d у LUULETA DWUPIMHL 1837 TE All the JURIINI ARTES SCIENTIA VERITAS LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN u v vrte TIENOR 智 ​$1 QUARIS PENINSULAM AMO NAM CIRCUMSPICE RY GIFT OF The REGENT LL HUBBARD HIIT 57LIELU ali! THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN GULLIVER, IN A VOY A G E To the ISLAND's of LILLIPUT and BROBDIGNAG. Abridged from the Works of The Celebrated DEAN SWIFT. ADORNED WITH CUTS. LONDON: Printed for E. NEWBERY, at the, Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard. (Price Six-pence.) Hubbard Imag.Joy. FE 3724 G8 179- at Rao. Regent 2. h. i hattaret, ๆ 2..9-1985 4 * ( 3 ) M CHAP. I. ſhort Account of Mr. Gulliver and his family; he is shipwrecked, caſt on fore in the Country of Lilliput, and made a Priſoner by the Natives. R. Lemuel Gulliver, was the third ſon of a gentlemanin Not- tinghamſhire; at the age of fourteen he was ſent to Emanuel College, Cam- bridge, where he ſtudied very cloſely for three years; but the charge of maintaining him being too great for his father's narrow fortune; he was bound apprentice to Mr. Batis, a ſur- geon in London. What little money he got he laid out in learning navia gation, and other parts of mathema- ticks, as he always fancied he ſhould be a great traveller. When his time was expired he left Mr. Baies; and A 2 ſtudied GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, ſtudied phyſic two years at Leyden, in Holland. Soon after his return from Leyden he was recommended to be furgeon to the Swallow, Capt. Abrahain Par- nell commander, with whom he made a voyage or two to the Levant, and other parts. He then reſolved to ſettle in London, and his old maſter, Mr. Bates, recommended him to ſeveral patients. He took a houſe in the Old Jcwry, and being adviſed to mar- ry, he elpoured Miſs Polly Burton, daughter of a hoſier in Newgate- Street, with whom he received a por- tion of four hundred pounds. But Mr. Bates dying in two years after, and Mr. Gulliver having few friends, his buſineſs fell off very much. And therefore, having conſulted his wile, he determined to go to ſea again. He was ſurgeou ſucceſlively in two 1 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. S two ſhips, and made ſeveral voyages to the Eaſt and Weſt Indies, by which he made fome addition to his fortune. The laſt of theſe voyages not prov- ing very fortunate, he grew weary of the ſea; and intending to ſtay at home with his wife and family, he firſt took a houſe in Fetter-Lane and after- wards in IV apping, hoping to get bu. fineſs among the failors; but this did not anſwer his expectations. After waiting in vain for three years, in hopes that things would mend, he accepted of an advantageous offer from Capt. Pritchard, of the Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Seas. They failed from Briſtol on the 4th of May, 1669. Their voyage was at firft very proſperous: till, leaving theſe feas, and ſteering their courſe towards the Eaft Indies, they were driven by a ſtorm to the northward A3 of GULLIVER'S TRAVELS 1 of Van Diemen's land. Twelve of the crew were dead by hard labour and bad food, and the reſt were in a ver in the sth of November , (the be- ginning of ſummer in thoſe parts) the weather being hazy, they eſpied a rock within a cable's length of the ſhip, and the wind being ſtrong, they immediately ſplit upon it. Mr. Gulli ver, and five of the crew, heaved out. the boat, and made a ſhift to get clear of the fhip and the rock. They row. ed till they could work no longer ; and then, truſting to the mercy of the waves, in about half an hour the boat was overſet by a ſudden ſquall from the north. What became of the other ſeamen Mr. Gulliver knew not; but he ſwam with wind and țide, and of ten in vain let his legs drop in hopes of feeling the bottom; at lalt when he -- . was 1 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 7) was almoſt ready to expire, he found himſelf within his depth. And the ſtorm being greatly abated, he walked above a mile before he reached the ſhore; he then advanced near half a mile up the country, but could not diſcover either houſes or inhabitants. He laid down on the graſs, which was very ſhort and foft, and Tept a- bout nine hours. He'awaked juſt at day-break, and upon attempting to riſe, he found that he could not Itir; for, as he laid on his back, he found his arms and legs faſtened to the ground, and his hair, which was long and thick, tied in the ſame manner. In a little time he felt ſomething alive moving on his left leg, which ad. vanced almoſt up to his chin, when bending his eyes downwards, he per- ceived it to be a human creature not fix inches high, with a bow and ar- A4 TOW " 8 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. R. H. row in his hand, and a quiver at his back. He then féltăticaſt forty more following the firſt; and being greatly aftoniſhed, he roared ſo loud, -that they all ran back in a fright; and ſome of them broke their limbs by leaping from his ſides to the ground. They ſoon after returned; and one of them, who ventured to get a full fight of his face, with the greateſt af tonishment GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. tonilhment cried out Hekinah Degul, He did not underſtand their lan- guage, and by often ſtruggling to get looſe, he at laſt wrenched out the pegs and ſtrings by which he was faſtened to the ground, and ſo far releaſed his hair, that he could turn his head fide- ways, upon which the creatures ran off a ſecond time, with a great ſhout. Soon after one of them cried aloud, Tolgo Phonac; when inſtantly Mr. Gulliver perceived ſome hundreds of arrows diſcharged upon his hands and face, which pricked him like fo many needles, and gave him ſo much pain, that he ſtrove again to get looſe; ſome of them attempted to ſtab him in the ſide with their ſpears, but they could not pierce his buff waiſtcoat. When the people obſerved that he laid quiet, they diſcharged no more arrows. He ſaw them buſy.in erecling IO GULLIVER'S' TRAVELS. erecting a ſtage at a little diſtance, about a foot and a half high, which they had no rooner finiſhed, than four of them aſcended it by a, lad- der. One of them, who ſeemed to be a perſon of quality, was taller than thoſe who attended him, one of whom held up his train, and was about four inches high. He cried out three times Langro Debul San; on which they cut the ſtrings that bound the left ſide of his head. The little mo, narch made an oration, not one word of which Mr. Gulliver could under- ſtard; he obſerved; however, many ſigns of threatening, and others of promiſes, pity, and kindneſs, and he anſwered by motions of ſubmiſſion and friendſhip. Being almoſt familh- ed with hunger, he put his finger fre- quently to his mouth, to ſignify to them that he wanted food. The Hur, go 1 QULLIVER'S TRAVELS. It go (for ſo they call a great lord) un- derſtood him very well; he deſcend, ed from the ſtage, and ordered fevem ral ladders to be placed againft Mr. Gulliver's fides, by which above a hundred of the people mounted, and walked towards his mguth, laden with baſkets of meat; there were ſhoulders, legs, and loins, ſhaped like thoſe of mutton, but ſmaller than the wings of a lark. He eat two or threc of them aç a mouthful, and took three of the loaves (which were as big as a muf, ket bullet) at a time. The inhabit- ants were aſtoniſhed af, his bulk and appetite; and on his making a ſign for drink, they flung up one of their largeſt hogſheads, rolled it towards his hand, and beat out the top. He drank it off at a draught, for it did not hold half a pint, and taſted like Burç gundy. They afterwards brought ? ſecond I2 GULLITER'S TRAVELS. ſecond hogſhead, which he alſo di Ico patched; and, calling for more, found they had no more to give him.- When he had done there wonders they ſhouted for joy, and after warn- ing the people on the ground, the king deſired he would throw the empty barrels as far as he could; and when they ſaw the veſſels; in the air, there was an univerſal ſhout of Heki nab Degul. Mr. Gulliver could not help won- dering at the intrepidity of theſc di- minutive mortals, who ventured to mount and walk upon his body, while one of his hands was at liber- ty, without trembling at the fight of ſo prodigious a creature as he muſt appear to them. After ſome time, an ambaſſador from the king appear- ed before him, who, producing his .credentials under the royal feal, Ipoke about 14 4 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 3:3 由 ​about ten minutes without any fign of anger, and yet with great refolu. tions pointing often towards the me- tropolis, which was diſtant about half a mile, whither it was his Majeſty's pleaſure that he ſhould be conveyed. Mr. Gulliver made ſigns that he fhould be glad to be releaſed; and the ambaſſador underſtood very well what he meant, for he ſhook his head, by way of diſapprobation, and ſignified that he muſt be carried as a priſoner; he therefore gave tokens that they might do what they would with him; whereupon tủe Hurgo and his train withdrew with chear ful countenances. Soon after the people ſhouted out Peplom Selau, and he felt the cords ſo far relaxed that he was able to turn upon his right ſide. They then rubbed his hands and face with an ointment which took 1 14 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. took off the ſmart of their arrows, and this circumſtance, added to the plentiful meal he had made, cauſed him to fall faſt aſleep. The natives of Lilliput are excel. lent mathematicians and mecha. nicks; and the king immediately ſet five hundred carpenters to work, to prepare an engine by which he might be conveyed to the capital. It was a wooden frame, three inches high, ſeven feet long, and four broad, and moved upon twenty-two wheels. It was brought cloſe to Mr. Gulli- ver's ſide as he laid. To raiſe ſo immenſe a creature upon this ve- hicle, eighty poles each of a foot high were erected, and very ſtrong ropes, of the bigneſs of packthread, were faſtened by hooks to ſo many bandages which the workmen had girt round his neck, hands, body, and legs. