A Voyage to Lilliput

Chapter 1

           MyfatherhadasmallestateinNottinghamshire: Iwasthethirdoffivesons. HesentmetoEmanuelCollegeinCambridgeatfourteenyearsold, whereIresidedthreeyears,andappliedmyselfclosetomystudies; butthechargeofmaintainingme,althoughIhadaveryscantyallowance,beingtoogreatforanarrowfortune, IwasboundapprenticetoMr.JamesBates, aneminentsurgeoninLondon, withwhomIcontinuedfouryears. Myfathernowandthensendingmesmallsumsofmoney, Ilaidthemoutinlearningnavigation,andotherpartsofthemathematics, usefultothosewhointendtotravel, asIalwaysbelieveditwouldbe,sometimeorother,myfortunetodo. WhenIleftMr.Bates,Iwentdowntomyfather: where,bytheassistanceofhimandmyuncleJohn, andsomeotherrelations,Igotfortypounds, andapromiseofthirtypoundsayeartomaintainmeatLeyden: thereIstudiedphysictwoyearsandsevenmonths, knowingitwouldbeusefulinlongvoyages. 

           SoonaftermyreturnfromLeyden, Iwasrecommendedbymygoodmaster,Mr.Bates, tobesurgeontotheSwallow,CaptainAbrahamPannel,commander; withwhomIcontinuedthreeyearsandahalf,makingavoyageortwointotheLevant, andsomeotherparts. WhenIcamebackIresolvedtosettleinLondon; towhichMr.Bates,mymaster,encouragedme, andbyhimIwasrecommendedtoseveralpatients. ItookpartofasmallhouseintheOldJewry; andbeingadvisedtoaltermycondition,ImarriedMrs.MaryBurton, seconddaughtertoMr.EdmundBurton,hosier,inNewgate-street, withwhomIreceivedfourhundredpoundsforaportion. 

           ButmygoodmasterBatesdyingintwoyearsafter, andIhavingfewfriends,mybusinessbegantofail; formyconsciencewouldnotsuffermetoimitatethebadpractice oftoomanyamongmybrethren. 

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