there were several other articles,but these were the most important. Skyresh and his supporters insisted that I should be put to death by setting my house on fire at night. Then the general was suppose to have twenty thousand men shoot me with poisoned arrows in the faceand hands.
His Majestry’ secretary urged mercy, the best characteristic in a prince. He asked Majestry to happy with merely putting out both of my eyes and sparing my life. This way, he said ,I would still be able to use my bodily strength to serve His Myjestry.
He suggested that, if blinding proved to weak a punishment, I could be starved to death by slowly lessning my supply of food. Upon my death, Five or six thousand of His myjestry’s subjects might cut my flesh from my bones and bury it in distant parts to avoid infections. This plan agreed to by all. It was decided that the sentence of blinding would be made public while the plan to starve me would be kept secret.
This conclusion was thought to be an example of His Myjestry’s great compassion. I must confess that I could not see the mercy in this sentence, but rather found it to be Quite harsh. I thought of standing trial to defend myself, but having seen many trial, figured this was arisky option. I could easily destroy the entire empire, but I soon rejected this idea with horror. Finally I decided on my course of action.
Before the three days has passed, I sent a letter to my friend the secretary, informing hom of my plan to set out that morning for Blefuscu. Without waiting for a reply, I went to the coast where our fleet lay. Putting all of my Belongings in a large man-of-war, I dragged it behind me and half waded, half swam to Blefuscu.
The people had long expected me there. Within an hour of my arrival, His Majestry, joined by the royal family and the great officers of court,came out to greet me. I told His Myjestry that I had arrived as promised,not mentioning a word of my situation a house and bed, was force to sleep on the ground with only a blanket.