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the shore after our shipwreck, I was in such confusion,
that before I came to the place where I fell asleep, my hat,
which I had fastened with a string to my head, and which had
stuck on all the time I was swimming, fell off after I came to
and; the string, as I conjecture, breaking by some accident
which I never observed. I cntreated his imperial majesty
to give orders that it might be brought to me as soon as pos-
sible, describing to him the nature and use of it; and the next
day the wagoners arrived
with it, but not in a very
good condition. —I had sent
so many memorials and pe-
titions for my liberty, that
his majesty at length men-
tioned the matter, first in
the cabinet, and then in a full council, where it was agreed to
by the whole board, and confirmed by the emperor.

The conditions were drawn upand sent to me by two of the
ministers of state; and, as the reader may be curious to have
some idea of the style and manner of expression peculiar to
that people, as well as to know the articles upon which I re-
covered my liberty, I have made a translation of the whole
instrument, word for word, as ncar as 1 was able, which I here
offer to the public.

“Golbasto Momarem Guadilo Shefin Mully Uily Gue,
most mighty emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the
universe, monarch of all monarchs, at whose nod the princes of
the earth shake their knees, pleasant as the spring, comfortable
as the summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter : His
most sublime majesty proposes to the man-mountain the fol-
lowing articles, which, by a solemn oath, he shall be obliged to
perforin :—