a Little finger which had
fallen down from one of theſe Statues,
and lay unperceived among fome rub-
biſh, and found it exactly Four foot and
an inch in length. Glumdalclitch wrap-
ped it up in a Handkerchief, and car-
ried it home in her Pocket to keep a-
mong other Trinkets, of which the Girl
was very fond, as Children at her age
uſually are.
THE King's Kitchen is indeed a noble
Building, vaulted at top, and about Six
hundred foot high. The great Oven is
not fo wide by Ten paces as the Cupola
at St. Paul's: For I meaſured the latter
on purpoſe after my return. But if I
fhould deſcribe the Kitchen-grate, the
prodigious Pots and Kettles, the joints
of Meat turning on the Spits, with ma-
ny other particulars, perhaps I fhould be
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hardly believed; at leaſt a ſevere Critick
would be apt to think I enlarged a little,
as Travellers are often ſuſpected to do.
To avoid which cenfure, I fear I have run
too much into the other extream; and
that if this Treatiſe fhould happen to be
tranflated into the Language of Brob-
dingnag, (which is the general name of
that Kingdom) and tranfmitted thither,
the King and his People would have rea-
fon to complain that I had done them an
injury by a falſe and diminutive Repre-
ſentation.
His Majefty feldom keeps above Six
hundred Horſes in his Stables: They
are generally from Fifty four to Sixty
foot high. But, when he goes abroad on
folemn days, he is attended for ftate by
a Militia Guard of five hundred Horſe,
which indeed I thought was the moſt
fplendid Sight that could be ever beheld,
till I faw part of his Army in Battalia,
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Several Adventures that happened to the
Author. The Execution of a Criminal.
The Author fhews his Skill in Navi-
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SHOULD have lived happy e-
nough in that countrey, if my
Littleneſs had not expofed me
to feveral ridiculous and troubleſome
accidents; fome of which I fhall venture
to relate. Glumdalclitch often carried
me into the Gardens of the Court in
my
fmaller Box, and would fometimes take
me out of it and hold me in her hand,
or fet me down to walk. I remember,
before the Dwarf left the Queen, he fol-
lowed us one day into thofe Gardens, and
my Nurſe having fet me down, he and
I being cloſe together, near fome Dwarf
Apple-trees, I muft need fhew my Wit
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by a filly Allufion between him and the
Trees, which happens to hold in their
language as it doth in ours. Whereup-
on, the malicious Rogue watching his
opportunity, when I was walking un-
der one of them, fhook it directly over
my Head, by which a dozen Apples, each
of them near as large as a Bristol Bar-
rel, came tumbling about my ears; one
of them hit me on the back as I chanced
to ſtoop, and knocked me down flat on
my face; but I received no other hurt,
and the Dwarf was pardoned at my de-
fire, becauſe I had given the Provoca-
tion.
ANOTHER day Glumdalclitch left
me on a ſmooth Grafs-plot to divert
myſelf while ſhe walked at fome di-
ftance with her Governefs. In the mean
time there fuddenly fell fuch a violent
fhower of Hail, that I was immediate-
ly by the force of it ftruck to the ground:
And when I was down, the Hail-ftones
gave me fuch cruel bangs all over the
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body, as if I had been pelted with Ten-
nis-balls; however I made a fhift to
creep on all Four, and fhelter myſelf by
lying flat on my face on the Lee-fide
of a border of Lemmon Thyme, but
fo bruiſed from head to foot that I could
not go abroad in Ten days. Neither
is this at all to be wondered at, becauſe
Nature in that Countrey obferving the
fame proportion through all her opera-
tions, a Hail-ftone is near Eighteen hun-
dred times as large as one in Europe,
which I can affert upon experience, hav-
ing been fo curious to weigh and mea-
fure them.
BUT, a more dangerous Accident hap-
pened to me in the fame Garden, when
my little Nurfe believing fhe had put
me in a ſecure Place, which I often en-
treated her to do, that I might enjoy my
own thoughts, and having left my Box
at home to avoid the trouble of carry-
ing it, went to another part of the Gar-
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of her acquaintance. While fhe was
abſent and out of hearing, a ſmall white
Spaniel belonging to one of the chiefGar-
diners, having got by accident into the
Garden, happened to range near the Place
where I lay. The Dog following the
Scent, came directly up, and taking me
in his mouth ran ftrait to his Mafter,
wagging his tail, and fet me gently on
the ground. By good fortune he had
been ſo well taught, that I was carried
between his Teeth without the leaft
hurt, or even tearing my clothes. But,
the poor Gardiner, who knew me well,
and had a great kindneſs for me, was in
a terrible fright. He gently took me
up in both his hands, and asked me how
I did; but I was fo amazed and out of
Breath, that I could not ſpeak a word.
In a few minutes I came to my ſelf,
and he carried me fafe to my little Nurſe,
who by this time had returned to the
Place where ſhe left me, and was in cruel
agonies when I did not appear, nor an-
fwer when she called; fhe feverely repri-
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manded the Gardiner on account of his
Dog. But, the thing was hufhed up,
and never known at Court; for the Girl
was afraid of the Queen's Anger, and
truly as to myſelf, I thought it would
not be for my reputation that fuch a
ſtory ſhould go about.
THIS Accident abfolutely determin-
ed Glumdalclitch never to truft me abroad
for the future out of her fight. I had
been long afraid of this Refolution, and
therefore concealed from her fome little
unlucky Adventures that happened in
thoſe times when I was left by myſelf.
Once a Kite hovering over the Garden
made a ſtoop at me, and if I had not
refolutely drawn my Hanger, and run
under a thick Efpalier, he would have
certainly carried me away in his talons.
Another time walking to the top of a
freſh Mole-hill, I fell to my neck in the
hole through which that Animal had caft
up the earth, and coined fome Lye
not worth remembring, to excuſe my-
felf
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felf for fpoiling my cloaths. I likewife
broke my Right fhin against the fhell of
a Snail, which I happened to ſtumble
over, as I was walking alone, and think-
ing on poor England.
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I cannot tell whether, I were more
pleaſed or mortified to obſerve in thoſe
folitary Walks, that the ſmaller Birds did
not appear to be at all afraid of me, but
would hop about within a Yard diſtance,
looking for worms, and other food with
as much Indifference and Security as if
no creature at all were near them.
remember, a Thrufh had the confidence
to ſnatch out of my hand with his
a piece of Cake that Glumdalclitch had
juft given me for my breakfaft. When
I attempted to catch any of theſe Birds,
they would boldly turn againſt me, en-
deavouring to pick my fingers, which I
durft not venture within their reach;
and then they would turn back uncon-
cerned to hunt for Worms or Snails, as
they did before. But, one day I took
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a thick Cudgel, and threw it with all my
ftrength fo luckily at a Linnet, that I
knocked him down, and feizing him by
the neck with both my hands, ran with
him in triumph to my Nurfe. How-
ever, the Bird, who had only been ſtun-
ned, recovering himſelf, gave me ſo ma-
ny Boxes with his Wings on both fides
of my head and Body, though I held him
at Arm's length, and was out of the reach
of his Claws, that I was Twenty times
thinking to let him go. But I was foon
relieved by one of our Servants, who
wrung off the Bird's Neck, and I had him
next day for dinner by the Queen's com-
mand. This Linnet, as near as I can re-
member, ſeemed to be ſomewhat larger
than an Engliſh Swan.
THE Maids of Honour often invited
Glumdalelitch to their apartments, and
defired fhe would bring me along with
her, on purpoſe to have the pleaſure of
ſeeing and touching me. They would
often ſtrip me naked from top to toe,
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and lay me at full length in their Boſoms;
wherewith I was much diſguſted; be-
caufe, to ſay the truth, a very offenfive
Smell came from their skins; which I do
not mention or intend to the diſadvan-
tage of thoſe excellent Ladies, for whom
I have all manner of refpect; but, I
conceive that my Senfe was more acute
in proportion to my Littleneſs, and that
thoſe illuftrious Perfons were no more
diſagreeable to their Lovers, or to each
other, than People of the fame Quality
are with us in England. And, after all,
I found their natural Smell was much
more fupportable than when they uſed
Perfumes, under which I immediately
fwooned away. I cannot forget that
an intimate Friend of mine in Lilliput
took the freedom in a warm day, when
I had used a good deal of Exercife, to com-
plain ofa ftrong Smell about me, although
I am as little faulty that way as moſt
of my Sex But I fuppofe his faculty of
Smelling was as nice with regard to me,
as mine was to that of this people. Up-
on
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on this point, I cannot forbear doing
juftice to the Queen my Miſtreſs, and
Glumdalclitch my Nurſe, whoſe Perſons
were as fweet as thoſe of any Lady in
England.
THAT which gave me moft uneafi-
neſs among theſe Maids of Honour,
when my Nurſe carried me to vifit them,
was to ſee them ufe me without any
manner of ceremony, like a Creature
who had no fort of confequence. For,
they would ſtrip themſelves to the skin,
and put on their Smocks in my preſence,
while I was placed on their Toylet di-
rectly before their naked Bodies, which,
I am ſure, to me was very far from be-
ing a tempting Sight, or from giving me
any
other emotions than thoſe of Hor-
ror and Diſguſt. Their Skins appeared
fo coarſe and uneven, fo variouſly
coloured when I faw them near,
with a Mole here and there
broad as a Trencher, and Hairs hanging
from it thicker than Pack-threads; to
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fay nothing further concerning the reft
of their Perfons. Neither did they at
all fcruple while I was by to diſcharge
what they had drunk, to the quantity
of at leaſt Two Hogfheads, in a Veſſel
that held above Three Tuns. The hand-
ſomeſt among theſe Maids of Honour,
a pleaſant frolickfome Girl of Sixteen,
would ſometimes fet me aftride upon
one of her Nipples, with many other
tricks, wherein the Reader will excufe
me for not being over particular. But,
I was ſo much diſpleaſed, that I entreat-
ed Glumdalclitch to contrive fome ex-
cufe for not ſeeing that young Lady any
more.
