Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 7

           OnceIwasstronglybentuponresistance,for,whileIhadlibertythewholestrengthofthatempirecouldhardlysubdueme,andImighteasilywithstonespeltthemetropolistopieces;butIsoonrejectedthatprojectwithhorror,byrememberingtheoathIhadmadetotheemperor,thefavoursIreceivedfromhim,andthehightitleofnardacheconferreduponme.NeitherhadIsosoonlearnedthegratitudeofcourtiers,topersuademyself,thathismajesty’spresentseventiesacquittedmeofallpastobligations.

           Atlast,Ifixeduponaresolution,forwhichitisprobableImayincursomecensure,andnotunjustly;forIconfessIowethepreservingofmineeyes,andconsequentlymyliberty,tomyowngreatrashnessandwantofexperience;because,ifIhadthenknownthenatureofprincesandministers,whichIhavesinceobservedinmanyothercourts,andtheirmethodsoftreatingcriminalslessobnoxiousthanmyself,Ishould,withgreatalacrityandreadiness,havesubmittedtosoeasyapunishment.Buthurriedonbytheprecipitancyofyouth,andhavinghisimperialmajesty’slicensetopaymyattendanceupontheemperorofBlefuscu,Itookthisopportunity,beforethethreedayswereelapsed,tosendalettertomyfriendthesecretary,signifyingmyresolutionofsettingoutthatmorningforBlefuscu,pursuanttotheleaveIhadgot;and,withoutwaitingforananswer,Iwenttothatsideoftheislandwhereourfleetlay.Iseizedalargemanofwar,tiedacabletotheprow,and,liftinguptheanchors,Istrippedmyself,putmyclothes(togetherwithmycoverlet,whichIcarriedundermyarm)intothevessel,and,drawingitafterme,betweenwadingandswimmingarrivedattheroyalportofBlefuscu,wherethepeoplehadlongexpectedme:theylentmetwoguidestodirectmetothecapitalcity,whichisofthesamename.Iheldtheminmyhands,tillIcamewithintwohundredyardsofthegate,anddesiredthem"tosignifymyarrivaltooneofthesecretaries,andlethimknow,Itherewaitedhismajesty’scommand."

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