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Chapter 7

           "’ThatthesaidQuinbusFlestrin,havingbroughttheimperialfleetofBlefuscuintotheroyalport,andbeingafterwardscommandedbyhisimperialmajestytoseizealltheothershipsofthesaidempireofBlefuscu,andreducethatempiretoaprovince,tobegovernedbyaviceroyfromhence,andtodestroyandputtodeath,notonlyalltheBig-endianexiles,butlikewiseallthepeopleofthatempirewhowouldnotimmediatelyforsaketheBig-endianheresy,he,thesaidFlestrin,likeafalsetraitoragainsthismostauspicious,serene,imperialmajesty,didpetitiontobeexcusedfromthesaidservice,uponpretenceofunwillingnesstoforcetheconsciences,ordestroythelibertiesandlivesofaninnocentpeople.

           ARTICLEIII.

           "’That,whereascertainambassadorsarrivedfromtheCourtofBlefuscu,tosueforpeaceinhismajesty’scourt,he,thesaidFlestrin,did,likeafalsetraitor,aid,abet,comfort,anddivert,thesaidambassadors,althoughheknewthemtobeservantstoaprincewhowaslatelyanopenenemytohisimperialmajesty,andinanopenwaragainsthissaidmajesty.

           ARTICLEIV.

           "’ThatthesaidQuinbusFlestrin,contrarytothedutyofafaithfulsubject,isnowpreparingtomakeavoyagetothecourtandempireofBlefuscu,forwhichhehasreceivedonlyverballicensefromhisimperialmajesty;and,undercolourofthesaidlicense,doesfalselyandtraitorouslyintendtotakethesaidvoyage,andtherebytoaid,comfort,andabettheemperorofBlefuscu,solatelyanenemy,andinopenwarwithhisimperialmajestyaforesaid.

           "Therearesomeotherarticles;butthesearethemostimportant,ofwhichIhavereadyouanabstract.

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