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ONE day, a young Gentleman who
was Nephew to my Nurfe's Governeſs,
came and preſſed them both to fee an
Execution. It was of a Man who had
murdered one of that Gentleman's in-
timate acquaintance. Glumdalclitch was
prevailed on to be of the company, very
much againſt her inclination, for fhe was
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naturally tender-hearted: And, as for
myſelf, although I abhorred fuch kind
of ſpectacles, yet my curiofity tempted
me to ſee ſomething that I thought muft
be extraordinary. The Malefactor was
fixed in a Chair upon a Scaffold erected
for the purpoſe, and his Head cut off
at a blow with a Sword of about Forty
foot long. The Veins and Arteries
ſpouted up fuch a prodigious quantity
of blood, and fo high in the air, that
the great Jett d'eau at Versailles was
not equal for the time it lafted; and the
Head when it fell on the Scaffold floor,
gave fuch a bounce, as made me ſtart,
although I were at leaſt Half an Engliſh
mile diftant.
THE Queen, who often uſed to hear
me talk of my Sea Voyages, and took all
occafions to divert me when I was me-
lancholy; asked me whether I under-
ftood how to handle a Sail or an Oar, and
whether a little exerciſe of Rowing might
not be convenient for my health. I
anſwered,
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answered, that I understood both very
well. For although my proper Employ-
ment had been to be Surgeon or Doc-
tor to the Ship, yet often upon a pinch,
I was forced to work like a common
Mariner. But, I could not ſee how
this could be done in their countrey,
where the ſmalleſt Wherry was equal to
a Firſt rate Man of War among us, and
fuch a Boat as I could manage would
never live in any of their Rivers: Her
Majefty faid, if I would contrive a Boat,
her own Joyner ſhould make it, and fhe
would provide a place for me to fail in.
The Fellow was an ingenious Work-
man, and by my inftructions in Ten
days finiſhed a Pleaſure-boat with all its
Tackling, able conveniently to hold
Eight Europeans. When it was finifh-
ed, the Queen was ſo delighted, that ſhe
ran with it in her Lap to the King, who
ordered it to be put in a Ciſtern full of
Water, with me in it, by way of tryal,
where I could not manage my two Sculls
or little Oars for want of room. But,
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the Queen had before contrived ano-
ther Project. She ordered the Joyner to
make a wooden Trough of Three hun-
dred foot long, Fifty broad, and Eight
deep; which being well pitched to pre-
vent leaking, was placed on the floor
along the Wall, in an outer room of the
Palace. It had a Cock near the bottom
to let out the Water when it began to
grow ftale, and Two Servants could ea-
fily fill it in Half an hour. Here I often
uſed to row for my own diverfion, as
well as that of the Queen and her Ladies,.
who thought themſelves well entertain-
ed with my skill and agility. Some-
times I would put up my Sail, and then
my buſineſs was only to fteer, while the
Ladies gave me a Gale with their Fans;
and when they were weary, fome of the
Pages would blow my Sail forward with
their breath, while I fhewed my Art by
fteering Starboard or Larboard as I plea-
fed. When I had done, Glumdalclitch
always carried back my Boat into her
Clofet, and hung it on a Nail to dry.
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In this exercife I once met an acci-
dent which had like to have coft me my
life. For, one of the Pages having put my
Boat into the Trough, the Governeſs
who attended Glumdalclitch, very of
ficiouſly lifted me up to place me in the
Boat, but I happened to flip through her
Fingers, and fhould have infallibly fal-
len down Forty foot upon the Floor, if
by the luckiest chance in the world, I
had not been ſtopp'd by a Corking-pin
that ſtuck in the good Gentlewoman's
Stomacher; the Head of the Pin paffed
between my Shirt and the Waft-band of
my Breeches, and thus I was held by the
middle in the air till Glumdalelitch ran
to my relief.
ANOTHER time, one of the Ser-
vants, whoſe Office it was to fill my
Trough every Third day with fresh Wa-
ter, was ſo careleſs to let a huge Frog
(not perceiving it) flip out of his Pail.
The Frog lay concealed till I was put
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​into my Boat, but then ſeeing a reſting
Place, climbed up, and made it lean fo
much on one fide, that I was forced to
balance it with all my weight on the
other, to prevent overturning. When
the Frog was got in, it hopped at once
Half the length of the Boat, and then
over my Head, backwards and forwards,
dawbing my Face and Clothes with its
odious Slime. The largeneſs of its Fea-
tures made it appear the most deformed
Animal that can be conceived. How-
ever, I defired Glumdalclitch to let me
deal with it alone. I banged it a good
while with one of my Sculls, and at laſt
forced it to leap out of the Boat.
BUT, the greateſt Danger I ever un-
derwent in that kingdom, was from a
Monkey, who belonged to one of the
Clerks of the Kitchen. Glumdalclitch
had locked me up in her Cloſet, while
fhe went ſomewhere upon buſineſs or a
vifit. The Weather being very warm,
the Cloſet Window was left open, as
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well as the Windows and the Door of
my bigger Box, in which I uſually liv-
ed, becauſe of its Largenefs and Conve-
niency. As I fat quietly meditating
at my table, I heard fomething bounce
in at the Cloſet Window, and skip a-
bout from one fide to the other; where-
at although I was much alarmed, yet
I ventured to look out, but stirred
not from my feat; and then I faw this
frolickfome Animal, frisking and leap-
ing up and down till at laft he came to
my Box, which he ſeemed to view with
great pleaſure and curiofity, peeping in
at the door and every window. I re-
treated to the farther corner of my
Room, or Box, but the Monkey look-
ing in at every fide, put me into fuch
a fright, that I wanted prefence of Mind
to conceal myſelf under the Bed, as I
might eaſily have done. After fome
time ſpent in peeping, grinning, and
chattering, he at laft efpyed me, and
reaching one of his paws in at the
door, as a Cat does when the plays with
a Mouſe,
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a Mouſe, although I often ſhifted place
to avoid him, he at length caught hold
of the Lappet of my Coat (which being
made of that Countrey Cloth, was very
thick and ftrong) and dragged me out.
He took me up in his right Fore-foot
and held me as a Nurſe does a Child
fhe is going to fuckle, juft as I have feen
the fame fort of Creature do with a
Kitten in Europe: And when I offered
to ftruggle, he fqueezed me fo hard, that
I thought it more prudent to fubmit. I
have good reaſon to believe that he took
me for a young one of his own Species, by
his often ftroaking my Face very gently
with his other paw. In thefe Diverfi-
ons he was interrupted by a Noiſe at
the Closet Door, as if fome body were
opening it; whereupon he fuddenly
leaped up to the Window at which he
had come in, and thence upon the Leads
and Gutters, walking upon Three Legs,
and holding me in the fourth, till he
clamber'd up to a Roof that was next to
ours. I heard Glumdalclitch give a fhreek
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at the moment he was carrying me out.
The poor Girl was almoſt diſtracted: That
quarter of the Palace was all in an uproar;
the Servants ran for Ladders; the Mon-
key was ſeen by hundreds in the Court
fitting upon the ridge of a Building,
holding me like a Baby in one of his
Fore-paws, and feeding me with the o-
ther, by cramming into my mouth fome
Victuals he had ſqueezed out of the Bag
on one fide of his Chaps, and patting
me when I would not eat; whereat
many of the Rabble below could not
forbear laughing; neither do I think
they justly ought to be blamed, for with-
out question the Sight was ridiculous e-
nough to every body but my felf. Some
of the people threw up Stones, hoping
to drive the Monkey down; but this was
ſtrictly forbidden, or elſe very probably
my Brains had been dafhed out.
THE Ladders were now applied, and
mounted by feveral Men, which the Mon-
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moſt encompaffed; not being able to
make ſpeed enough with his Three legs,
let me drop on a ridge Tyle, and made his
eſcape. Here I fat for fome time Three
hundred Yards from the ground, expect-
ing every moment to be blown down
by the Wind, or to fall by my own Gid-
dineſs, and come tumbling over and over
from the Ridge to the Eeves. But an
honeft Lad, one of my Nurfe's Footmen,
climbed up, and putting me into his
Breeches Pocket, brought me down fafe.
I was almoſt choaked with the filthy
ftuff the Monkey had crammed down
my throat; but, my dear little Nurfe
picked it out of my mouth with a
fmall Needle, and then I fell a vomit-
ing, which gave me great relief. Yet
I was fo weak and bruifed in the fides
with the Squeezes given me by this odi-
ous Animal, that I was forced to keep
my bed a Fortnight. The King, Queen
and all the Court fent every day to en-
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made me ſeveral Vifits during my fick-
nefs. The Monkey was killed, and an
Order made that no fuch Animal fhould
be kept about the Palace.
WHEN I attended the King after my
Recovery, to return him thanks for his
favours, he was pleaſed to rally me a
good deal upon this Adventure. He
asked me what my Thoughts and Spc-
culations were while I lay in the Mon-
key's Paw, how I liked the Victuals he
gave me, his manner of Feeding, and
whether the freſh Air on the Roof had
fharpned my Stomach. He defired to
know what I would have done upon
fuch an occafion in my own Countrey.
