Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 2

           Duringmyconfinementforwantofclothes,andbyanindispositionthatheldmesomedayslonger,Imuchenlargedmydictionary;andwhenIwentnexttocourt,wasabletounderstandmanythingsthekingspoke,andtoreturnhimsomekindofanswers.Hismajestyhadgivenorders,thattheislandshouldmovenorth-eastandbyeast,totheverticalpointoverLagado,themetropolisofthewholekingdombelow,uponthefirmearth.Itwasaboutninetyleaguesdistant,andourvoyagelastedfourdaysandahalf.Iwasnotintheleastsensibleoftheprogressivemotionmadeintheairbytheisland.Onthesecondmorning,abouteleveno’clock,thekinghimselfinperson,attendedbyhisnobility,courtiers,andofficers,havingpreparedalltheirmusicalinstruments,playedonthemforthreehourswithoutintermission,sothatIwasquitestunnedwiththenoise;neithercouldIpossiblyguessthemeaning,tillmytutorinformedme.Hesaidthat,thepeopleoftheirislandhadtheirearsadaptedtohear"themusicofthespheres,whichalwaysplayedatcertainperiods,andthecourtwasnowpreparedtobeartheirpart,inwhateverinstrumenttheymostexcelled."

           InourjourneytowardsLagado,thecapitalcity,hismajestyorderedthattheislandshouldstopovercertaintownsandvillages,fromwhencehemightreceivethepetitionsofhissubjects.Andtothispurpose,severalpackthreadswereletdown,withsmallweightsatthebottom.

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