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 15 legs. Nine hundred of the ſtrongeſt men were employed to draw up theſe cords, by pullies faſtened on the poles, and in a few hours, he was raiſed, and ſlung into the engine, and tied down. All this Mr. Gulliver was told afterwards, for, while the whole operation was performing, he laid faſt aſleep, by the force of a medicine that had been purpoſely infuſed in the wine he had drank. Fifteen hundred ſtrong horſes, about four inches and a half high, were yoked to the machine, and had much ado to drag it along. They made a long march this day, and Mr. Gulliver was guarded in the night by five thoufand men on each fide, one half of them with torches, and the other half with bows and arrows, ready to ſhoot him if he offered to ftir. Early the next morning they continued their 16 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. their march, and at noon arrived with- in two hundred yards of the city gates. The carriage ſtopped near an old Temple, the largeſt in the kingdom, but which, on account of a murder having been committed therein, was never frequented. In this edifice it was . agreed Mr. Gulliver' ſhould lodge. The gate was four feet high 1 4 A + and 1 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 17 t fr and two feet wide, and on each ſide was four windows. To this temple he was faſtened by ninety-one chains, which were fixed to his leg with thirty-fix padlocks. Juſt oppoſite ſtood a famous turret, five feet high, to the top of which the Emperor and many lords aſcended, for the ſake of ſeeing ſo large a monfter: vaſt numbers of people came alſo up- on the ſame errand; and when the workmen found that they had tho- roughly ſecured him, they cut all the ſtrings with which he was bound, and upon his riſing upon his legs they thewed the greateſt marks of wonder and aſtoniſhment. B СНАР. ( 18 ) CH A P. II. M The Emperor viſits Mr. Gulliver, with other intereſting particulars. R Gulliver was no ſooner on his legs, than he was pleaſed at beholding the proſpect of the country, large fields of forty feet ſquare ; woods, at leaſt fixteen feet long; and tall trees, almoſt ſeven feet high; and the city on the left hand, which looked like the view of London in a raree-fhew. Thc GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 19 The Emperor having defcended from the tov?er, came forward, with the queen, and many ladies, to exa- mine Mr. Gulliver more minutely. He had ordered his cooks and butlers to prepare ten waggon loads of ineat and ten of wine; and he and his at- tendants fat at ſome diſtance to fee him dine. With regard to the Em- peror's perfon, he is taller by a quar- ter of an inch than any of his ſubjects, which is enough v ſtrike them all with awe. His dreſs was plain and fimple; but he wore a golden helmet on his head, adorned with jewels and a plume of feathers. He ſuffered Gulliver to take him up into the palm of his hand, after having drawn his ſword to defend himſelf if he ſhould not be uſed kindly. The Emperor ſpoke often to Mr. Gulliver, and Mr. Gulliver as often anſwered him, but B 2 20 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. all to no purpoſe, for they could not underſtand one another. When the court withdrew, he was left with a ſtrong guard, to prevent the imper- tinence of the rabble, many of whom, ſuppoſing he would devour all the victuals in the country, had the au- dacity to ſhoot their arrows at him ; but the colonel ordered fix of them to be feized, and delivered into his hards; they were immediately bound, and puſhed towards him; he placed them upon his right hand, and made a ſign as if he would eat them up alive; they were greatly affrighted, and ſqualled terribly when they late him take out his knife; but after. wards looking mildly, and cutting the ſtrings with which they were bound, he placed them gently on the ground, and away they ran as faſt as they were able. This mark of cle- mency I 牛 ​GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 21 mency was repreſented much to his adyantage at court. För a fortnight he laid upon the naked pavement of his houſe, which was ſmooth ſtone; during which time fix hundred beds were brought in car- riages, and worked up within the build- ing; one hundred and fifty were ſown, together in breadth and length; and theſe were, four double, which how- ever was barely fufficient to relieve. him from the hardneſs of the floor; and in the ſame manner alſo, he was provided with ſheets, blankets and coverlets. The Emperor, howeyer, had fre- quent councils concerning him; the court apprehended his breaking looſe, that his diet would be very expenſive, and might cauſe a famine. Some- times they determined to ſtarve him, or to ſhoot him in the face and hands B3 with 4 4 22 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. with poiſoned arrows; but again they foreſaw, that the ſtench of lo large a carcaſe might produce a plague in the land. In one of theſe conſultation's, an officer of the army went to the Council Chamber, and gave an ac- count of his behaviour to the ſix cri. minals juſt mentioned, which worked fo favourably on the mind of his Ma. jeſty, that he iſſued orders for all the villages within nine hundred yards round the city, to deliver in every morning fixbeeves, four ſheep, and a proper quantity of bread and wine for his ſubſiſtence for all which they were to be paid by the treaſury board. Six hundred doineſtics were alſo allowed him, upon board wages, who lived in tents on each ſide of the door of his houſe. Three hundred taylors were employed in making him a ſuit of cloaths, Six men of learning attendt ed GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 23 ed to teach him their language, and the Emperor's horſes and troops fre- quently exerciſed near him, to accuf- tom them to ſo huge a fight. He foon learnt enough of the language to ac- quaint the King of his great deſire of liberty, which he repeated on his knees; but the mighty monarch in- formed him that that requeſt could not be granted without the advice of council, and that he muſt lumos kela min peſo deſmar lon empoſo, that is, fwear peace with him and his kingdom; and further adviſed, that by his diſ- creet behaviour, he might obtain the good opinion of him and all his fub- jects. He next deſired that certain officers might ſearch him, for probably he might have weapons about him which were dangerous to the ſtate. To this Mr. Guliver conſented; he took the B 4 two 24 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. two officers in his hand, and put them firſt into one pocket and then into another. Theſe gentlemen fet down in writing every thing they found, and after putting them ſafely on the ground, they preſented the inventory to the Emperor, which was as follows. In the right-hand coat pocket, we found a large piece of coarſe cloth, large enough for a floor-cloth to the 1+ 1 chamber GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 25 chamber of ſtate. In the left pocket, a ſilver cheſt with a cover of the ſame metal; we deſired to ſee it opened; and on our ſtepping into it found ourſelves mid-leg deep in a ſort of duft which made us ſneeze wonder- fully. In the right waiſtcoat pocket we found a number of white thin ſub- ſtances folded, about the bigneſs of three men, tied with a cable, and KUHANALAR ELEMENTS marked 26 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: marked with black figures. In the "left an engine, froin the back of which were extended a row of long poles reſembling palliſadoes. In the right hand brecches pocket we ſaw a hollow pillar of iron, about the length of a man, faſtened to a ſtrong piece of timber, larger than the pillár; on one ſide of which were huge pieces of ſtrong iron ſticking out; and in the { t left GÜLLIVER'S TRAVELS. 27 Jeft pocket, another engine of the fame kind. In a ſma!ler pocket of the right hand, ſeveral pieces of white and red metal, of different ſizes; ſome of the white ones were ſo heavy that we could hardly lift them. In the left pocket were two ſtrange engines, with one of which he told us he ſhaved himſelf, and that with the other he cut DOT bis 28 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. his victuals. There were two other ſmaller pockets, from one of which he took a large globe, half ſilver, and half of ſome tranſparent metal ; this he put cloſe to our ears, and we were ſurprized with a noiſe as loud as the fall of a water-mill; this engine he called his oracle, and ſaid it point- ed out the time of every action of his life; we therefore preſume it is the god that he worſhips. From the left fob he took out a net, large enough for a fiſherman ; in this were ſeveral pieces of yellow metal, which if they be real gold, are of more value than all the wealth in your Majeſty's cof- fers. Round his waiſt was a belt made of the ſkin of ſome unknown animal, from which hung a ſword, the length of nine men; on his right ſide was a bag, containing two cells, in one of which GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 29 which were ſeveral balls as big as a man's head, and which we were ſcarce able to liſt; the other was filled with black grains, about fifty of which we could hold in the palm of our hands. When this inventory was read over, the king deſired Mr. Gulliver to give up the ſeveral particulars; he there- fore firſt took his (cymitar out of the ſcabbard, and waving it backward and forward, the reflection of the ſun greatly dazzled the eyes of the be- holders. The next thing he demand- ed, was one of the hollow iron pillars; Mr. Gulliver took it out of his pocket, and charging it with powder only, he let it off in the air; on which hun- dreds of the Lilliputians fell on the ground as if they had been dead, and even the Emperor was greatly con- founded. His piſtols were then de- livered 30 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. livered up, together with the pouch of powder and bullets, after begging that the former might be kept from the fire, for fear his imperial Majeſty's palace might be blown into the air. The Emperor being deſirous of ſeeing his watch, two of the yeomen of the guards flung it acroſs a pole, as the draymen do a barrelot beer in England; and he and the learned. men were amazed at the noiſe it made, and at. the motion of the minute hand. His money, knife, razor, comb, &c. were then given up. The ſcymitar, piftols, and