I told his Majefty, that in Europe we
had no Monkeys, except fuch as were
brought for Curiofities from other places,
and ſo ſmall, that I could deal with a
dozen of them together, if they pre-
fumed to attack me. And as for that
monstrous Animal with whom I was fo
lately engaged, (it was indeed as large
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as an Elephant) if my Fears had fuffer-
ed me to think fo far as to make uſe
of my Hanger (looking fiercely and clap-
ping my Hand upon the Hilt as I fpoke)
my
when he poked his Paw into Cham-
ber, perhaps I should have given him fuch
a Wound, as would have made him glad
to withdraw it with more haft than he
put it in. This I delivered in a firm
tone, like a perſon who was jealous left
his Courage ſhould be called in queſtion.
However, my Speech produced nothing
elfe befides a loud Laughter, which all
the Reſpect due to his Majefty from thoſe
about him could not make them con-
tain. This made me reflect how vain
an attempt it is for a man to endeavour
doing himſelf Honour among thoſe who
are out of all degree of Equality or
Compariſon with him. And yet I have
feen the Moral of my own Behaviour
very frequent in England fince my re-
turn, where a little contemptible Var-
let, without the leaft Title to Birth, Per-
fon, Wit, or common Senfe, fhall pre-
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fume to look with Importance, and put
himſelf upon a foot with the greateſt
Perfons of the kingdom.
I was every day furniſhing the court
with fome ridiculous Story; and Glum-
dalclitch, although fhe loved me to ex-
cefs, yet was arch enough to inform the
Queen, whenever I committed any fol-
ly that she thought would be diverting
to her Majefty. The Girl who had been
out of order, was carried by her Gover-
neſs to take the air about an Hour's
diſtance, or Thirty miles from town.
They alighted out of the Coach near a
fmall Foot-path in a Field, and Glum-
dalclitch fetting down my Travelling
box, I went out of it to walk. There was
a Cow-dung in the path, and I muſt
needs try my activity by attempting to
leap over it. I took a Run, but unfor,
tunately jumped fhort, and found myſelf
juft in the middle up to my knees. I
waded through with fome difficulty, and
one of the Footmen wiped me as clean
as
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as he could with his Handkerchief; for
I was filthily bemired, and my Nurfe
confined me to my Box till we returned
home; where the Queen was ſoon in-
formed of what had paffed, and the
Footmen fpread it about the Court, fo
that all the Mirth, for fome days, was
at my expence.
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CH A P. VI.
Several Contrivances of the Author to
pleafe the King and Queen. He fhews
his Skill in Mufick. The King enquires
into the State of Europe, which the
Author relates to him. The King's
Obfervations thereon.
I
USED to attend the King's
Levee once or twice a week,
and had often feen him under
the Barber's hand, which in-
deed was at firft very terrible to behold.
For, the Razor was almoft twice as long
as an ordinary Scythe. His Majefty ac-
cording to the cuſtom of the countrey
was only fhaved twice a week. I once
prevailed on the Barber to give me fome
of the Suds or Lather, out of which I
picked Forty or Fifty of the ftrongeſt
Stumps of hair. I then took a piece of
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fine Wood, and cut it like the back of
a Comb, making feveral Holes in it at
equal diſtance with as fmall a Needle as
I could get from Glumdalclitch. I fixed
in the Stumps fo artificially, fcraping and
floping them with my Knife towards
the points, that I made a very tolerable
Comb; which was a ſeaſonable ſupply,
my own being ſo much broken in the
teeth, that it was almoſt uſeleſs: Nei-
ther did I know any Artift in that coun-
trey
ſo nice and exact, as would under-
take to make me another.
,
AND this puts me in mind of an
Amuſement wherein I ſpent many of
my leiſure hours. I defired the Queen's
Woman to fave for me the Combings
of her Majeſty's Hair, whereof in time
I got a good quantity, and conſulting
with my Friend the Cabinet-maker, who
had received general orders to do little
jobbs for me; I directed him to make
Two Chair-frames, no larger than thoſe
I had in my Box, and then to bore little
Holes
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Holes with a fine Awl round thoſe parts
where I defigned the Backs and Seats;
through theſe holes I wove the ſtrongeſt
Hairs I could pick out, juft after the
manner of Cane-chairs in England.
When they were finiſhed, I made a
preſent of them to her Majefty, who
kept them in her Cabinet, and uſed to
fhew them for Curiofities, as indeed
they were the wonder of every one that
beheld them. The Queen would have
had me fit upon one of theſe Chairs,
but I abſolutely refuſed to obey her,
proteſting I would rather die a thouſand
deaths than place a difhonourable part
of my body on thoſe precious Hairs
that once adorned her Majefty's Head.
Of thefe Hairs (as I had always a Me-
chanical Genius) I likewiſe made a neat
little Purſe about Five foot long, with
her Majeſty's Name decyphered in Gold
Letters, which I gave to Glumdalclitch,
by the Queen's confent. To fay the
truth, it was more for Shew than Ufe,
being not of ſtrength to bear the weight
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of the larger Coins, and therefore fhe
kept nothing in it, but fome little Toys
that girls are fond of.
THE King, who delighted in Mufick,
had frequent Conforts at court, to which
I was fometimes carried, and fet in
my
Box on a table to hear them: But, the
Noife was fo great, that I could hardly
diſtinguiſh the Tunes. I am confident
that all the Drums and Trumpets of a
Royal Army, beating and founding to-
gether juſt at your ears, could not equal
it. My practice was to have my Box
removed from the places where the Per
formers fat, as far as I could, then to fhut
the Doors and Windows of it, and draw
the Window-curtains; after which f
found their Mufick not difagreeable.
I had learned in my youth to play a
little upon the Spinet. Glumdalclitch
kept one in her chamber, and a Maſter
attended Twice a week to teach her: I
call it a Spinet, becauſe it fomewhat re
fembled that Inftrument, and was play'd
upon
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upon in the fame manner. A fancy
came into my head that I would enter-
tain the King and Queen with an Eng-
lish Tune upon this Inftrument. But
this appeared extremely difficult: For,
the Spinet was near Sixty foot long, each
Key being almoſt a Foot wide, fo that,
with my Arms extended, I could not
reach to above Five keys, and to preſs
them down required a good ſmart ſtroak
with my fift, which would be too great
a labour, and to no purpoſe. The
Method I contrived was this; I pre-
pared Two round Sticks about the
bigness of common Cudgels, they were
thicker at one end than the other, and
I covered the thicker ends with a piece
of a Mouſe's Skin, that by rapping on
them, I might neither damage the tops
of the Keys, nor interrupt the Sound.
Before the Spinet a Bench was placed
about Four foot below the Keys, and I
was put upon the Bench: I ran fide-
ling upon it that way and this, as faft as
I could, banging the proper Keys with
my
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my Two Sticks, and made a fhift to play
a Jigg, to the great fatisfaction of both
their Majefties: But, it was the moſt
violent Exerciſe I ever underwent, and
yet I could not ftrike above Sixteen Keys,
nor, confequently, play the Bafs and
Treble together, as other Artiſts do;
which was a great difadvantage to my
performance.
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​THE King, who as I before obſerved,
was a Prince of excellent underſtanding,
would frequently order that I ſhould be
brought in my Box, and fet upon the
table in his Clofet. He would then
command me to bring one of my Chairs
out of the Box, and fit down within
Three yards diſtance upon the top of the
cabinet, which brought me almoft to a
level with his face. In this manner I
had ſeveral converfations with him. I
one day took the freedom to tell his
Majefty, that the Contempt he diſcover-
ed towards Europe, and the rest of the
world, did not feem anfwerable to thoſe
excellent
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excellent Qualities of the Mind he was
Maſter of. That, Reafon did not ex-
tend itſelf with the bulk of the Body:
On the contrary, we obferved in our
countrey that the Talleft perfons were
uſually leaſt provided with it. That a-
mong other Animals, Bees and Ants had
the reputation of more Induftry, Art,
and Sagacity than many of the larger
kinds. And that, as inconfiderable as
he took me to be, I hoped I might live
to do his Majefty fome fignal fervice.
The King heard me with attention, and
began to conceive a much better opi-
nion of me than he had ever before.
He defired I would give him as exact
an account of the Government of Eng-
land as I poffibly could; becauſe, as fond
as Princes commonly are of their own
Cuſtoms (for fo he conjectured of other
Monarchs by my former diſcourſes) he
fhould be glad to hear of any thing that
might deſerve imitation.
IMAGINE With thyfelf, courteous
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Reader,
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Reader, how often I then wifhed for the
tongue of Demofthenes or Cicero, that
might have enabled me to celebrate the
Praiſes of my own dear native Coun-
trey in a Stile equal to its Merits and
Felicity.
I began my difcourfe by informing
his Majesty that our Dominions con-
fifted of Two Iflands, which compoſed
Three mighty Kingdoms under one So-
vereign, befides our Plantations in A-
merica. I dwelt long upon the Ferti-
lity of our Soil, and the Temperature
of our Climate. I then spoke at large
upon the Conftitution of an English
Parliament, partly made up of an illuf-
trious Body called the Houſe of Peers,
Perſons of the nobleft Blood, and of
the most ancient and ample Patrimonies.
I defcribed that extraordinary Care al-
ways taken of their Education in Arts
and Arms, to qualify them for being
Counſellors born to the King and King-
dom, to have a fhare in the Legiſlature,
to
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109
to be Members of the higheſt Court of
Judicature from whence there could be
no Appeal; and to be Champions al-
ways ready for the defence of their Prince
and Countrey by their Valour, Conduct
and Fidelity. That theſe were the Or-
nament and Bulwark of the kingdom,
worthy Followers of their moſt renown-
ed Anceſtors, whofe Honour had been
the Reward of their Virtue, from which
their Pofterity were never once knowh
to degenerate. To theſe were joined
ſeveral holy Perſons, as part of that Af
fembly, under the Title of Biſhops, whofe
peculiar buſineſs it is, to take care of
Religion, and of those who inftruct the
people therein. Theſe were fearched and
fought out through the whole Nation,
by the Prince and his wifeft Counsellors,
among fuch of the Priesthood as were
moſt deſervedly diftinguished by the San-
Atity of their Lives, and the Depth of
their Erudition; who were indeed the
ſpiritual Fathers of the Clergy and the
People..
