Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 5

           andIplainlyprotested,"thatIwouldneverbeaninstrumentofbringingafreeandbravepeopleintoslavery."And,whenthematterwasdebatedincouncil,thewisestpartoftheministrywereofmyopinion.

           Thisopenbolddeclarationofminewassooppositetotheschemesandpoliticsofhisimperialmajesty,thathecouldneverforgiveme.Hementioneditinaveryartfulmanneratcouncil,whereIwastoldthatsomeofthewisestappeared,atleastbytheirsilence,tobeofmyopinion;butothers,whoweremysecretenemies,couldnotforbearsomeexpressionswhich,byaside-wind,reflectedonme.Andfromthistimebegananintriguebetweenhismajestyandajuntoofministers,maliciouslybentagainstme,whichbrokeoutinlessthantwomonths,andhadliketohaveendedinmyutterdestruction.Ofsolittleweightarethegreatestservicestoprinces,whenputintothebalancewitharefusaltogratifytheirpassions.

           Aboutthreeweeksafterthisexploit,therearrivedasolemnembassyfromBlefuscu,withhumbleoffersofapeace,whichwassoonconcluded,uponconditionsveryadvantageoustoouremperor,wherewithIshallnottroublethereader.Thereweresixambassadors,withatrainofaboutfivehundredpersons,andtheirentrywasverymagnificent,suitabletothegrandeuroftheirmaster,andtheimportanceoftheirbusiness.Whentheirtreatywasfinished,whereinIdidthemseveralgoodofficesbythecreditInowhad,oratleastappearedtohave,atcourt,theirexcellencies,whowereprivatelytoldhowmuchIhadbeentheirfriend,mademeavisitinform.Theybeganwithmanycomplimentsuponmyvalourandgenerosity,invitedmetothatkingdomintheemperortheirmaster’sname,anddesiredmetoshowthemsomeproofsofmyprodigiousstrength,ofwhichtheyhadheardsomanywonders;whereinIreadilyobligedthem,butshallnottroublethereaderwiththeparticulars.

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