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Chapter II

The emperor of Lilliput comes to see the author.

He also starts learning their language with teachers.

His pockets aresearched, and some weapons are taken from him.

When I stood up, I looked around and understood that I had never seen such a beautiful place. It looked like a green garden, with so many beds of flowers. There were a lot of forests with trees, about seven feet high. It all looked like a painting, not real life.

For a few hours, Ienjoyed the beauty of nature. I left my house and walked as much as I could. Since that time, I went out every day, as soon as I woke up.

So, I came out of my house,enjoying the fresh air and saw the emperor coming up to me on his horse. He kindly looked at me, but didn't come close. He ordered his cooks to give me food: I had a lot of meat and liquor. The empress and the young princes stood far from me.

The emperor, who was taller than his people, had a strong face of olive colour. He was already twenty-eight years old and he was a king for about seven years. His dress was very simple, the fashion of it between the Asiatic and European, but he had aswordof gold toprotecthimself from me. His voice was very clear; and I could hear it when I stood up. The emperor spoke to me, and I answered: but we didn't understand each other. There were other people who talked to me and I tried to speak as many languages as I knew, High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and Lingua Franca; it didn't help.