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THAT, the other part of the Parlia-
ment confifted of an Affembly called the
Houſe of Commons, who were all prin-
cipal Gentlemen, freely picked and cul-
led out by the people themſelves, for
their great Abilities, and Love of their
Countrey, to reprefent the Wiſdom of
the whole Nation. And, theſe Two
Bodies make up the moſt auguft Affem-
bly in Europe, to whom, in conjunction
with the Prince, the whole Legiſlature
is committed.
I then defcended to the Courts of
Juftice, over which the Judges, thofe
venerable Sages and Interpreters of the
Law, prefided, for determining the dif-
puted Rights and Properties of Men, as
well as for the Puniſhment of Vice, and
Protection of Innocence. I mentioned
the prudent Management of our Trea-
fury; the Valour and Atchievements of
our Forces by Sea and Land. I computed
the Number of our People, by reckoning
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how many Millions there might be of
each Religious Sect, or Political Party
among us. I did not omit even our
Sports and Paftimes, or any other Par-
ticular which I thought might redound
to the Honour of my Countrey. And,
I finiſhed all with a brief hiftorical ac-
count of Affairs and Events in England
for about an Hundred years paft.
THIS Converſation was not ended
under Five Audiences, each of ſeveral
hours, and the King heard the whole
with great attention, frequently taking
Notes of what I fpoke, as well as Mc-
morandums of ſeveral Queſtions he in-
tended to ask me.
WHEN I had put an end to theſe
long difcourfes, his Majefty in a Sixth
Audience confulting his notes, propo-
fed many Doubts, Queries, and Objec
tions, upon every Article. He asked,
what Methods were uſed to cultivate
the Minds and Bodies of our young No-
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bility, and in what kind of Bufinefs they
commonly ſpent the firft and teachable
part of their Lives? What Courſe was
taken to ſupply that Affembly when any
noble Family became extinct? What
Qualifications were neceffary in thoſe
who were to be created new Lords?
Whether the Humour of the Prince, a
Sum of Money to a Court-Lady, or a
Prime Minifter, or a Defign of ftrength-
ning a Party oppofite to the publick In-
tereſt, ever happened to be motives in
thofe Advancements? What Share of
Knowledge thefe Lords had in the Laws
of their Countrey, and how they came
by it, fo as to enable them to decide the
Properties of their Fellow-fubjects in the
laſt Reſort? Whether they were always
fo free from Avarice, Partialities, or Want,
that a Bribe, or fome other finifter View,
could have no place among them? Whe-
ther thoſe holy Lords I spoke of were
always promoted to that Rank upon
account of their Knowledge in religious
Matters, and the Sanctity of their Lives,
had
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had never been Compliers with the times
while they were common Priests, or fla-
viſh proſtitute Chaplains to fome Noble-
whofe Opinions they continued fer-
vilely to follow after they were admitted
into that Affembly?
man,
He then defired to know what Arts
were practifed in electing thoſe whom
I called Commoners: Whether, a
Stranger with a ftrong Purfe might not
influence the vulgar Voters to chufe him
before their own Landlord, or the moſt
confiderable Gentleman in the Neigh-
bourhood? How it came to pass, that
People were fo violently bent upon get-
ting into this Aſſembly, which I allow-
ed to be a great Trouble and Expence,
often to the Ruin of their Families, with-
out any Salary or Penfion? Becauſe this
appeared fuch an exalted ftrain of Vir-
tue and publick Spirit, that his Majefty
feemed to doubt it might poffibly not
be always fincere: And he defired to
know whether fuch zealous Gentlemen
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could have any views of refunding them-
felves for the Charges and Trouble they
were at, by facrificing the publick Good
to the Defigns of a weak and vicious
Prince in conjunction with a corrupted
Miniſtry. He multiplied his Queſtions,
and fifted me thoroughly upon every
part of this Head, propofing number-
lefs Enquiries and Objections, which I
think it not prudent or convenient to
repeat.
UPON what I faid in relation to our
Courts of Juſtice, his Majefty defired
to be fatisfied in feveral points: And,
this I was the better able to do, having
been formerly almoſt ruined by a long
Suit in Chancery, which was decreed
for me with Cofts. He asked, What
Time was uſually ſpent in determining
between Right and Wrong, and what
degree of Expence. Whether Advocates
and Orators had liberty to plead in
Cauſes manifeftly known to be unjust,
vexatious, or oppreffive, Whether Party
in
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in Religion or Politicks were obſerved
to be of any weight in the Scale of
Juſtice. Whether thoſe pleading Orators
were perfons educated in the general
Knowledge of Equity, or only in pro-
vincial, national, and other local Cuf
toms. Whether they or their Judges had
any part in penning thoſe Laws which
they affumed the Liberty of interpreting
and gloffing upon at their pleaſure. Whe-
ther they had ever at different times
pleaded for and againſt the fame Cauſe,
and cited Precedents to prove contrary
Opinions. Whether they were a rich or
a poor Corporation. Whether they re-
ceived any pecuniary Reward for plead-
ing or delivering their opinions. And
particularly whether they were ever ad-
mitted as Members in the lower Senate.
He fell next upon the Management
of our Treaſury; and faid, he thought my
Memory had failed me, becauſe I compu-
ted our Taxes at about Five or Six millions
a year, and when I came to mention the
Ifſues,
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Iffues, he found they fometimes amount-
ed to more than double; for, the notes
he had taken were very particular in this
point, becauſe he hoped, as he told me,
that the Knowledge of our Conduct
might be uſeful to him, and he could not
be deceived in his Calculations. But, if
what I told him were true, he was ſtill at a
lofs how a Kingdom could run out of
its Eftate like a private Perfon. He ask-
ed me, who were our Creditors? and,
where we ſhould,find money to pay them?
He wondred to hear me talk of fuch
chargeable and extenfive Wars; that,
certainly we muſt be a quarrelfome Peo-
ple, or live among very bad Neighbours,
and that our Generals muſt needs be
richer than our Kings. He asked what
buſineſs we had out of our own Iflands,
unleſs upon the Score of Trade or Treaty,
or to defend the Coafts with our Fleet.
Above all, he was amazed to hear me
talk of a 'mercenary ftanding Army in
the midſt of Peace, and among a Free
People. He faid if we were governed
by
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by our own Conſent in the perfons of
our Repreſentatives, he could not ima-
gine of whom we were afraid, or a-
gainſt whom we were to fight, and
would hear my Opinion, whether a pri-
vate Man's Houſe might not better be
defended by himſelf, his Children, and
Family, than by half a dozen Rafcals
picked up at a venture in the Streets,
for fmall Wages, who might get an
Hundred times more by cutting their
Throats.
He laughed at my odd kind of A-
rithmetick (as he was pleaſed to call it)
in reckoning the Numbers of our peo-
ple by a Computation drawn from the
feveral Sects among us in Religion and
Politicks. He faid, he knew no rea-
fon, why thoſe who entertain Opinions
prejudicial to the Publick, fhould be
obliged to Change, or fhould not be
obliged to conceal them. And as it
was Tyranny in any Government to re-
quire the firſt, ſo it was Weakneſs not
to
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to enforce the fecond: For, a Man
may be allowed to keep Poiſons in his
cloſet, but not to vend them about for
Cordials.
HE obferved, that among the Diver-
fions of our Nobility and Gentry, I
had mentioned Gaming. He defired
to know at what Age this entertain-
ment was uſually taken up, and when
it was laid down. How much of their
Time it employed, whether it ever went
fo high as to affect their Fortunes. Whe-
ther mean vicious People by their Dex-
terity in that Art might not arrive at
great Riches, and fometimes keep our
very Nobles in Dependance, as well as
habituate them to vile Companions,
wholly take them from the Improve-
ment of their minds, and force them
by the Loffes they have received, to
learn and practife that infamous Dexte-
rity upon others.
HE was perfectly aſtoniſhed with the
hifto-
BROBDINGNAG. 119
hiftorical Account I gave him of our
Affairs during the laſt Century, proteſt-
ing it was only an heap of Confpiracies,
Rebellions, Murders, Maffacrees, Revo-
lutions, Baniſhments, the very worſt Ef-
fects that Avarice, Faction, Hypocrify,
Perfidiouſneſs, Cruelty, Rage, Madneſs,
Hatred, Envy, Luft, Malice, or Ambi-
tion could produce.
His Majefty in another Audience
was at the pains to recapitulate the
Sum of all I had ſpoken, compared the
Queſtions he made with the Anfwers I
had given; then taking me into his hands,
and ftroaking me gently, delivered him-
ſelf in theſe words, which I fhall never
forget, nor the manner he ſpoke them
in. My little Friend Grildrig, you have
made a moſt admirable Panegyrick upon
your Countrey: You have clearly prov-
ed that Ignorance, Idlenefs and Vice may
be fometimes the only Ingredients for
qualifying a Legiflator; that Laws are
beſt explained, interpreted, and applied
by
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by thoſe whofe Intereſt and Abilities lye
in perverting, confounding, and eluding
them. I obferve among you fome Lines
of an Inſtitution, which in its Original
might have been tolerable, but theſe half
erafed, and the reft wholly blurred and
blotted by Corruptions. It doth not
appear from all you have ſaid, how any
one Virtue is required towards the
procurement of any one Station among
you, much less that Men are ennobled
on account of their Virtue, that Prieſts
are advanced for their Piety or Learn-
ing, Soldiers for their Conduct or Va-
lour, Judges for their Integrity, Senators
for the Love of their Countrey, or
Counsellors for their Wiſdom. As for
yourſelf (continued the King) who have
ſpent the greateſt part of your life in
travelling, I am well difpofed to hope
you may hitherto have eſcaped many
Vices of your Countrey. But, by what I
have gathered from your own relation,
and the Anſwers I have with much pains
wringed and extorted from you, I cannot
but
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but conclude the Bulk of your Natives,
to be the moſt pernicious Race of little
odious Vermin that Nature ever fuffer-
ed to crawl upon the Surface of the
Earth.