pouch were conveyed by broad- wheel waggons to the king's ſtores, but the reſt of the things were re- ſtored, С НАР, 4 ( 31 ) CHAP. III. MR Mr. Gulliver divorts the Emperor. The amuſements of the Court of Lilli- put. R. Gulliver's gentle behaviour gained the good opinion of the Emperor, the army, and the people in general; they became leſs appre- henſive of danger from him, and at laſt the boys and girls would dance country-dances on the palm of his hand as he laid on the ground, or play at hide and ſeek in his hair. The Emperor had a mind one day to entertain him with ſeveral ſhews, with none of which he was ſo much diverted as that of the rope-dancers, who performed upon a ſlender white thread, about two feet long, and raiſed twelve inches from the ground. This diverſion 32 CULLIVER'S TRAVELS, diverſion is only practiſed by the no- bility and inen of liberal education, who are candidates for the high em- ployments of the ſtate. When any great office becomes vacant, five or Tix of theſe candidates petition the king to entertain his majeſty with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the higheſt is to ſucceed. There GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 33 Theſe diverſions, however, are often attended with fatal accidents; Mr. Gulliver himſelf ſaw two or three people break their limbs; and when the miniſters themſelves are com- manded to perform, they frequently ſtrain ſo far, that there is hardly any of them who have not received a fall, and ſome of them two or three. There is another diverſion, which is peculiar to the Lilliputians; it is as follows. The Emperor lays on a ta- ble three filken threads, one blue, the other red, and the third green. Theſe threads are intended for ſuch noble- men as are to be diſtinguiſhed by a particular mark of favour. The Em- . peror holds a ſtick in his hand, and the candidates leap over or creep un- der it, backwards and forwards; and whoever holds cut longeſt in leaping and creeping is honoured with the с blue 34 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. blue filk; the red is given to the next, and the green to the third. 12 The Emperor at length mentioned his intentions of releaſing Mr. Gulli. ver in the cabinet, where, after ſome oppofition, the following prelimina- ries were drawn up for their mutual intereſt and fecurity. Golbafto Mominaren Evelamo Gurdi- lo Shefin Mully Uily Gui, moſt mighty Emperor + GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 35 Emperor of Lilliput, delight and ter- ror of the univerſe, whole dominions extend 5,000 eluftrugs (about twelve miles) to the extremities of the globe; monarch of all monarchs, taller than the ſons of men; whole feet preſs down to the centre, and whoſe head ftrikes againſt the fun; at whoſe nod the nations tremble, pleaſant as the ſpring, comfortable as the ſuinmer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter. His ſublime majeſty propoſeth to the Man-mountain the following articles, which by a folemn oath he fhall be obliged to perform. ift. He ſhall not depart without li. cence. 2. He ſhall not come into the me. tropolis without leave. 3. He thall not confine his walks to the high roads, and not lie dowa in any meadow or corn field. C2 4. He en.. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 36 4. He ſhall take care not to trample upon any of our ſubjects, their horſes or carriages. 5. If an expreſs requires extraordi- nary diſpatch, he ſhall be obliged to carry in his pocket the meſſenger and horſe, and return them fafe and ſound, 6. He ſhall be our ally againſt our enemies. 7. He ſhall be aiding and affifting to our workmen, in raiſing certain great ſtones, for covering the park walls, and other royal buildings. Laſtly, That upon the ratification of theſe articles, he ſhall have a daily allowance of meat and drink ſufficient for the ſupport of feventeen hundred and twenty-four men. As ſoon as Mr. Gulliver had ſworn to, and ſubſcribed theſe articles, his Chains were unlocked; and he was at GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 37 at full liberty. He immediately made his acknowledgments by proftrating himſelf at his Majeſty's feet. The Emperor graciouſly ordered him to riſe, and after many expreffions of friendſhip, told him, that he hoped he would prove an uſeful fervant, and deſerve the favours he had already, or might hereafter confer upon him, CHAP. IV. T Milendo, the Metropolis, deſcribed, Converſation with a principal Secre- tary. THE wall of the city of Milendo is two feet and a half high, and ſeven inches broad, ſo that a coach may be driven upon the top of it, and there are ſtrong towers at the diſtance of every ten feet. Mr. Gul. liver eaſily ſtrode over the wall, and C3 weng 38 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: went carefully through the principal ftreets in his waiſtcoat only, for fear the ſkirts of his coat might damage the roofs and eves of the houſes. The garret windows and the tops of houſes were fo crouded with ſpecta- tors, that Mr. Gulliver imagined the city muſt contain at leaſt 500,000 ſouls. Some of the houſes are five ſtories high, the markets well pro- vided, and the hops very rich. The city is an exact ſquare of soo feet; two great ſtreets which divide it into quarters, are five feet wide; the lanes and alleys are from twelve to eighteen inches. The Emperor's palace, which is in the centre, is incloſed by a wall two feet high; the outward court is a vaſt ſquare of forty feet, and here ftand the royal apartments. Thele, Mr. Gulliver, by lying down upon his ſide, and applying his face to the win- dows .. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 39 dows, had the pleaſure of viewing, and he found them more ſplendid than could be imagined. He ſaw the Em- preſs and the young Princeſs in their ſeveral lodgings, and her Majeſty was pleaſed to put her hand out of the win- dow for him to kiſs, About a fortnight after Mr. Gulli- ver obtained his liberty he was viſited by Reldrefal, the principal ſecretary. Reldrefal complimented him upon his liberty, and entered into a political converſation with great confidence.- He informed Mr. Gulliver, that the Lilliputian empire laboured under two evils, a violent faction at home, and the danger of an invaſion from the inland of Blefuſcu. The abettors of this faction bore the names of Tra- meckfan and Slameckfan, becauſe one wore high-heeled ſhoes, and the other low-heeled ones. The Trameckſans af- fert, C4 40 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. ſert, that the high-heeled are moſt agreeable to the conſtitution, and they arc molt numerous; but the power is entirely in the hands of the Sla- meckfans, ſince his Majeſty has deter- mined to make uſe of low heels only in the adminiſtration of government. In the middle of theſe inteftine dif- putes, the Lilliputians were threatened with an invaſion from the iſland of Blefafcu, with whom they had waged war for fix-and-thirty moons, from the following important occaſion. The primitive way of breaking eggs before they were eaten, was at the broad end; but his preſent Majeſty's grandfather happening to cut his fin- er in breaking an egg according to i he ancient practice, his fucceffor commanded all his ſubjects to break their cggs at the narrow end. This law, however, was ſo diſagreeable to the 3 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 41 the people, that there had been no leſs than fix rebellions on the account, wherein one Emperor loſt his life, and another his crown. During theſe commotions, the Emperors of Blefu- fcu frequently accuſed the Lilliputians of ſchiſm, in rejecting a fundamental doctrine of the Alcoran. This, how- ever, is a mere ſtrain upon the text; for the words are, ( That all true be- lievers break their eggs at the conve- nient end.” And which is the con. venient end, every man's conſcience muſt determine. Mr. Gulliver then deſired the ſecre- tary to inform the Emperor, that he was ready, with the hazard of his life, to defend his perſon and ſtate againſt all invaders. CHAP . ( 42 4.2 :) M CHAP. V. Mr. Gulliver prevents the invaſion. The enemy fues for peace.-The Royal Palace on fire, &c. TR. Gulliver comnunicated to the Emperor a project he had formed, of ſeizing the enemy's whole feet while it lay at anchor in the har. bour, and ready to fail with the firſt fair wind. The depth of the channel that divided the two iſlands of Lilliput and Blefufcu, was, in the middle, about ſix feet; and after being provided with a proper quantity of cables, as thick as packthread, and bars of iron as thick as knitting necdles, which he bent into the form of a hook, Mr. Gullin ver, in his leather jacket only, waded about 30 yards into the ſea, when be- ing out of his depth, he ſwam till he ſelt GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 43 felt the bottom on the oppoſite ſhore. The enemy were ſo frightened, that they all quitted their fhips and made towards the ſhore. Mr. Gulliver then took out his tackle, faſtened a hook at the prow of each fhip, and then tying all the cords together, be- gan to pull, but not a ſhip would ſtir, for they had all good anchorage. He therefore took out his knife, and re- ſolutely cut all their cables; in exe- cuting this, however, he received a prodigious number of wounds in his hands and face, from the arrows of the enemy. He then took up the cords to which his hooks were tied, and with great eaſc drew fifty of the enemy's men of war after him. The Emperor with his attendants ſtood on the coaſt, expecting the if- ſue of this adventure. They ſaw the Hips move, but could not diſcern Mr. 1 44 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Mr. Gulliver, who was up to his chip in water. They concluded him to be drowned, and that the enemy's fleet were approaching in a hoſtile man- ner. However, as the ſea become fhallower and ſhallower every ſtep, he was ſoon within hearing, and then holding up one end of the cable by which the feet were faſtened toge- ther, he cried aloud, « Long live the moft puiffant Emperor of Lilliput!" He was received at his landing with great encomiums, and created a Nar- dic, which is the higheſt title of he. nour. His CULLIVER'S TRAVELS, 45 . His Majeſty deſired that Mr. Gulli. ver would take ſome future opportu- nity of bringing all the reſt of the enemy's ſhips into his ports; and his ambition was ſo great, that he ſeemed to think of nothing but reducing Ble- fufcu to a province. Mr. Gulliver, however, boldly proteſted, that he would never be an inſtrument of bringing a polite, generous, brave, and free people into llavery. This 46 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. This open declaration, however, was at firſt productive of diſlike in the Emperor, and afterwards of hatred. From this time an intrigue began be- tween his Majeſty and his Miniſters, that had like to have ended in poor Gulliver's deſtruction. Soon after the ſeizure of the Blefuf- cuan fleet, ambaſſadors were ſent from that nation with humble offers of peace. After the treaty was ratified, their Excellencies paid a viſit to Mr. Gulliver ; they complimented him up- on his valour and generoſity, and in the name of their Emperor invited him to pay a viſit to their kingdom. Ac- cordingly the next time he ſaw the Emperor, he deſired leave to wait on the Blefufcuan monarch, which was granted indeed, but in a very cold manner; for Flinnap and Bolgloam had repreſented his intercourſe with the Ambaſſadors as a mark of diſaffection. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, 47 It was not long, however, befcie he had an opportunity of doing, as he thought, ſo fignal a ſervice as would have put aſide all ſuſpicions of his fi- delity. He was alarmed at midnight with horrid cries; and ſeveral of the courtiers intreated him to repair im- mediately to the palace, for her Ma. jefty's apartments were on fire, by the careleſſneſs of a maid of honour, who fell aſleep while ſhe was reading a ro- Mr. Gulliver got up, and made the beſt of his way to the metro- polis; he might eaſily have ſtifled the fire with the lap of his coat, but that, in bis hafte, he had unfortunately left it behind him. The caſe was tru. ly deplorable. Mr. Gulliver had how- Ever drank plentifully of wine; and this, by bis coming very near the flames, and by his labouring to quench them, began to operate, and was void- ed mance. 48 GULLiver's TRAVELS. ed in ſuch a quantity, and was ſo pro. perly applied, that in three minutes the fire was totally extinguiſhed. By the laws of the realm, however, it was a capital offence for any perſon to make water within the precinct of the pa. lace; and Mr. Gulliver was informed that the Emperor would rather that the palace had been burnt to the ground, than he ſhould have made uſe of ſuch filthy means of extinguiſhing the fire; and as for the Emprefs, ſhe could ne- ver be perſuaded to live in her apart- ments afterwards, and privately vow- ed vengeance againſt the hero of our Story: СНАР. ( 49 ) TH C H A P. VI. The Inhabitants of Lilliput; their Learning, Laws, and Cuſtoms; the Education of their Children, and Gul- liver's Way of Living. HE common ſize of the natives is about fix inches, and there is the ſame proportion in all other ani. mals, plants, and trees: their horſes and oxen are four or five inches high; the ſheep an inch and an half; their geeſe the bigneſs of a beetle, and ſo Their talleſt trees are about fem ven feet high, and a good handſome cabbage is about as big as a common horſe bcart. · Their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the right hand to the left, nor from the left hand to the right, nor from the top to the bottom; but aflant from one D on. 1 corn't 50 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. corner of the paper to the other, as the ladies of England generally write. Some of their laws and cuſtoms are alſo very peculiar. All crimes againſt the ſtate are puniſhed with great ſe- verity; and if the accuſed perſon proves himſelf innocent, the accuſer is put to death. They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft; for they ſay that care and vigilance may pre- firve a man's goods from thieves, but honeſty has no fence againſt cunning. In chuſing perſons for all public em- ployments, they have more regard to good morals than great abilities. In- gratitude is among them a capital cine; ſince whoever returns good with evil muſt be an enemy to man- kind. The ſons of the nobility and gentry are bred up in the principles of ho nour, juſtice, courage, modeſty, cle- mency's GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. SI 1 mency, religion, and the love of their country; the ſons of merchants, tra- ders, and mechanics, are tutored pro- portionably; and they are generally apprenticed at eleven years of age. The young ladies are educated like the males; their governeſſes never en- tertain them with the ſtories of witches and hobgoblins, as is too much prac- tiſed in England; by which means they are as much aſhamed of being fools or cowards, as the gentlemen themſelves. Mr. Gulliver's ſuite of ſervants was very numerous. He had three hun- dred cooks to dreſs his victuals. He uſed to placc 20 waiters upon the ta- ble, and 100 more attended on the ground, ſome with diſhes of meat and ſome with wine. A ſhoulder of mut- ton was one mouthful, and a barrel of liquor a reaſonable draught. Once indeed, D 2 52 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, indeed, he had a firloin of beef fo im- menſely large, that he made three bites of it. The geeſe and turkies were a ſcanty mouthful, and of their ſmaller fowls he frequently took up twenty or thirty at a time upon the end of a knife. Flimnap , the treaſurer, was always a mortal enemy to Mr. Gulliver. He repreſented to the Emperor the low COI! GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 53 condition of the treaſury; and in ſhort went ſo far as to inform him, that the Man-mountain had coſt his Majeſty above a million of money in eating and drinking, and that it was highly ad- viſeable that the firſt fair opportunity Thould be taken of diſmiſſing him. CH A P. VII: WHOLE Når. Gulliver diſcovers a deſign to accuſe bim of high ireaſon. He eſcapes 19 Blefúſcu. His reception there. HILE Mr. Gulliver was pre- paring to pay a vilt to the Emperor of Blefufcu, a perſon of rank called at his houie privately, and in the night. After the common faluta- tions were over, the worthy nobleman informed him, that at the inſtigation of Flimnap the Treaſurer, Lentoc the Commander in Chief, Lancon the Cham. D3 54 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Chamberlain, and Balinuff the Grand Jufticiary, his Majeſty had reſolved upon the following articles of im- peachment againſt him, for treaſon, and other capital crimes. ift. That he did, in defiance of known law, under the frivolous pre- tence of extinguiſhing a fire in the royal palace, maliciouſly and traitor- ouſly make water upon the ſame. 2. That after having ſeized and ſe- cured the fleet of Blefuſcu, he did re- fuſe to deſtroy all the other ſhipping, and to put the inhabitants to death, under a pretence of an unwillingneſs to deſtroy the liberties and lives of an innocent people. 3. That he was preparing to make a voyage to the court of Blefuſcu; (for which he had received only a verbal licence) and thereby to aid and abet the Emperor of Blefufcu againſt his Imperial Majeſty of Lilliput. Mr. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 55 Mr. Gulliver at firſt thought o pleading to the articles, and boldly ſtanding trial; but he recollected that ftate trials generally terminate as the Judges pleate to direct. He then was Itrongly bent upon reſiſtance, for while he had liberty, the whole ſtrength of that empire could hardly ſubdue him, and he could eaſily with ftones pele che metropolis to pieces. Atlaft, however, he reſolved to leave the iſland peaceably, and to viſit the Emperor of Blefufcu. He went to that ſide of the iſland where the fleet laid, ſeized upon a large man of war, tied a cable to the prow, heaved anchor, and after ſtripping, put his cloaths in- to the veffel, and drawing it after him, ſoon arrived at the port of Blefufcu. His Majeſty, the royal family, and great officers of the court, immedi- ately came out to receive him. The Dy recep- 56 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. reception he met with was ſuitable to the generoſity of ſo great a prince ; but for want of a proper houſe and bed, he was forced to lie on the ground, wrapped up in his coverlid. T CH A P. VIII. Mr. Gulliver finds means to leave Ble- fuſcu; and after ſome difficulties re- turns ſafe to his native country. "HREE days after Mr. Gulliver arrived at Blefuſcu, he obſerved ſomething in the fea, about half a league from ſhore, that reſembled a beat overturned; and after wading a conſiderable way, he found that the tide bore it towards the ſhore, and that it was really a boat, which fome tempeft had driven from a fhip. By the time he had waded up to his chin the boat was within reach; he then got GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. $7 + got behind it, and with little difficulty puſhed it alhore. After fome time he was informed that an envoy was arrived from Lilli- put, with a copy of the articles of im. peachment, who repreſented the lenity of the Emperor his maſter, and that he was content the culprit ſhould be pur niſhed only with the loſs of his eyes and that he hoped the Emperor of Ble- fuſcu would order him to be ſent back to Lilliput bound hand and foot. To this, the Emperor replied, that he believed their Majeſties would foon be made eaſy, for that the Man-mour- tain had found a prodigious vefſel on the fhorc, able to carry him to ſea, which was ordered to be fitted up ac- cording to his own direction, and that he hoped in a few weeks both Em- pires would be free from ſo infup- portable an incumbrance; and with this 58 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. this anſwer the Envoy returned to Lilliput. Since fortune, whether good or evil, had thrown a boat in Mr. Gulliver's way, he was now reſolved to venture himſelf upon the ocean; and the Em- peror and moſt of his minifters were glad of the reſolution. Five hundred workmen were em- ployed to make fails for the boat, by quilting thirteen folds of their ſtrong- eft linen together. He twifted ten, twenty, or thirty of their ſtrongeſt cables together for ropes, and a great Itone ſerved for an anchor. He