Page:Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships.djvu/23

 Author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my antientancient [sic] and intimate Friend; there is likewise some Relation between us by the Mother's Side. About three Years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the Concourse of curious People coming to him at his House in Redriff, made a small Purchase of Land, with a convenient House, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, his Native Country; where he now lives retired, yet in good Esteem among his Neighbours.

Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his Father dwelt, yet I have heard him say, his Family came from Oxfordshire; to confirm which, I have observed in the Church-Yard at Banbury, in that County, several Tombs and Monuments of the Gullivers.

he quittedquit [sic] Redriff, he left the Custody of the following Papers in my Hands, with the liberty to dispose of them as I should think fit. I have carefully perused them three times: The Style is very plain and simple; and the only Fault I find is, that the Author, after the manner of Travellers, is a little too Circumstantial. There is an Air of Truth apparent through the Whole; and indeed the Author was so distinguished for his Veracity, that it became