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CHA P. VII.
The Author's Love of his Countrey. He
makes a Propofal of much advantage
to the King, which is rejected. The
King's great Ignorance in Politicks.
The Learning of that Countrey very
imperfect and confined. The Laws,
and military Affairs, and Parties in
the State.
回​够
​i
OTHING but an extreme
N Love of Truth could have hin-
dred me from concealing this
part of my ſtory. It was in vain to diſco-
ver my Reſentments, which were always
turned into ridicule; and I was forced to
reft with patience while my noble and
moſt beloved Countrey was ſo injuriouſly
treated. I am heartily forry as any of
my readers can poffibly be, that fuch
an occafion was given: But this Prince
happen-
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happened to be fo curious and inquifi-
tive upon every Particular, that it could
not confiſt either with Gratitude or good
Manners to refufe giving him what fa-
tisfaction I was able. Yet thus much I
may be allowed to fay in my own vin-
dication, that I artfully eluded many
of his Queſtions, and gave to every point
a more favourable Turn by many de-
grees than the ftrictnefs of Truth would
allow. For, I have always born that
laudable Partiality to my own Countrey,
which Dionyfius Halicarnaffenfis with
ſo much juſtice recommends to an Hif-
torian. I would hide the Frailties and
Deformities of my Political Mother, and
place her Virtues and Beauties in the
moſt advantageous light. This was my
fincere endeavour in thoſe many diſcour-
ſes I had with that Monarch, although it
unfortunately failed of Succeſs.
Bur, great allowances fhould be giv
en to a King who lives wholly fecluded
from the rest of the world, and muſt
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therefore be altogether unacquainted with
the Manners and Cuſtoms that moſt pre-
vail in other Nations: The want of
which Knowledge will ever produce ma-
ny Prejudices, and a certain Narrowness
of Thinking, from which we and the
politer Countries of Europe are wholly
exempted. And it would be hard in-
deed, if fo remote a Prince's Notions of
Virtue and Vice were to be offered as a
Standard for all Mankind.
To confirm what I have now faid,
and further to fhew the miſerable Effects
of a confined Education, I fhall here in-
fert a Paſſage which will hardly obtain
Belief. In hopes to ingratiate myſelf
farther into his Majefty's favour, I told
him of an Invention diſcovered between
Three and Four hundred Years ago, to
make a certain Powder, into an heap
of which the ſmalleſt ſpark of Fire fal-
ling, would kindle the whole in a Mo-
ment, although it were as big asa Moun-
tain, and make it all fly up in the air
together,
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together, with a Noife and Agitation
greater than Thunder. That, a proper
quantity of this Powder rammed into
an hollow Tube of Brafs or Iron, accor-
ding to its Bignefs, would drive a Ball of
Iron or Lead with fuch a Violence and
Speed as nothing was able to fuftain its
Force. That the largest Balls thus dif-
charged, would not only deftroy whole
Ranks of an Army at once, but batter the
ſtrongeſt Walls to the ground, fink dowh
Ships with a Thouſand Men in each, to
Sea; and when link!
ed together by a Chain, would cut
through Mafts and Rigging, divide Hun-
dreds of Bodies in the middle, and lay all
wafte before them. That we often put
this Powder into large hollow Balls of
Iron, and diſcharged them by an En-
gine into fome City we were befieging,
which would rip up the Pavements, tear
the Houſes to pieces, burft and throw
Splinters on every fide, dafhing out the
Brains of all who came near. That I
knew the Ingredients very well, which
the bottom of the la
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were cheap, and common; I underſtood
the manner of compounding them, and
could direct his Workmen how to make
thoſe Tubes of a Size proportionable to
all other things in his Majefty's King-
dom, and the largeſt need not to be above
an Hundred foot long; Twenty or Thirty
of which Tubes charged with the proper
quantity of Powder and Balls, would bat-
ter down the Walls of the ftrongeſt
Town in his Dominions in a few hours,
or deſtroy the whole Metropolis, if ever
it ſhould pretend to difpute his abfolute
Commands. This I humbly offered to his
Majeſty as a ſmall Tribute of Acknow-
ledgment in return of ſo many Marks
that I had receiv'd of his Royal Favour
and Protection.
THE King was ftruck with Horror at
the deſcription I had given of thoſe terri-
ble Engines, and the Propofal I had made.
He was amazed how fo impotent and
groveling an Infect as I (theſe were his
Expreffions) could entertain fuch inhu-
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man Ideas, and in fo familiar a manner
as to appear wholly unmoved at all the
Scenes of Blood and Defolation, which I
had painted as the common Effects of
thoſe deſtructive Machines, whereof he
faid, fome evil Genius, Enemy to Man-
kind, muſt have been the firſt Contriver.
As for himſelf, he protefted, that altho'
few things delighted him fo much as new
Diſcoveries in Art or in Nature, yet he
would rather loſe half his Kingdom than
be privy to fuch a Secret, which he
commanded me, as I valued my life, ne-
ver to mention any more.
A ſtrange Effect of narrow Principles.
and ſhort Views! that a Prince poffeffed
of every Quality which procures Vene-
ration, Love and Efteem; of ftrong Parts,
great Wiſdom and profound Learning,
endued with admirable Talents for Go-
vernment, and almoft adored by his
Subjects, fhould from a nice unneceffary
Scruple, whereof in Europe we can have
no conception, let flip an Opportunity
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Put into his hands, that would have made
him abfolute Mafter of the Lives, the Li-
berties, and the Fortunes of his People.
Neither do I fay this with the leaſt In-
tention to detract from the many Vir-
tues of that excellent King, whofe Cha-
racter I am fenfible will on this account
be very much leffened in the opinion of
an Engliſh reader: But, I take this De-
fect among them to have rifen from their
Ignorance, they not having hitherto re-
duced Politicks into a Science, as the
more acute Wits of Europe have done.
For, I remember very well, in a Dif
courſe one day with the King, when I
happened to ſay there were feveral Thou-
fand Books among us written upon the
Art of Government, it gave him (direct-
ly contrary to my intention) a very
mean opinion of our Understandings.
He profeffed both to abominate and de-
fpife all Mystery, Refinement, and In-
trigue, either in a Prince or a Minifter.
He could not tell what I meant by Se-
crets of State, where an Enemy or fome
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rival Nation were not in the Cafe.
confined the Knowledge of governing
within very narrow Bounds; to com-
mon Senſe and Reafon, to Juſtice and
Lenity, to the fpeedy Determination
of civil and criminal Cauſes; with fame
other obvious Topicks which are not
worth confidering. And, he gave it for
his Opinion, that whoever could make
Two Ears of Corn, or Two Blades of
Grafs to grow upon a Spot of ground
where only one grew before, would de-
ſerve better of Mankind, and do more ef
ſential Service to his Countrey than the
whole Race of Politicians put together.
THE Learning of this people is very
defective, confifting only in Morality,
Hiftory, Poetry and Mathematicks,where-
in they muſt be allowed to excel. But,
the laſt of theſe is wholly applied to what
may be uſeful in life, to the improve-
ment of Agriculture and all mechanical
Arts; fo that among us it would be little
efteemed. And as to Ideas, Entities, Ab-
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never drive the leaſt Conception into
their heads.
No Law of that Countrey muft exceed
in Words the number of Letters in their
Alphabet, which confifts only in Two
and twenty. But indeed, few of them
extend even to that Length. They are
expreſſed in the most plain and fimple
terms, wherein thoſe People are not
mercurial enough to diſcover above one
Interpretation. And to write a Com-
ment upon any Law is a capital Crime.
As to the Decifion of civil Cauſes, or
Proceedings againſt Criminals, their Pre-
cedents are ſo few, that they have little
reaſon to boaſt of any extraordinary Skill
in either.
THEY have had the Art of Printing,
as well as the Chinese, time out of
mind. But their Libraries are not very
large; for that of the King's, which is
reckoned the biggeft, doth not amount to
above
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ábove a Thouſand Volumes, placed in a
Gallery of Twelve hundred foot long,
from whence I had liberty to borrow
what books I pleaſed. The Queen's
Joyner had contrived in one of Glum-
dalclitch's rooms a kind of wooden
Machine Five and twenty foot high,
formed like a ſtanding Ladder, the Steps
were each Fifty foot long: It was indeed
a moveable pair of Stairs, the loweſt end
placed at Ten foot diſtance from the
Wall of the Chamber. The book I had
a mind to read was put up leaning a-
gainſt the Wall. I first mounted to the
upper Step of the Ladder, and turning
face towards the Book, began at the
my
top of the Page, and fo walking to the
Right and Left about Eight or Ten paces
according to the Length of the lines, till
I had gotten a little below the level of
mine eyes, and then defcending gradu-
ally till I came to the bottom: After
which I mounted again, and began the
other Page in the fame manner, and
fo turned over the leaf, which I could
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cafily do with both my hands, for it was
as thick and ſtiff as a Paft-board, and in
the largeſt Folio's not above Eighteen
or Twenty foot long.