form- ed maſts and oars from ſome of the largeſt foreſt trees, and the tallow of 300 oxen was uſed in greaſing the boat. After every thing was in readineſs, Mr. Guilliver took leave of the Empe- ror and the royal Family, by wham he was GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 59 was preſented with filty purſes of gold, and a full length picture of his Majeſty. He ſtored the boat with the carcaſes of 100 oxen, 300 ſheep, as much ready dreſſed meat as 300 cooks could provide, and bread and drink in proportion. He alſo took fix cows and two bulls alive; the ſame ijumber of ewes and rams, with a good bundle of hay and a bag of corn. Thus equipped he ſet ſail on the 24th of September in the morning, and in the evening deſcried an iſland about four leagues diftant. He ad- vanced forward, and caſt anchor on the lee-fide of it. He then took ſome refreſhment and went to reſto He eat his breakfaſt in the morning before the ſun was up, and heaving an- chor, ſteered the fame courſe he had done the day before. He diſcovered nothing all this day, but upon the next he 60 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. he deſcried a fail; he hailed her, but got no anſwer; yety as he found he gained upon her, he made all the fail he could, and in half an hour ſhe ela pied him, and hung out her ancient. He came up with her at fix in the evening, and was overjoyed to ſee her Engliſh colours; he put his live ſtock into his pockets, and got on board with all his cargo of proviſions. The vefſel was an Englith merchantman returning from Japan, and was com- manded by Mr. John Riddle, who, when Mr. Gulliver inforned him of his adventures, imagined he had loſt his witss whereupon taking his oxen and ſheep out of his pockets, after great aſtoniſhment; be clearly con vinced the crew of his veracity. The remainder of his vovage was very profperous, for they arrived in the Downs on the 13th of April. Mr. Gul- GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 61 Gulliver found his wife and family in good health ; his uncle had left him an eſtate near Epping of 50 pounds a year, and he had a long leaſe of the Black Bull in Fetter Lane, that yield. ed him as much more, ſo that he im. mediately ſettled with his family at Rediff. A V O Y AGE TO BROB DIG N A G. 1 - ( 65 ) 4 A VOYAGE TO RR O B D I G NA G. CHAP. I. A Storm at Sea, Mr. Gulliver, bein ; laſt on Shere, is ſeized upon; with leveral other accidents which befel him. N the 20th of June, 1702, which was within two months of Mr. Grilliver's return from Lilliput, he again left his native country on board the Aduenture, Captain Nicholas co'm- mander, bound for Surat. At the Cape E of 66 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. of Good Hope, the Captain falling fick of an ague, they were obliged to winter. In the ſpring, being to the northward of Madagaſcar, the winds blew with great violence, and they were driven to the eaſt of the Mon lucca iſlands. A perfect calm enſued for a few days; and afterwards a vio- lent ſtorm aroſe. The crew imme. diately took in their ſprit-fail, ftood by to hand the fore-fail, ſecured the guns, and hawled the mizen. They reefed and let the fore-fail, and hawl. ed alt the fore-ſheet, the helm was hard at weather, and the ſhip wore bravely. They could not get down the top-maſt, but let all ſtand, be- caute the ſcudded before the ſea very well. When the ſtorm was over, they ſet the fore and main-fail, and brought trip to. They then ſet the mizen, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 67 mizen, main-top-fail, and fore-top- fail. By this ſtorm they were carried near five hundred leagues to the Eaſt. On the 16th of June, 1703, a boy on the top-maſt diſcovered land; and the next day they came in view of an iſland. They caſt anchor, and the captain fent a dozen men on ſhore for water; and Mr. Gulliver defired leave to accompany them. When they landed they ſaw neither river nor ſpring, nor any ſigns of inhabit- The men wandered near the ſhore to find freſh water, and Mr. Gulliver walked alone above a mile up the country, which was barren and rocky. When he returned he ſaw the men all in the boat, and rowing with all their might to reach the ſhip, and a huge creature wading after them into the ſea as faſt as he could. Being ants. E a 68 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Being, affrighted, Mr. Gulliver ré- treated precipitately, and climbing up a ſteep hill, had a good proſpect of the country, which was well culti- jated, but what ſurprized him was the graſs, the blades of which were twen: ty feet high. He went into a path that led through a field of barley; he walked for ſome time, but could ſee nothing on either ſide, for the corn was forty feet high; and the field was fenced with a hedge one hundred and.twenty feet high, and the trees were as high again as the dome of St. Paul's. At the end of the path was a ſtile, con- fiſting of four ſteps, which were each fix feet high, and a huge ſtone placed edge ways at the top, of at leaſt ewenty feet. As he could not.poffibly c'imb this ſtile, he looked about for a gip in the hedge, when he obſerved a fcrfon GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 69 perſon in the next field advancing to- wards the ſtile, as luſty as the man he had ſeen wading into the ſea after the boat. He was as tall as a church tower, and ſtrode ten yards at every ſtep. Mr. Gulliver, aſtoniſhed and affrighted, hid himſelf in the corn. The monſter hallowed to ſome of his companions in a voice as loud as thunder, whereupon ſeven of them came into the field with reaping hooks in their hands, as big as fix fcythes, and began to cut the barley, and Mr. Gulliver kept at a diſtance as well as he could, but as the ſtalks of the çorn were only about a foot apart, he çould hardly ſqueeze his body between them. At length, being overcome with toil and grief, he laid down be- twixt two ridges, expecting every moment to be his laft. One of the reapers having approached within ten yards E 3 70 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. yards of him, he fully expected, with- the next cut, to be ſevered in two, and therefore could not help ſcream- ing out. The monſter ſtopped ſhort, ſtared about, and at length diſcovered him. He took him up between his finger and thumb. Poor Gulliver expected every moment to be daſhed againſt the ground as we do a toad; but he was happily diſappointed, for the favage ſeemed pleaſed, and began to look upon him as a curioſity. He lifted up the lap of his coat, and put- ting him carefully in it, ran along with him to his maſter, who was a fubftantial farmer, and who ſeemed greatly ſurpriſed at ſo pigmy an ani- mal. The farmer blew Mr. Gulliver's hair aſide, to take a better view of his face, and turned up the laps of his coat, which he took to be ſome co- vering GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 71 vering which nature had provided. -- He then placed him ſoftly on the ground upon all four, but he imme- diately got upon his legs, and walked ſlowly backward and forward to con- vince them that he had no intention to run away. He then pulled off his hat, and made a bow to the farmer, and ſpoke ſeveral words as loud as he could. He took out his purſe, and preſenting it, the farmer received it on the palm of his hand, looked ear- neftly at it, but could not tell what to make of it. The farmer then ſent his ſervants to their work, and wrapping Mr. Gulliver up in his handkerchief, car- ried him home to his wife e; ſhe ſcreamed and ſtarted back, as the ladies of England do at a ſpider. How- ever, after ſeeing his behaviour, and how well be obſerved the ſigns of her E 4 huſband, 1 + 72 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. huſband, ſhe became by degrees very fond of him. Being dinner-time a ſubſtantial piece of meat was brought in upon à diſh twenty-four feet over, and placed upon the table, which was 30 feet high. When the good woman and her children were ſeated, the farmer placed Mr. Gulliver very near him, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 73 him, and his wife minced a bit of meat and put it before him. He made a low bow, pulled out his knife, and fell to eating, which delighted the company very much. He then was ſerved with liquor ſomewhat like cyder, in a ſinall dram cup that held about two gallons. The farmer then made a ſign for him to come to his trencher fide, and as he was advanc- ing, the youngeſt ſon, who ſtood next his father, and was about ten years oid, took him up by the heels, and held him dangling in the air ; for which the farmer gave the boy a box on the ear that would have felled an ox, and ordered him to be taken from the table. Gulliver, however, being afraid the boy might owe him a ſpite, fell on his knees, and by ſigns begged he might be forgiven; the fa- ther ****--. ......... 74 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. ther complied, and the boy took his dinner. 