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 this, however, he received a prodigious number of wounds in his hands and face, face, from the arrows of the enemy. He then took up the cords to which the hooks were tied, and with great ease drew fifty of the enemy’s men of war after him.

The Emperor with his attendants, stood on the coast, expecting the issue of his adventure They saw the ships move, but could not discern Mr Gulliver, who was up to his chin in water  They concluded him to be drowned, and that the enemy’s fleet were approaching in a hostile manner- However, as the sea became shallower and shallower every step, he was soon within hearing and then holding up the end of the cable by which the fleet were fastened together, he cried aloud, “Long live the most puissant Emperor of Lilliput” He was received at his landing, with great əncomiumsencomiums [sic], and created a Nardic, which is the highest title of honor,

His Majesty desired that Mr. Gulliver would take some future opportunity of bringing all the rest of the enemy’s ships into his ports; and his ambition was so great, that he seemed to think of nothing