Путешествие Гулливера

           Ihadsentsomanymemorialsandpetitionsformyliberty,thathismajestyatlengthmentionedthematter,firstinthecabinet,andtheninafullcouncil;whereitwasopposedbynone,exceptSkyreshBolgolam,whowaspleased,withoutanyprovocation,tobemymortalenemy.Butitwascarriedagainsthimbythewholeboard,andconfirmedbytheemperor.Thatministerwasgalbet,oradmiraloftherealm,verymuchinhismaster’sconfidence,andapersonwellversedinaffairs,butofamoroseandsourcomplexion.However,hewasatlengthpersuadedtocomply;butprevailedthatthearticlesandconditionsuponwhichIshouldbesetfree,andtowhichImustswear,shouldbedrawnupbyhimself.ThesearticleswerebroughttomebySkyreshBolgolaminpersonattendedbytwounder-secretaries,andseveralpersonsofdistinction.Aftertheywereread,Iwasdemandedtosweartotheperformanceofthem;firstinthemannerofmyowncountry,andafterwardsinthemethodprescribedbytheirlaws;whichwas,toholdmyrightfootinmylefthand,andtoplacethemiddlefingerofmyrighthandonthecrownofmyhead,andmythumbonthetipofmyrightear.Butbecausethereadermaybecurioustohavesomeideaofthestyleandmannerofexpressionpeculiartothatpeople,aswellastoknowthearticleuponwhichIrecoveredmyliberty,Ihavemadeatranslationofthewholeinstrument,wordforword,asnearasIwasable,whichIhereoffertothepublic.

           "GolbastoMomaremEvlameGurdiloShefinMullyUllyGue,mostmightyEmperorofLilliput,delightandterroroftheuniverse,whosedominionsextendfivethousandblustrugs(abouttwelvemilesincircumference)totheextremitiesoftheglobe;monarchofallmonarchs,tallerthanthesonsofmen;whosefeetpressdowntothecentre,andwhoseheadstrikesagainstthesun;atwhosenodtheprincesoftheearthshaketheirknees;