9787 HE While they were at dinner the mlf- treſs's cat jumped into her lap, which ſeemed twice as large as an ox; Gula liver at firſt was terribly affrighted, for fear the cat would make a ſpring at him, and devour him like a mouſe but his fears were vain, for be took ز no GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 75 no notice of him; nay, on his boldly approaching her, the drew herſelf back, as if ſhe were more afraid of him. He was leſs of the dogs, three or four of which came into the room, equal in bulk to four elephants. R During the dinner, a nurſe came in with a child in her arms, who taking Gulliver for a pretty play thing, gave a fquall 76 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, a ſquall as children are wont to do. The mother, willing to indulge her brat, took him up and put him into its hands: the child immediately put his head into its mouth; but on his roaring very loud, he let him drop, and he certainly would have broken his neck, if the mother had not catch. ed him in her apron. The farmer's wife perceiving Mr. Gulliver was tired and diſpoſed to ſleep, put him on her own bed, and covered bim with a clean handkerchief, which was as big as the main-fail of a man of war. He had not ſlept long, before he was awakened by two rats, as big as maſtifs, who ran ſmelling about the bed; one of them came up almost to his face, on which he rofe, drew bis hanger, and defended himſelf ſtoutly. They attacked him with equal reſolu- tion, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 77 tion, but he ripped up the belly of one that was going to ſeize him by the throat and the other did not ein cape without a dreadful wound on the back: UP!!!" FAN ALPUR CHHATTER The farmer's wife coming into the room, Gulliver ſmiled, and made signs that he was not hurt; ſhe was rejoiced 78 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. rejoiced, and called the maid to take the dead rat away with a pair of tongs, and to throw it out of the window. in ! -+ CHAP (79) CH A P. II. A Deſcription of the Farmer's Daugh. ter.Gulliver carried to a market town, and to the capital. The partia ticulars of his journey. T + HE farmer's wife had a daughter of good paris, who uſed her needle well, and dreſſed her doll in good taſte. Theſe two therefore fitted up the baby cradle for Gulliver. The girl made him ſeven ſhirts; and the chiefly inſtructed them in their lan- guage. When he pointed at any thing, ſhe told him the name of it, ſo that he was ſoon able to call for what- ever he wanted. She gave him the name of Grildrig, and he called her his Glumdalclitch, or little nurſe. A neighbouring farmer, and a friend of my mafter, as I ſhall now call 80 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. call hiin, having heard of Gulliver, came on a viſit to know the truth of the ſtory. He was directly placed upon the table, made a compliment to the gueſt, aſked him how he did, and told him he was welcome. This fellow, who was old, pulled out his ſpectacles, on which Gulliver could not help laughing, for his eyes looked like two full moons ſhining into a chamber by night. The old fellow became very angry at this, and being a great miſer, adviſed the maſter to 'make a public ſhow of poor Gulliver in all the market towns, to which pro- pofal he agreed. Gulliver was therefore put in a box, and carried to the next town on the market-day; and Glumdalclitch, his nurſe, accompanicd, riding behind her father on a pillion. As Toon as they alighted at the inn, Grultrug the cryer gavc GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 81 gave notice of a moſt wonderful ani- mal that was to be ſeen at the Green Eagle, which was not bigger than a mouſe, and yet was ſhaped like a inan, walked upright, could lpeak, and per- form a hundred diverting tricks. Gulliver was placed on a table three hundred feet ſquare, and Glumdalclitch ſtood cloſe by him on a ſtool, to di- rcet him what he ſhould do. He walked round the table as ſhe com- manded, and anſwered all her queſ. tions as loud as he could; he paid his reſpects to the company, repeated certain ſpecches, and taking a thimble full of liquor, drank to their healths. He was tired to death with repeating theſe ceremonies, having that day been ſhewn to twelve different com- panics; nay, he was near loſing dis life, for an unlucky boy threw a hazle aut at him, which was as big as a F pom- 82 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. pompion, and which, had it hit him, muſt have daſhed out his brains. His maſter gave public notice that he would be exhibited in every city, and market-town throughout the kingdom, and that he might be con- veyed from place to place without harm, his nurſe put her doll's pillow into his box to ſerve him as a bed.- The farmer having therefore provided all neceflaries for a long journey, took leave of his wife, and let out for the metropolis. They made eaſy journeys of ſeventy or eighty miles a day, ftepping out of the road, as the towns or villages happened to lie con- tiguous. On the 26th of October they arrived at Lorbrulgrud, and took up their lodgings not far from the king's palace. Here Gulliver was ſhewn many times a day, to the won- der and ſatisfaction of every body. CHAP . ( 83 ) A CHAP. III. Gulliver is fent for to Court.-The Queen buys him of his maſter, and many other diverting particulars. Slardral, or gentleman uſher, came one day from court, com- manding the farmer to bring Gulliver thither immediately, for the diverſion of the Queen and her ladies, who were beyond meaſure delighted with his behaviour; he fell on his knees, and begged the honour of killing her majeſty's foot; but after placing him on a table; the held out her little fin- ger, which he embraced with both his arms. She queſtioned him about his country and his travels, and aſked whicther he could be content to live at court? He bowed, and anſwered that he was the farmer's Nave, but if bis F2 maſter GULLIVER'S TRAVELS 84 . maſter was, willing to ſell him, he ſhould be proud to devote his life to her Majeſty's ſervice. The farmer readily agreeing, received a thouſand pieces of gold on the ſpot. Gulliver then begged a favour of the Queen, which was that Glumdal- clitch, who had always attended him with great care and kindneſs, might be admitted into her ſervice likewiſe, and continue to be his nurſe and in- ſtructor. Her Majeſty agreed to the petition ; and the farmer, who was glad to have, his daughter preferred, went away very happy. When the farmer left the room, the Queen carried Gulliver to the King, who, although he was a philoſopher, and a man of learning, at firſt imaa gined that the had procured a piece of clock-work. But whon he heard Gulliver's' voice, and found that he Brcks w GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 85 1 ſpoke rationally, he could not con- ceal his aſtoniſhment. The Queen commanded her own cabinet-maker to contrive a box that might ſerve Gulliver for a bed-chamber, and in three weeks the order was finiſhed: The box was ſixteen feçt ſquare, and twelve high, with a door, faſh win- dows, and two cloſets. The Qucen's upholſterer furniſhed a bed, and a nice workman, famous for little cu- riofities, made him a chair and a' ta- ble, with a cabinet to put his cloaths in." He defired a lock for his door, to prevent the rats and mice from dea vouring him; and the fnith, after ſea veral attempts, made the ſmalleſt that ever was ſeen, for it was not larger than ſuch as are conimonly fixed to the gates of Gentlemen's' houſes in Europe. The Queen likewiſe order- ed him clothes of the thinneft ſilks that 1 F 3 86 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. that could be procured, and which in- deed were very fine, for they were not thicker than an Engliſh blanket; his cloaths were inade after the faſhion of the country, and were very grave and decent. At meal times Gulliver was always [cated cloſe at her Majeſty's elbow, at a little table placed upon that from which ſhe dined. No perſon dined with them but the two princeſſes; her Majeſty uſed to put a little bit of meat not bigger than a leg of mutton upon one of his little diſhes, from which he carved for him ſelf, and her diverſion was to ſee him cat in mi- niature. The Queen herſelf had but a moderate ſtomach, for ſhe feldom took a bit of mcat at a mouthful big- ger than a buttock of becf; and her cup of gold did not hold above a hoga fhead, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 87 ſhead, which ſhe generally took off at a draught. Every Wedneſday the King and Queen, with all the royal family, din- ed together in his Majeſty's apart- ment. This prince took a pleaſure in converſing with Gulliver ; he en- quired into the manners, laws, go- vernment, and learning of Europe; and his apprehenſion was ſo clear, and his judgment. To exact, that he made very wiſe reficctions upon all he heard. Gulliver, however, happen- ing to be too copious in behalf of his beloved country, its trade, grandeur, and wars, by tea and land, the King could not forbear taking him up in. his right hand, and, after, a hearty fit of laughter, obſerved to his firft mia niſter, who waited behind him, that human grandeur was indeed a very contemprible thing, ſince it inight be mimickel F4 88 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. mimicked by fo diminutive an animal as this is. And yet, ſaid he, I dare ſay, that theſe creatures have their titles, and diſtinctiors of honour, contrive little nerts and burrows, which they call houſes and cities, make a figure in dreſs ard equipage, and love to fight, diſpute, and betray. But nothing angered Gulliver ſo much as the Queen's dwarf, who, be- ing of the loweſt ſtature that ever was known in Brobdignag, (for he really was not above thirty feet high) be- came ſo inſolent at ſeeing a creature ſo much beneath him, that he would ſwagger and look big as he paſſed by him in the anti-chamber, 'while he was ftanding on ſome table, talking with the lords and ladies of the court; this urchin ſeldom failed of a ſmart word or two upon Gulliver's little neſs ; againſt which he could only revenge GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 89 revenge himſelf by calling him bro- ther, and challenging him to box or wreſtle. One day at dinner, this ma- licious little cub was ſo nettled at ſome- thing that Gulliver had ſaid, that, raiſ- ing himſelf on the frame of her Ma- jeſty's chair, he took him up and let him fall foufe into a bowl of cream, cand thćn ran away as faſt as he could. Gulliver was drenched over head and ears; and, had hie 'not been an excel- lent ſwiminer, he might probably have been drowned; for the Queen was ſo much terrified that ſhe could not af ford any aſſiſtance. But Glumdal clitch, who was at the farther end of the room, ran to his aſſiſtance, took him out of the bowl, and put him to bed! His cloathswere'entirely ſpoiledThe dwarf was foundly, whipped and was Hever after feltored co favour, This go GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 等 ​This miſchievous urchin had ſerved poor little Gulliver many other ſcurvy tricks; and once, in particular, ber Majeſty, after picking a marrow-bone, placed it erect in the diſh, the little wretch of a d varf, watching his op- portunity, took Gulliver up in both his hands, and, ſqueezing his legs toge- ther, wedged him into the marrow- bone as high as bis waiſt. His ſtock- ings and breeches were in a fad greary condition, and the dwarf was ſeverely puniſhed. The Queen ſuſpected Gulliver to be a rank coward, and uſed to aſk him whether the people of his country were as 'fearful as himfelf. The reaſon was this; the country was greatly peſtered with flies, as big as larks, which greatly tormented him with their continual buzzing. They frequently alighied upon his plate, and GULLIVER' TRAVELS. 