THEIR Stile is clear, maſculine, and
ſmooth, but not florid, for they avoid
nothing more than multiplying unnecef-
fary Words, or uſing various Expreffions.
I have peruſed many of their Books,
eſpecially thoſe in Hiftory and Morali-
ty. Among the reft, I was much divert-
ed with a little old Treatife, which al-
ways lay in Glumdalclitch's Bed-cham-
ber, and belonged to her Governeſs, a
grave elderly Gentlewoman, who dealt
in Writings of Morality and Devotion.
The Book treats of the Weakneſs of
Human kind, and is in little eſteem ex-
cept among the Women and the Vul-
gar. However, I was curious to fee
what an Author of that Countrey could
fay upon fuch a Subject. This Writer
went through all the ufual Topicks of
European Moralifts, fhewing how dimi-
nutive,
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nutive, contemptible, and helpleſs an
Animal was Man in his own nature;
how unable to defend himſelf from the
Inclemencies of the Air, or the Fury of
wild Beafts. How much he was excel-
led by one Creature in Strength, by an-
other in Speed, by a third in Forefight,
by a fourth in Induftry. He added, that
Nature was degenerated in theſe latter
declining Ages of the world, and could
now produce only ſmall abortive Births
in compariſon of thofe in ancient
times. He faid it was very reaſonable
to think, not only that the Species of
Men were originally much larger, but
alſo that there must have been Giants in
former ages, which, as it is afferted by
Hiſtory and Tradition, ſo it hath been
confirmed by huge Bones and Sculls ca-
fually dug up in feveral parts of the
Kingdom, far exceeding the common
dwindled Race of Man in our days. He
argued, that the very Laws of Nature
abfolutely required we ſhould have been
made in the beginning, of a fize more
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large and robuſt, not fo liable to Deftru
Єtion from every little Accident of a Tile
falling from an Houſe, or a Stone caſt
from the Hand of a Boy, or of being
drowned in a little Brook. From this
way of Reaſoning the Author drew
feveral more Applications uſeful in the
Conduct of life, but needlefs here to
repeat. For my own part, I could not
avoid reflecting how univerfally this Ta-
lent was ſpread of drawing Lectures in
Morality, or indeed rather matter of
Diſcontent and Repining from the Quar-
rels we raiſe with Nature. And, I be-
lieve upon a ftri&t Enquiry, thoſe Quar-
rels might be ſhewn as ill-grounded a-
mong us, as they are among that People.
As to their military Affairs, they boaſt
that the King's Army confifts of an Hun-
dred and Seventy fix thouſand foot, and
Thirty two thouſand Horfe: If that may
be called an Army which is made up
of Tradefmen in the feveral Cities, and
Farmers in the Countrey, whofe Com-
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manders are only the Nobility and Gen-
try without Pay or Reward. They are
indeed perfect enough in their Exerciſes,
and under very good Difcipline, where-
in I faw no great Merit; for, how
fhould it be otherwiſe, where every Far-
mer is under the Command of his own
Landlord, and every Citizen under that
of the principal Men in his own City,
choſen after the manner of Venice by
Ballot?
I have often ſeen the Militia of Lor-
brulgrud drawn out to Exercife in a
great Field near the City, of Twenty
miles fquare. They were in all not a-
bove Twenty five thousand Foot, and Six
thouſand Horſe; but it was impoffible
for me to compute their Number, con-
fidering the ſpace of Ground they took
up. A Cavalier mounted on a large Steed
might be about an Hundred foot high.
I have ſeen this whole Body of Horſe
upon a Word of Command draw their
Swords at once, and brandiſh them in
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the Air. Imagination can figure nothing
fo grand, fo furprifing, and fo aftonifh-
ing. It looked as if Ten thouſand Flaſh-
es of Lightning were darting at the fame
time from every Quarter of the Sky.
I was curious to know how this Prince,
to whoſe Dominion there is no accefs
from any other Countrey, came to think
of Armies, or to teach his People the
practice of military Difcipline. But I
was foon informed, both by Conver-
fation, and reading their Hiftories. For,
in the Courſe of many ages they have
been troubled with the fame Difeafe to
which fo many other Governments are
fubject; the Nobility often contending
for Power, the People for Liberty, and
the King for abfolute Dominion. All
which, however happily tempered
by the Laws of the Kingdom, have
been fometimes violated Cach of the
Three Parties, and have once or more
occafioned Civil Wars, the laft whereof
was happily put an end to by this Prince's
Grandfather
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The King and Queen make a Progress
to the Frontiers. The Author attends
them. The manner in which he leaves
the Countrey very particularly related.
He returns to England.
I
HAD always a ſtrong impulſe
that I ſhould ſometime recover
my Liberty, though it was
impoffible to conjecture by what means,
or to form any Project with the leaft
hope of fucceeding. The Ship in which
I failed was the firft ever known to be
driven within fight of that Coaſt, and
the King had given ftri&t Orders, that if
at any time another appeared, it ſhould
be taken afhore, and with all its Crew
and Paffengers brought in a Tumbril
to Lorbrulgrud. He was ftrongly bent
to get me a Woman of my own fize,
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by whom I might propagate the Breed:
But I think I fhould rather have died
than undergone the Difgrace of leaving
a Pofterity to be kept in cages like tame
Canary Birds, and perhaps in time fold
about the kingdom to Perfons of Qua-
lity for Curiofities. I was indeed treat-
ed with much kindneſs; I was the Fa-
vourite of a great King and Queen, and
the Delight of the whole Court, but it
was upon fuch a foot as ill became the
Dignity of Human kind. I could never
forget thoſe domeſtick Pledges I had left
behind me. I wanted to be among Peo-
ple with whom I could converfe upon
even terms, and walk about the Streets
and Fields without fear of being trod
to death like a Frog or a young Puppy.
But, my Deliverance came fooner than
I expected, and in a manner not very
common: The whole Story and Cir-
cumſtances of which I fhall faithfully
relate.
I had now been Two years in this
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Countrey; and, about the beginning of
the Third, Glumdalclitch and I attended
the King and Queen in a Progreſs to the
South Coaft of the Kingdom. I was
carried as uſual in my Travelling-Box,
which, as I have already defcribed, was
a very convenient Cloſet of Twelve foot
wide. And, I had ordered a Hammock
to be fixed by filken ropes from the
Four corners at the top, to break the
Jolts, when a Servant carried me before
him on horseback, as I fometimes de-
fired, and would often fleep in my Ham-
mock while we were upon the road.
On the Roof of my Cloſet, not directly
over the middle of the Hammock, I or-
dered the Joyner to cut out a Hole of a
Foot fquare to give me air in hot wea-
ther as I flept, which Hole I fhut at
pleaſure with a Board that drew back-
wards and forwards through a Groove.
WHEN We came to our Journey's end,
the King thought proper to pass a few
days at a Palace he hath near Flanflafnic,
a City
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a City within Eighteen English miles
of the Sea-fide. Glumdalclitch and I
were much fatigued; I had gotten a
fmall Cold, but the poor Girl was fo
ill as to be confined to her chamber. I
longed to ſee the Ocean, which muſt be
the only Scene of my Eſcape, if ever it
fhould happen. I pretended to be worſe
than I really was, and defired leave to
take the fresh air of the Sea, with a
Page whom I was very fond of, and who
had fometimes been trufted with me. I
ſhall never forget with what Unwilling
nefs Glumdalclitch conſented, nor the
ftrict Charge ſhe gave the Page to be
careful of me, burſting at the fame time
into a flood of tears, as if ſhe had ſome
foreboding of what was to happen. The
Boy took me out in my Box about Half
an hour's walk from the Palace towards
the Rocks on the Sea-fhore. I ordered
him to ſet me down, and lifting up one
of my Saſhes, caft many a wiftful me-
lancholy look towards the Sea. I found
myſelf not very well, and told the Page
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that I had a mind to take a nap in my
Hammock, which I hoped would do me
good. I got in, and the Boy fhut the
Window cloſe down to keep out the
Cold. I foon fell aſleep, and all I can
conjecture is, that while I flept, the Page
thinking no danger could happen, went
among the Rocks to look for Birds-eggs,
having before obſerved him from my
window fearching about, and picking
up One or Two in the Clefts. Be that
as it will, I found myſelf ſuddenly a-
waked with a violent Pull upon the Ring
which was faftned at the top of my Box
for the conveniency of carriage. I felt
my Box raiſed very high in the air, and
then born forward with prodigious ſpeed.
The first Jolt had like to have ſhaken me
out of my Hammock, but afterwards the
Motion was eaſy enough. I called out
feveral times as loud as I could raiſe
my voice, but all to no purpoſe. I look-
ed towards my Windows, and could fee
nothing but the Clouds and Sky. I heard
a noiſe juſt over my head like the clap-
ping
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ping of Wings, and then began to per-
ceive the woful condition I was in;
that fome Eagle had got the Ring of my
Box in his Beak, with an intent to let
it fall on a Rock like a Tortoife in a
Shell, and then pick out my Body and
devour it. For the Sagacity and Smell
of this Bird enable him to diſcover his
Quarry at a great diſtance, though better
concealed than I could be within a Two
inch Board.
IN a little time I obferved the noiſe
and flutter of Wings to encreaſe very
faſt, and my Box was toffed up and down
like a Sign-poft in a windy day. I heard
feveral Bangs or Buffets, as I thought,
given to the Eagle (for fuch I am cer-
tain it muſt have been that held the Ring
of my Box in his Beak) and then all
on a fudden felt myfelf falling perpen-
dicularly down for above a Minute, but
with fuch incredible Swiftneſs that I al-
moſt loſt my Breath. My Fall was ſtopped
by aterribleSquaſh,that founded louder to
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mine ears than the Cataract of Niagara;
after which I was quite in the dark for
another Minute, and then my Box began
to rife fo high that I could fee Light
from the tops of my Windows. I now
perceived that I was fallen into the Sea.
