Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 2

           Hecalledithisoracle,andsaid,itpointedoutthetimeforeveryactionofhislife.Fromtheleftfobhetookoutanetalmostlargeenoughforafisherman,butcontrivedtoopenandshutlikeapurse,andservedhimforthesameuse:wefoundthereinseveralmassypiecesofyellowmetal,which,iftheyberealgold,mustbeofimmensevalue.

           "Havingthus,inobediencetoyourmajesty’scommands,diligentlysearchedallhispockets,weobservedagirdleabouthiswaistmadeofthehideofsomeprodigiousanimal,fromwhich,ontheleftside,hungaswordofthelengthoffivemen;andontheright,abagorpouchdividedintotwocells,eachcellcapableofholdingthreeofyourmajesty’ssubjects.Inoneofthesecellswereseveralglobes,orballs,ofamostponderousmetal,aboutthebignessofourheads,andrequiringastronghandtoliftthem:theothercellcontainedaheapofcertainblackgrains,butofnogreatbulkorweight,forwecouldholdabovefiftyoftheminthepalmsofourhands.

           "Thisisanexactinventoryofwhatwefoundaboutthebodyoftheman-mountain,whouseduswithgreatcivility,andduerespecttoyourmajesty’scommission.Signedandsealedonthefourthdayoftheeighty-ninthmoonofyourmajesty’sauspiciousreign.

           CLEFRINFRELOCK,MARSIFRELOCK."

           Whenthisinventorywasreadovertotheemperor,hedirectedme,althoughinverygentleterms,todeliveruptheseveralparticulars.Hefirstcalledformyscimitar,whichItookout,scabbardandall.Inthemeantimeheorderedthreethousandofhischoicesttroops(whothenattendedhim)tosurroundmeatadistance,withtheirbowsandarrowsjustreadytodischarge;butIdidnotobserveit,formineeyeswerewhollyfixeduponhismajesty.

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