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Chapter 7

           HisoriginalreasonsIknownot;buthishatredisincreasedsinceyourgreatsuccessagainstBlefuscu,bywhichhisgloryasadmiralismuchobscured.Thislord,inconjunctionwithFlimnapthehigh-treasurer,whoseenmityagainstyouisnotoriousonaccountofhislady,Limtocthegeneral,Lalconthechamberlain,andBalmuffthegrandjusticiary,havepreparedarticlesofimpeachmentagainstyou,fortreasonandothercapitalcrimes."

           Thisprefacemademesoimpatient,beingconsciousofmyownmeritsandinnocence,thatIwasgoingtointerrupthim;whenheentreatedmetobesilent,andthusproceeded:

           "Outofgratitudeforthefavoursyouhavedoneme,Iprocuredinformationofthewholeproceedings,andacopyofthearticles;whereinIventuremyheadforyourservice.

           "’ArticlesofImpeachmentagainstQUINBUSFLESTRIN,(theMan-Mountain.)

           ARTICLEI.

           "’Whereas,byastatutemadeinthereignofhisimperialmajestyCalinDeffarPlune,itisenacted,that,whoevershallmakewaterwithintheprecinctsoftheroyalpalace,shallbeliabletothepainsandpenaltiesofhigh-treason;notwithstanding,thesaidQuinbusFlestrin,inopenbreachofthesaidlaw,undercolourofextinguishingthefirekindledintheapartmentofhismajesty’smostdearimperialconsort,didmaliciously,traitorously,anddevilishly,bydischargeofhisurine,putoutthesaidfirekindledinthesaidapartment,lyingandbeingwithintheprecinctsofthesaidroyalpalace,againstthestatuteinthatcaseprovided,etc.againsttheduty,etc.

           ARTICLEII.

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