My Box, by the weight of my Body, the
Goods that were in, and the broad Plates
of Iron fixed for ftrength at the Four
corners of the top and bottom, floated
about Five foot deep in water. I did
then, and do now fuppofe that the Eagle
which flew away with my Box was pur-
fued by Two or Three others, and forced
to let me drop while he was defending
himſelf againſt the reft, who hoped to
fhare in the Prey. The Plates of Iron
faftned at the bottom of the Box (for
thoſe were the ſtrongeſt) preſerved the
Balance while it fell, and hindred it
from being broken on the furface of
the water. Every joint of it was well
grooved, and the Door did not move
ọn Hinges, but up and down like a Saſh,
which kept my Cloſet ſo tight that very
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little Water came in. I got with much
difficulty out of my Hammock, having
firft ventured to draw back the Slip-
board on the Roof already mentioned,
contrived on purpofe to let in Air, for
want of which I found myſelf almoft
ftifled.
How often did I then wifh myfelf
with my dear Glumdalclitch, from whom
one fingle Hour had fo far divided me!
And I may ſay with truth, that in the
midst of my own misfortunes I could
not forbear lamenting my poor Nurſe,
the Grief ſhe would fuffer for my lofs,
the Diſpleaſure of the Queen, and the
Ruin of her Fortune. Perhaps many Tra-
vellers have not been under greater Dif-
ficulties and Diftrefs than I was at this
juncture, expecting every moment to fee
my Box daſhed in pieces, or at leaft over-
fet by the first violent Blaft, or a rifing
Wave. A Breach in one fingle Pane of
Glaſs would have been immediate Death:
Nor could any thing have preferved the
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Windows but the ftrong Lettice Wires
placed on the outſide againſt accidents
in travelling. I faw the Water ooze in
at ſeveral Crannies, although the Leaks
were not confiderable, and I endeavour-
ed to stop them as well as I could. I
was not able to lift up the Roof of my
Clofer, which otherwife I certainly
fhould have done and fate on the top
of it, where I might at leaſt preſerve
myſelf ſome hours longer than by being
fhut up, as I may call it, in the Hold.
Or, if I escaped theſe Dangers for a day
or two, what could I expect but a mi-
ferable Death of Cold and Hunger! I
was Four hours under theſe circumftan-
ces, expecting and indeed wiſhing every
moment to be my laſt.
I have already told the Reader, that
there were Twoftrong Staples fixed upon
that fide of my Box which had no Win-
dow,and into which the Servant who uſed
to carry me on horfeback would put a lea-
thern Belt, and buckle it about his Wafte.
...
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Being in this difconfolate ftate, I heard or
at leaſt thought I heard fome kind of gra-
ting noiſe on that fide of my Box where
the Staples were fixed, and foon after I
began to fanfy that the Box was pulled,
or towed along in the Sea; for I now
and then felt a fort of tugging which
made the Waves rife near the tops of
my Windows, leaving me almoſt in the
dark. This gave me fome faint hopes
of Relief, although I was not able to
imagine how it could be brought about.
I ventured to unſcrew one of my Chairs,
which were always faftned to the Floor;
and having made a hard ſhift to ſcrew
it down again directly under the Slip-
ping-board that I had lately opened, I
mounted on the Chair, and putting my
mouth as near as I could to the hole,
I called for help in a loud voice, and
in all the languages I underſtood. I
then faftned my Handkerchief to a Stick
I uſually carried, and thruſting it up the
Hole, waved it ſeveral times in the air,
that if any Boat or fhip were near, the
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Seamen might conjecture fome unhappy
Mortal to be ſhut up in this Box.
I found no effect from all I could do,
but plainly perceived my Cloſet to be
moved along; and in the ſpace of an
Hour or better, that fide of the Box
where the Staples were, and had no
Window, ftruck againſt fomething that
was hard: I apprehended it to be a Rock,
and found myſelf toffed more than ever.
I plainly heard a Noiſe upon the Cover
of my Cloſet, like that of a Cable, and
the grating of it as it paffed through
the Ring. I then found myſelf hoiſt-
ed up by degrees at leaft Three Foot
higher than I was before. Whereupon,
I again thruſt up my Stick and Hand
kerchief, calling for help till I was al-
moft hoarfe. In return to which, I
heard a great Shout repeated Three
times, giving me fuch Tranfports of joy
as are not to be conceived but by thofe
who feel them. I now heard a tramp-
ling over my head, and fomebody cal
ling
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ling through the Hole with a loud voice
in the Engliſh Tongue; if there be any
body below let them fpeak. I anſwer-
ed, I was an Englishman, drawn by ill
fortune into the greateft Calamity that
ever any creature underwent, and beg-
ged, by all that is moving, to be de-
livered out of the Dungeon I was in.
The Voice replied, I was fafe, for my
Box was faftned to their Ship; and the
Carpenter fhould immediately come,
and faw an hole in the Cover, large e-
nough to pull me out. I anſwer'd, that
was needlefs, and would take up too
much time, for there was no more to
be done, but let one of the Crew put
his Finger into the Ring, and take the
Box out of the Sea into the Ship, and fo
into the Captain's Cabbin. Some of
them upon hearing me talk fo wildly
thought I was mad; others laughed;
for indeed it never came into my head
that I was now got among People of my
own Stature and Strength. The Car-
penter came, and in a few minutes faw-
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ed a Paffage about Four foot ſquare, then
let down a ſmall Ladder, upon which
I mounted, and from thence was taken
into the Ship in a very weak condi-
tion.
THE Sailors were all in amazement,
and asked me a Thouſand Queſtions,
which I had no inclination to anſwer.
I was equally confounded at the Sight
of ſo many Pigmies, for fuch I took
them to be, after having fo long accuſtom-
ed mine eyes to the monftrous Objects
I had left. But the Captain, Mr. Tho-
mas Wilcocks, an honeſt worthy Shrop-
fhireman, obferving I was ready to faint,
took me into his Cabbin, gave me a Cor-
dial to comfort me, and made me turn
in upon his own bed, adviſing me to take
a little reſt, of which I had great need.
Before I went to fleep I gave him to un-
derſtand that I had fome valuable Fur-
niture in my Box too good to be loft;
a fine Hammock, an handſome Field-
Bed, two Chairs, a Table and a Cabinet:
That
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:
That my Cloſet was hung on all fides,
or rather quilted with Silk and Cotton:
That if he would let one of the Crew
bring my Cloſet into his Cabbin, I would
open it there before him, and fhew him
my Goods. The Captain hearing me
utter theſe Abfurdities, concluded I was
raving: However, (I fuppofe to paci-
fy me) he promiſed to give order as I
defired, and going upon Deck fent fome
of his men down into my Cloſet, from
whence (as I afterwards found) they
drew up all my Goods, and ftripped off
the Quilting; but the Chairs, Cabinet
and Bed-ſted being ſcrewed to the floor,
were much damaged by the Ignorance of
the Seamen, who tore them up by force.
Then they knocked off fome of the
Boards for the uſe of the Ship, and
when they had got all they had a mind
for, let the Hulk drop into the Sea, which
by reaſon of many Breaches made in the
bottom and fides, funk to rights. And
indeed I was glad not to have been a
Spectator of the Havock they made; be-
caufe
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cauſe I am confident it would have fen-
fibly touched me, by bringing former
Paffages into my mind, which I had ra
ther forget.
I SLEPT fome hours, but perpetual-
ly disturbed with Dreams of the Place
I had left, and the Dangers I had efca-.
ped. However, upon waking I found my
ſelf much recovered. It was now about
Eight a clock at night, and the Captain
ordered Supper immediately, thinking I
had already fafted too long. He enter-
tained me with great kindneſs, obſerv-
ing me not to look wildly, or talk in-
confiftently; and when we were left a-
lone, defired I would give him a rela-
tion of my Travels, and by what acci-
dent I came to be fet adrift in that mon-
ftrous wooden Cheft. He faid, that a-
bout Twelve a clock at noon, as he
was looking through his Glafs, he fpied
it at a diſtance, and thought it was a
Sail, which he had a mind to make, be-
ing not much out of his courfe, in
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hopes of buying fome Biſcuit, his own
beginning to fall fhort. That upon
coming nearer, and finding his error,
he fent out his Long-boat to diſcover
what I was; that his Men came back
in a fright, fwearing they had ſeen a
ſwimming Houſe. That he laughed at
their Folly, and went himſelf in the
Boat, ordering his men to take a ſtrong
Cable along with them. That the Wea-
ther being calm, he rowed round me
feveral times, obferved my Windows,
and the wire Lettices that defended them.