97 and left their loahfome excrement behind; ſometimes they fixed upon his noſe or foreheas and ſtung him to the quick. He had much ado to defend himſelf againt theſe deteſtable animals, and could lot forbear ſtart- ing when they came near him. But his remedy was to iut them in two with his knife as theyflew in the air, wherein his dextcrity was much'ad- mired. One morning in pirticular, (the window of his box bung open for the ſake of the air) whie he was eat- ing a piece of plumb-cike for break- faſt, a number of wales as big as partridges, allured by the ſmell, came humming about him, with a noiſe as loud as the drone of a bagpipe.- Some ſeized the cake and carried it away by piece meals; others flow about his head and face, and put him in 92 CULLIVER' TRAVELS. -- in the utmoſt teror of their ſtings. However, he attcked them coura- geouſly with hissanger, killed ſeve- ral of them, ani the reft made their eſcape. He tok out the ſtings pf thoſe that werellain, found them to be an inch ani a half long, and as ſharp as needle; he preſerved them very carefully, and has fince depofit. ed them in fevral of the moſt cele- brated repofities of Europe. i { CHAP ( 93 ) . CHAP. IV. THE 1 A Deſcription of the Country, the King's Palace, &c. HE reader will now receive a Thort account of the country of Brobdignag, at leaſt as far as Mr. Gulliver travelled in it, which might be about two or three thouſand miles around the metropolis. The whole extent of theſe doininions are about twelve thouſand miles in length, and from fix to ſeven in breadth : The kingdom is a peninſula," terminated on the north-caſt by a ridge of moun- tains thirty miles high, with dreadful volcanoes on the tops. On the three other fides it is bounded by the The large rivers are full of veſſels, and abound with excellent fiſh; the inhabitants feldom fiſh in the ſea, becaulc ocean. 94 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. becauſe the ſea fiſh are of the fame ſize with thoſe we have in London, and conſequently not worth catching, except by children for their amuld- ment, as ours do minews at the New- River Head. The country contains fifty.one ci- ties, an hundred walled towns, and many villages. The city of Lorbrul- grud ſtands on each ſide of a ſpacious river; it contains cighty thouſand houſes, and fix hundred thousand in- habitants. Its length is fifty-four Engliſh miles, and about thirty-fix in breadth. The King's palace is an ir- regular building of about ſeven miles circumference. The rooms in genc- ral two hundred and forty feet high, and broad and long in proportion. The coach appointed for Glumdalclitch and Gulliver, was about as big as Vift GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 95 1 Weltminiſter-Hall , though not quite ſo high. Whenever Mr. Gulliver chuſed to ſee the town, he went in his travelling cloſet, which Glumdalclitch held in her lap in an open ſedan. The tower of the chief temple is reckoned the higheſt in the kingdom, though it did not anſwer our traveller's expecta- tion, as it did not meaſure; from the ground to the pinnacle, above three thouſand feet; which, if we allow for the difference between the ſize of thoſe people and us, bears no pro- protion to Saliſbury ſteeple. The King's Kitchen is indeed a noble building, and about fix hun. dréd feet high; the great oven nearly as big as the Cupola of St. Paul's, and the kitchen grate, the pots, the ſpits, and the kettles large, beyond the li. mits of credibility. CHAP 1 25 CHAP. V. Several Adventures that befel the Author. ; THE HE Dwarf one day followed Glumdalclitch and Gulliver into the garden, and as he was walking under an apple tree, the varlet gave it a violent inake, by which a dozen apples, each of them as big as a kil- derkin of ale, came tumbling about his ears, and one of them knocked him down flat upon his face. Another time bis tender nurſe left him upon a ſmooth graſs plat, while ſhe walked round the garden with her governeſs.; fo violent a ſhower of hail came ſuddenly on that he was ſtruck to the ground; and, when he was down he was ro terribly bemaul- ed, that he could not go abroad for ten GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 97 ten days afterwards ; nay, had he not had the good luck to creep under a border of lemon thymc, in all proba- bilily he would have been killed. But a more dangerous accident happened ſoon after. For Glumial. clitch, having left him careleſsly in the garden, while ſhe took a walk round with her governeſs as uſual, a ſpaniel 1 4 G belong- 98 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS belonging to one of the gardeners, happening to range near the place where he lay, followed the ſcent, took him up in his mouth, and then ran wagging his tail to his maſter. The poor gardener was in a terrible fright; he patred his dog upon the back, took poor Gulliver out of his mouth, and then aſked him kindly how hc did. This accident determined Glum. dalclitob never to truſt him out of her fight for the future. Her reſolution was certainly very prudent, when we conſider how many other dangerous accidents befel him. Once, a kite made a fioop at him; and if he had not drawn his hanger, and run under an eſpalier, in all probability he had been taken off. At another timne he ſunk up to his neck in a mole-hill, and ſpoiled all his clothes. He alſo once broke his ſhins againſt the thell of 1 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 99 < 5 } of a ſnail, over which he happened to ſtumble, as he was walking carelefsly alone. It was pleaſant enough to obſerve, that ſmall birds would hop about him in qucft of food, as unconcerned as if no living creature was near them; nay a thruſh had once the boldneſs to ſnatch a piece of bread and butter out of his hand. When he attempt- ed to catch any of theſe birds, they would audaciouſly turn again in their own defence, and endeavour to pick his fingers. But one day he knock- cd down a linnet with a cudgel, which was about the ſize of a ſwan, and which, by the Queen's com- mand, was drefled for his dinner the next day. The Queen having often hcard Mr. Gulliver talk about his fea voy- ages, aſked him whether he under- G2 ſtood 100 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. ſtood navigation; and whether a lit- tle exerciſe of rowing might not be good for his health. He anſwered, that he underſtood both very well. Whereupon ſhe ordered her joiner to make a boat; and alſo a large wooden trough, three hundred fect long, fifty 1 Home broad, and eight deep, which being well pitched, was placed in an outer room CULLIVER'S TRAVELS. IOL court. room of the palace. This, when fil- led with water, was the great ocean whereon he ſhewed his dexterity; and here he uſed to row for his own di- verſion, as well as that of the whole Whenever he put up his fail, the ladies would give him a gale with their fans, or the pages would blow him forwards with their breath, while he ſhewed his art of ſteering ſtar- board and larboard as he thought proper. Mr. Gulliver once however nara rowly eſcaped with his life., One of the clerks of the kitchen kept a mon- key, which one day obſerving the poor little man in his cloſet, after ſome time ſpent in grinning and chattering, at laft put in a paw, as a cat does when ſhe plays with a mouſe, and ſeizing the lappet of his coat, dragged him out. G3 The 102 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. The ugly animal held him up as a nurfe does a child, and when he of fered to ſtruggle, the ſqueezed him ſo hard that he thought it moſt prudent to ſubmit. But, affrighted, however, at the approach of Glumdalclitch, the creature ran away with him, and clambered upon the tiles of the pa- lace; ſhe fat upon the ridge of the roof, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 103 roof, holding him like a baby, in on: of her fore paws, and feeding hi n with the other, by cramming into his mouth fome victuals ſhe had ſqueezed out of the bag on one ſide of her chaps, and patting him on the back when he would not eat. Ladders were, now applied, and mounted by feveral men; and the monkey finding herſelf encompaſſed, let poor Gulliver drop on a ridge tile, and made her ef- cape. Here he lat for ſome time al- moſt frighted to death ; but at length, one of his nurſe's footmen climbed up, and putting him into his breeches pocket, brought him down ſafe. G4 . СНАР. ( 104 ) c C H A P. VI. . Mr. Gulliver Mews his ſkill in Mecha. nicks and Muſick. M R. Gulliver had often attended upon the King while he was under the barber's hand; a fight which at firſt appeared very terrible, for the razor was twice as long as a mower's ſcythe. He once perſuaded the bar- ber to give him ſome of the ſuds, out of which he picked forty or fifty of the ſtrongeſt ſtumps of hair. He then cut a piece of wood like the back of a comb, making a row of holes in it at equal diſtances with a needle, and fixed in the ſtumps ſo neatly, ſcrap- ing and floping them with his knife towards the points, that he made a tolerable comb; which was extreme- ly :- GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. IOS ly uſeful, as his old onć was very much broken in the teeth. He alſo deſired the Queen's wo- man to ſave him ſome of the comb. ings of her Majeſty's hair; and hav- ing directed his friend the cabinet- maker to make two chair-frames, no larger than thoſe he had in his box, he bored them full of little holes, through which he wove the ſtrongeſt of the hairs he could pick out, juft af- ter the inanner of cane chairs in Eng- lund. Theſe her Majeſty kept in her cabinet, and uſed to thew them as cu- rioſities; as, indeed, they were the wonder of every one that beheld them. Of the remainder of the hairs Mr. Gulliver likewiſe made a neat lictle purſe, not above five feet long, with her Majeſty's name decyphered in the middle, in gold letters, which he gave to Glumdalclitch, by the Queen's con- fente ! 