The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up, While her mother did fret, and her father did 1ofume, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the saddle before her he sprung. "She is won! she is gone! over bank, bush, and 12scaur ; But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? 2 1 Border, the district on each side of the boundary between England and Scotland. This portion of Great Britain was the scene of frequent wars in ancient times, before the two countries were united into one kingdom. Esk, a river flowing into the Solway Firth. laggard, one who lags behind, a slow, sluggish fellow. dastard, coward. 5 craven, cowardly. “swells, ebbs; the tides in the Solway Firth rise very high and fall very low. 'measure, a dance. 8 bar, hinder, prevent. galliard, a gay, brisk, sprightly man. 10 fume, rage, show anger. "croupe, or croup, the hind part of the back of a horse. 12 scaur, a Scotch word for cliff, precipice. 13 clan, a Highland tribe. 9 Lemuel Gulliver suffers shipwreck, and is cast ashore on the Isle of Lilliput, which is inhabited by a curious race of very small beings, less than six inches in height. Being taken prisoner while asleep, he is bound and conducted before the Emperor, who orders him to be searched. THE emperor desired I would not take it ill, if he gave orders to certain proper officers to search me; for probably I might carry about me several weapons, which must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. I said his majesty should be satisfied, for I was ready to strip myself and turn up my pockets before him. This I delivered, part in words, and part in signs. He replied that, by the laws of the kingdom, I must be searched by two of his officers; that he knew this could not be done without my consent and assistance; that he had so good an opinion of my generosity and justice, as to trust their persons in my hands; that whatever they took from me should be returned when I left the country, or paid for at the rate which I would set upon them. I took up the two officers in my hands, put them first into my coat pockets, and then into every other pocket about me, except my two 1fobs, and another secret pocket I had no mind should be searched, wherein I had some little necessaries that were of no consequence to any but myself. In one of my fobs there was a silver watch, and in the other a small quantity of gold in a purse. These gentlemen, having pen, ink, and paper about them, made an exact inventory of everything they saw; and when they had done, desired I would set them down, that they might deliver it to the emperor. This inventory I afterwards translated into English, and is, word for word, as follows : 66 Firstly, in the right coat pocket of the Great Man Mountain, after the strictest search, we found only one great piece of coarse cloth, large enough to be a foot-cloth for your majesty's chief room of state. In the left pocket we saw a huge silver chest, with a cover of the same metal, which we (the searchers) were not able to lift. We desired it should be opened, and one of us, stepping into it, found himself up to the midleg in a sort of dust, some part whereof flying up to our faces, set us both a-sneezing for several times together. In his right waistcoat pocket we found a prodigious bundle of white thin substances, folded one over another, about the bigness of three men, tied with a strong 3cable, and marked with black figures; which we humbly conceive to be writings, every letter almost half as large as the palm of our hands. In the left there was a sort of engine, from the back of which were extended twenty long poles, resembling the palisadoes before your majesty's court; wherewith we conjecture the Man Mountain combs his head; for we did not always trouble him with questions, because we found it a great difficulty to make him understand us. In the large pocket on the right side of his middle cover (by which they meant my trousers), we saw a hollow pillar of iron, about the length of a man, fastened to a strong piece of timber larger than the pillar; and upon one side of the pillar were huge pieces of iron sticking out, cut into strange figures which we knew not what to make of. In the left pocket, another engine of the same kind. In the smaller pocket on the right side were several round flat pieces of white and red metal of different bulk; some of white, which seemed to be silver, were so large and heavy that my comrade and I could hardly lift them. In the left pocket were two black pillars irregularly shaped; we could not, without difficulty, reach the top of them, as we stood at the bottom of his pocket. One of them was covered, and seemed all of a piece; but at the upper end of the other there appeared a white round substance, about twice the bigness of our heads. Within each of these was enclosed a prodigious piece of steel; which, by our orders, we obliged him to show us, because we apprehended they might be dangerous engines. He took them out of their cases, and told us that, in his own country, his practice was to shave his beard with one of these, and to cut his meat with the other. There were two pockets which we could not enter: these he called his fobs; they were two large slits cut into the top of his middle cover, but squeezed close by the pressure of his body. Out of the right fob hung a great silver chain, with a wonderful kind of engine at the bottom. We directed him to draw out whatever was at the bottom of that chain; which appeared to be a globe, half silver, and half of some transparent metal: for, on the transparent side we saw several strange figures circularly drawn, and thought we could touch them, till we found our fingers stopped by that lucid substance. He put his engine to our ears, which made an incessant noise, like that of a water-mill. And we conjecture it is either some unknown animal, or the god that he worships; but we are more inclined to the latter opinion, because he assured us (if we understood him rightly, for he expressed himself very imimperfectly) that he seldom did anything without consulting it. He called it his 'oracle, and said it pointed out the time for every action of his life. From the left fob he took out a net, almost large enough for a fisherman, but contrived to open and shut like a purse, and serving him for the same purpose; we found therein several massy pieces of yellow metal, which, if they be real gold, must be of immense value. “Having thus, in obedience to your majesty's commands, diligently searched all his pockets, we observed a girdle about his waist, made of the hide of some prodigious animal; from which, on the left side, hung a sword of the length of five men; and on the right, a bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majesty's subjects. In one of these cells were several globes, or balls, of a most ponderous metal, about the bigness of our heads, and requiring a strong hand to lift them: the other cell contained a heap of certain black grains, but of no great bulk or weight, for we could hold about fifty in the palms of our hands. "This is an exact inventory of what we found about the body of the Man Mountain, who used us with great civility and due respect to your majesty's commission. Signed and sealed on the fourth day of the eighty-ninth moon of your majesty's 9auspicious reign.” CLEFRIN FRELOCK. When this inventory was read over to the emperor, he directed me, although in very gentle terms, to deliver up the several particulars. He first called for my scimitar, which I took out, 10scabbard and all. In the meantime he ordered three thousand of his choicest troops (who then attended him) to surround me, at a distance, with their bows and arrows just ready to discharge: but I did not observe it, for my eyes were wholly fixed upon his majesty. He then desired me to draw my scimitar, which, although it had got some rust by the sea-water, was in most parts exceeding bright. I did so, and immediately all the troops gave a shout between terror and surprise; for the sun |