That he diſcovered two Staples upon one
fide, which was all of Boards, with-
out any paffage for Light. He then com-
manded his men to row up to that fide,
and faſtning a Cable to one of the Sta-
ples, ordered them to tow my Cheft (as
he called it) towards the Ships. When
it was there, he gave directions to faften
another Cable to the Ring fixed in the
Cover, and to raiſe up my Cheft with
Pullies, which all the Sailors were not
able to do above Two or Three foot. He
faid,
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​faid, they faw my Stick and Handker-
chief thruſt out of the Hole, and con-
cluded, that ſome unhappy Men muſt be
ſhut up in the Cavity. I asked whether
he or the Crew had ſeen any prodigi-
ous Birds in the Air about the time he
firft diſcovered me. To which he an-
fwered, that difcourfing this matter with
the Sailors while I was afleep, one of
them faid, he had obferved Three Eagles
flying towards the North, but remarked
nothing of their being larger than the
ufual Size, which I fuppofe must be impu-
ted to the great Height they were at; and
could not gueſs the reafon of my Que-
ftion. I then asked the Captain how far
he reckon❜d we might be from Land; he
faid, by the beſt computation he could
make, we were at leaft an Hundred
Leagues. I affured him, that he muſt
be miſtaken by almoft Half, for I had
not left the Countrey from whence I
came above Two hours before I dropt
into the Sea. Whereupon he began a-
gain to think that my brain was difturb-
ed,
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ed, of which he gave me a hint, and
adviſed me to go to bed in a Cabbin he
had provided. I affured him I was well
refreſhed with his good Entertainment
and Company, and as much in my
fenſes as ever I was in my life. He
then grew ferious, and defired to ask me
freely whether I were not troubled in
mind by the Conſciouſneſs of fome enor-
mous Crime, for which I was puniſhed
at the Command of fome Prince, by ex-
pofing me in that Cheft, as great Cri-
minals in other Countries have been
forced to Sea in a leaky Veffel without
Provifions: For, although he ſhould be
forry to have taken ſo ill a man into his
Ship, yet he would engage his word to
ſet me ſafe on fhore in the firſt Port
where we arrived. He added, that his
Suſpicions were much increaſed by fome
very abfurd Speeches I had delivered at
firſt to the Sailors, and afterwards to
himſelf, in relation to my Cloſet or
Cheft, as well as by my odd Looks and
Behaviour while I was at fupper.
VOL. I.
X
I beg-
s
Je smell!
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I begged his patience to hear me tell
my Story, which I faithfully did from the
laft time I left England to the moment
he firſt diſcovered me. And, as Truth
always forceth its way into rational
minds; fo, this honeft worthy Gentle-
man, who had fome tincture of Learn-
ing, and very good Senfe, was imme-
diately convinced of my Candor and Ve-
racity. But further to confirm all I had
faid, I entreated him to give order that
my Cabinet ſhould be brought, of which
I had the Key in my Pocket (for he
had already informed me how the Sea-
men difpofed of my Clofet) I opened
it in his preſence, and fhewed him the
fmall Collection of Rarities I made in
the Countrey from whence I had been
fo ftrangely delivered. There was the
Comb I had contrived out of the Stumps
of the King's Beard, and another of the
fame Material, but fixed into a paring
of her Majefty's Thumb-nail, which
ferved for the Back. There was a col.
lection
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lection of Needles and Pins from a Foot
to Half a yard long. Four Wafp Stings,
like Joyner's Tacks: Some Combings of
the Queen's Hair: A gold Ring which
one day ſhe made me a Preſent of in a
moſt obliging manner, taking it from
her Little finger, and throwing it over
my Head like a Collar. I defired the
Captain would pleaſe to accept this
Ring in return of his Civilities, which
he abſolutely refufed. I fhewed him a
Corn that I had cut off with my own
hand from a maid of Honour's Toe, it
was about the bigneſs of a Kentiſh Pip-
pin, and grown fo hard, that when I
returned to England, I got it hollowed
into a Cup and fet in Silver. Laftly,
I defired him to fee the Breeches I had
then on, which were made of a Mouſe's
Skin.
I could force nothing on him but
a Footman's Tooth, which I obferved
him to examine with great Curioſity,
and found he had a fancy for it. He
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received
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received it with abundance of thanks,
more than fuch a Trifle could deſerve.
It was drawn by an unskilful Surgeon in
a miſtake from one of Glumdalclitch's
Men, who was afflicted with the Tooth-
ach, but it was as found as any in his
head. I got it cleaned, and put it into
my Cabinet. It was about a Foot long,
and Four inches in Diameter.
THE Captain was very well fatisfied
with this plain Relation I had given
him; and faid, he hoped when we re-
turned to England, I would oblige the
World by putting it in Paper, and mak-
ing it publick. My Anfwer was, that
I thought we were already over-ftocked
with Books of Travels: That nothing
could now pass which was not extraor
dinary, wherein I doubted fome Authors
lefs confulted Truth than their own
Vanity or Intereft, or the Diverfion of
ignorant Readers. That my Story could
contain little befides common Events,
without thoſe ornamental Defcriptions
of
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of ſtrange Plants, Trees, Birds, and other
Animals, or of the barbarous Cuſtoms
and Idolatry of favage People, with
which moſt Writers abound. However,
I thanked him for his good Opinion,
and promiſed to take the matter into
my thoughts.
He ſaid he wondered at one thing
very much, which was to hear me
ſpeak fo loud, asking me whether the
King or Queen of that Countrey were
thick of hearing. I told him it was
what I had been uſed to for above
Two Years paft, and that I admired as
much at the Voices of him and his
men, who ſeemed to me only to whif
per, and yet I could hear them well e-
nough. But, when I ſpoke in that
Countrey, it was like a man talking in
the Street to another looking out from
the top of a Steeple, unleſs when I was
placed on a Table, or held in any Per-
fon's Hand. Itold him I had likewiſe ob-
ſerved another thing, that when I first got
into
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into the Ship, and the Sailors ftood all
about me, I thought they were the moſt
little contemptible Creatures I had ever
beheld. For, indeed, while I was in
that Prince's Countrey, I could never en-
dure to look in a Glaſs after mine eyes
had been accuſtomed to fuch prodigious
objects, becauſe the compariſon gave
me ſo deſpicable a conceit of myſelf.
The Captain faid, that while we were
at fupper, he obſerved me to look at
every thing with a fort of wonder,
and that I often feemed hardly able to
contain my laughter, which he knew
not well how to take, but imputed it
to fome Diſorder in my brain. I an-
fwered, it was very true, and I wonder.
ed how I could forbear, when I faw
his Diſhes of the fize of a filver Three-
pence, a Leg of Pork hardly a Mouth,
ful, a Cup not fo big as a Nut-fhell:
and ſo I went on, defcribing the reft of
his Houfhold-ftuff and Provifions after
the fame manner. For although the
Queen had ordered a little Equipage of
all
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all things neceffary for me while I was in
her ſervice, yet my Ideas were wholly
taken up with what I faw on every fide
of me, and I winked at my own Little-
nefs as People do at their own Faults.
The Captain underſtood my Raillery very
well, and merrily replied with the old
English Proverb, that he doubted mine
Eyes were bigger than my Belly, for he
did not obferve my Stomach fo good, al-
though I had fafted all day; and conti-
nuing in his mirth, proteſted he would
have gladly given an Hundred Pounds to
have ſeen my Cloſet in the Eagle's Bill,
and afterwards in its Fall from fo great
an height into the Sea; which would
certainly have been a moſt aſtoniſhing
object, worthy to have the Deſcription
of it tranfmitted to future ages: And
the Compariſon of Phaeton was fo ob-
vious, that he could not forbear applying
it, although I did not much admire the
Conceit.
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THE Captain having been at Tonquin,
was
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was in his return to England driven North
eastward to the Latitude of 44 Degrees,
and of Longitude 143. But meeting a
Trade Wind Two days after I came on
board him, we failed Southward a long.
time, and coafting New-Holland kept our
Courſe Weft-fouth-weft, and then South-
fouth-west till we doubled the Cape of
Good-hope. Our Voyage was very pro-
fperous, but I fhall not trouble the rea-
der with a Journal of it. The Captain
called in at One or Two Ports and fent
in his Long-boat for Proviſions and freſh
Water, but I never went out of the Ship
till we came into the Downs, which was
on the 3d Day of June 1706, about
Nine months after my Eſcape. I offered
to leave my Goods in fecurity for pays
ment of my Freight; but the Captain
proteſted he would not receive One Far-
thing. We took kind leave of each other,
and I made him promiſe he would come
to ſee me at my Houſe in Redriff. I hired
a Horſe and Guide for Five Shillings,
which I borrowed of the Captain.
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OFW
As I was on the road, obferving the
Littleneſs of the Houfes, the Trees, the
Cattle and the People, I began to think
myſelf in Lilliput. I was afraid of tram-
pling on every Traveller I met, and often
called aloud to have them ftand out of
the way, fo that I had like to have got-
ten One or Two broken Heads for my
Impertinence.
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WHEN I came to my own Hou
for which I was forced to enquire, one
of the Servants opening the Door, I bent
down to go in (like a Goofe under a Gate)
for fear of ftriking my Head. My Wife
ran out to embrace me, but I ftooped
lower than her Knees, thinking fhe could
otherwife never be able to reach my
Mouth. My Daughter kneeled to ask
me Bleffing, but I could not fee her till
The aroſe, having been fo long. uſed to
ftand with my Head and Eyes erect to a-
bove Sixty foot; and then I went to take
her up with One hand, by the Wafte. I
looked
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A VOYAGE,
looked down upon the Servants and One
or Two Friends who were in the Houſe,
as if they had been Pigmies, and I a
Giant. I told my Wife fhe had been too
thrifty, for I found the had ftarved her-
felf and her Daughter to nothing. In
fhort, I behaved myſelf fo unaccounta-
bly, that they were all of the Captain's
opinion when he firft faw me, and con-
cluded I had loft my Wits. This I men-
tion as an Inftance of the great Power of
Habit and Prejudice,
IN a little time I and my Family and
Friends came to a right underſtanding:
But my Wife protefted I ſhould never go
to Sea any more; although my evil Deſti-
ny fo ordered that ſhe had not Power to
hinder me, as the reader may know
hereafter. In the mean time I here con-
clude the Second Part of my unfortunate
Voyages.
The End of the Second Part.
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