106 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. lent. But this indeed was more for Thew than uſe, not being ſtrong cnough to bear the weight of the larger coins, and therefore ſhe only kept a few toys in it, ſuch as little girls are fond of. The King, who was very fond of muſic, had frequent concerts at court; and as Mr. Gulliver had learned to play on the ſpinnet in his youth, a fancy ſtruck him of entertaining the King and Queen with an Engliſh tune upon that inſtrument. But this was attended with ſome difficulty; for the ſpinnet was near fixty feet long, cach key being almoſt a foot wide, ſo that with his arms cxtended, he could not reach to above five keys, and to preſs them down required a good ſmart ſtroke with his fift. He therefore prepared two round ſticks about the bigneſs of a common cudgel, thicker at 4 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 107 at cne end than at the other, and co- vered the thicker end with a piece of a mouſe ſkin that; by rapping on them, he might neither damage the keys; nor interrupt the ſound; then being placed upon a long bench, he ran fideling upon it this way and that, as faſt as he could, banging the proper keys with his two ſticks, and made a ſhift to play a jigg, to the great fatiſ- faction of both their Majeſties. - СНАР. ( 108 ) CHAP. VII. M Mr. Gulliver makes a propoſal of much advantage to the King, which is re- jected. The learning of the Country, &c. R. Gulliver, in hopes of ingrati- ating himſelf farther into his Majeſty's favour, told him of an in- vention diſcovered fome hundred years ago, of a certain powder, into a heap of which, ſhould the ſmalleſt ſpark of fire fall, it would kindle the whole in a moment, and make it fly up into the air, with a noiſe and agitation greater than thunder ; that a proper quantity of this powder, rammed into an iron tube, would drive a ball of lead with ſuch force, that nothing was able to withſtand its violence. That the largeſt GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 109 . largeſt balls, thus diſcharged, would deſtroy whole ranks of an army at once; batter the ſtrongeſt walls to the ground; fink down fhips, cut through mafts and rigging, and lay all walte before them. That in Europe they put this powder into hollow barrels of iron, and diſcharged them by an c11- gine into cities which they were be- fieging; which would rip up the pavc. ment, tear the houſes to picces, and daſh out the brains of all who came near. He further told the King, that he knew the ingredients of which this powder was made, and that they were cheap and common; that if his Ma- jeſty pleaſed, he could direct his workmen in making thoſe tubes, of a ſize proportionable to all other things in his dominions; and that the largelt needed not to be above an hundred feet long; that twenty or thirty of thele ΙΙο GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 1 theſe tubes, charged with a proper quantity of powder and balls, would batter down the ſtrongeſt walls, or deſtroy the whole metropolis, if ever it ſhould pretend to diſpute his abſo- lute commands. All this he humbly offered to his Majeſty, as a ſmall ac- knowledgment of the many marks he had received of his favour and protection. The King was ſtruck with horror at the deſcription of theſe terrible en gines; and "ſaid that ſome evil ge- nius, an enemy to mankind, muſt have been the firſt contriver. And he pro- tefted, that he would rather lore half his kingdom, than be privy to ſuch a ſecret, which he commanded Gulliver, as he valued his life, never to mention any more. His Majeſty, who was poſſeſſed of cvery quality which procures venera- tinn, 1 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. III . ز tion, love and eſteem, deſpiſed all myſ- tery, refinement, and intrigue; and had no idea of the ſecrets of ſtate. He confined the knowledge of govern- ing within the bounds of common fenſe and reaſon; of juſtice and le- nity to the ſpeedy determination of civil and criminal cauſes; and he gave it as his opinion, that he who could make two cars of corn, or two blades of graſs to grow upon a ſpot of ground where only one grew be- fore, did more ſervice to mankind, and deſerved better of his country, than the whole race of politicians put to- gether. The learning of the Brobdigna- gians conſiſts only in morality, hiſtory, poetry, and mathematics; and the laſt of theſe is ſolely applied to what may be uſeful in life, and to the improve- ment of agriculture. No ! II2 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. No law of that country muſt exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which conſiſts only of twen- ty-two; and to write a coinment on any law is a capital crime. They have had the art of printing among them as long as the Chineſe; and their books are written in a clear, finooth, and maſculine ftile. CITAP. ( 113 ) CHAP. VIII. The King and Queen made a progreſs to the Frontiers. Mr. Gulliver attin's them. The manner in which he leaves the Country related. He re- turns to England. R. Gulliver had now been two M years in the country of Bruin ܪ dignag, and about the beginning of the third, Gundalcitch and he attend. ed the King and Queen in a progreſs to the coaſt of the kingdom. He was carried as uſual in his travelling box and he had ordered a hammork to be fixed by ropes to the four corners at the top, to break the jolts in travel - ling. When they came to their jour- ney's end, the King choſe to paſs is H few 1 114 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. few days at his palace near Franfuc- nic, a city about eighteen Englith miles from the fea ſide. Poor Glani- daiclitch, as well as Guliiver, had caught a cold, and the dear girl was ſo ill that ſhe was confined to her chamber. He longed to ſee the ocean once more, and therefore pretending to be much worſe than he really was, deſired leave to take the freſh air by the ſea fide, with a page he was very fond of, who had often been intruſted to look after him. When they came within half a mile of the ſea, Mr. Gul- liver ordered the page to ſet him down, and opening one of the win. dows, caſt many a wiſhful look to- wards the ſea. He found himſelf not very well, and therefore told the page that he would take a nap in his ham- mock, which he hoped would do him good. He ſoon fell aſleep; and all that : : GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. IIS that he could conjecture was, that in the mean time, the boy thinking no danger could happen, went among the rocks to look for bird's-eggs- However this might be, he was ſud, 2 denly awaked by a violent pull upon .the ring which was faſtened at the top of his box, for the conveniency of carriage. He thought he felt his H 2 box 116 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. box raiſed very high in the air, and then borne forward with prodigious ſpeed. He called out ſeveral times, but all to no purpoſe. He heard a noiſe over his head like the clapping of wings, and he began to imagine that ſome eagle had got the ring of his box in his beak, intending to let it fall on a rock, like a tortoiſe ; and then to pick out his body, and de- your it. In a little time the flutter of wings ſeemed to increaſe, and his box ſeem- ed to be toſſed up and down like the ſign of the red lion at Brentford in a windy day; and at laſt, all on a ſud- den, found himſelf falling down per- pendicularly for above a minute, with fuch ſpeed as almoſt took away his breath. The fall was ſtopped by a terrible ſquaſh, that founded louder than a cataract. He now perceived that QULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 117 that he was fallen into the ſea. He ſup- poſed, and with great propriety, that the eagle which flew away with his box had been purſued by two or three others, and was forced to let the box drop, while he defended himſelf a- gainſt the reſt, who hoped to ſhare in the prey. How often did he then with himſelf with his dear Glumdalclitch; and in the midſt of his misfortunes he could not help lamenting the grief ſhe would ſuf- fer for his loſs, the diſpleaſure of the Qucen, and the ruin of her fortune. He ſaw the water ouzing in at the ſeveral crannies, although the leaks were not conſiderable, and he endea. voured to ſtop theni as well as he could. He was four hours under theſe circumſtances, expecting every mo- ment to be his laſt. H Being 18 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Being in this diſconſolate ſtate, he heard a grating kind of noiſe on that fide of the box where the ſtaples were fixed, (through which the ſervant, who uſed to carry him on horſeback, ge- nerally put a leathern belt, which he buckled about his waift ;) and foon after fancied the box was towed along in the ſea, This gave him ſome faint hopes of relief; and placing a chair under the ſhifting board, he mounted it, and called for help as loud as he poſſibly could. He then faſtened his handkerchief to his walk- ing ſtick, and thruſting it up the hole, waved it in the air, that, if any boat or thip were near, the ſeamen might take the alarm. In a little better than an hour, that fide of the box where the ſtaples were ftruck againſt fomething that was hard. Mr. Gul.. liver imagined that it was a rock; and GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, 119 1 « If any and he found himſelf tofled more than ever. He then perceived hiin- ſelf hoiſted by degrees, at leaſt threc feet higher than he was before ; on which he again thruſt up his ſtick and handkerchief, and called for help; in return to which he heard a loud fhout, which gave him great joy. Somebody then bawled out, " body be below, let them ſpeak. Mr. Gulliver anſwered, that he was an Engliſhman, and begged to be delivered from the dungeon he was He was informed that he was ſafe, that his box was faſtened to the ſhip, and that the carpenter was com- ing to raw a hole in the cover large enough to pull him out at: as ſoon as this was done, they let down a ladder, upon which he mounted, and was taken into the ſhip in a very weak- ly condition. H4 Thc in, r I20 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. , obſerving that he was ready to faint, took him into his cabin, gave him a cordial, and adviſed him to take a little reft upon his own bed. He ſlept or ſome hours, but was perpetually