SUMMARY :The Author leaves Lagado, arrives at Maldonada. No Ship ready. He takes a short Voyage to Glubbdubdrib. His Reception by the Governor.

 The Continent of which this Kingdom is a part, extends itself, as I have reason to believe, Eastward to that unknown
Tract of America, Westward of California, and North to the Pacifick Ocean, which is not above an hundred and fifty
Miles from Lagado; where there is a good Port and much Commerce with the great Island of Luggnagg, situated to the
North-West about 29 Degrees North Latitude, and 140 Longitude. This Island of Luggnagg stands South-Eastwards
of Japan, about an hundred Leagues distant. There is a strict Alliance between the Japanese Emperor and the King of
Luggnagg, which affords frequent Opportunities of sailing from one Island to the other. I determined therefore to direct
my Course this Way, in order to my Return to Europe. I hired two Mules with a Guide to shew me the way, and carry
my small Baggage. I took Leave of my noble Protector, who had shewn me so much Favour, and made me a generous
Present at my Departure.

 My Journey was without any Accident or Adventure worth relating. When I arrived at the Port of Maldonada, (for so it
is called) there was no Ship in the Harbour bound for Luggnagg, nor like to be in some time. The Town is about as
large as Portsmouth. I soon fell into some Acquaintance, and was very hospitably received. A Gentleman of Distinction
said to me that since the Ships bound for Luggnagg could not be ready in less than a Month, it might be no disagreeable
Amusement for me to take a Trip to the little Island of Glubbdubdrib, about five Leagues off to the South-West. He
offered himself and a Friend to accompany me, and that I should be provided with a small convenient Barque for the
Voyage.

 GLUBBDUBDRIB, as nearly as I can interpret the Word, signifies the Island of Sorcerers or Magicians. It is about
one third as large as the Isle of Wight, and extremely Fruitful: It is governed by the Head of a certain Tribe, who are all
Magicians. This Tribe marries only among each other, and the eldest in Succession is Prince or Governor. He hath a
noble Palace, and a Park of about three thousand Acres, surrounded by a Wall of hewn Stone twenty Foot high. In this
Park are several small enclosures for Cattle, Corn, and Gardening.

The Governor and his Family are served and attended by Domesticks of a Kind somewhat unusual. By his Skill in
Necromancy, he hath a Power of calling whom he pleaseth from the Dead, and commanding their Service for
twenty-four Hours, but no longer; nor can he call the same Persons up again in less than three Months, except upon very
extraordinary Occasions.

 When we arrived at the Island, which was about Eleven in the Morning, one of the Gentlemen who accompanied me,
went to the Governour, and desired admittance for a Stranger, who came on Purpose to have the Honour of attending
on his Highness. This was immediately granted, and we all three entered the Gate of the Palace between two rows of
Guards, armed and dressed after a very antick Manner, and something in their Countenances that made my Flesh creep
with a Horror I cannot express. We passed through several Apartments between Servants of the same Sort, ranked on
each side as before, till we came to the Chamber of Presence, where after three profound Obeysances, and a few
general Questions, we were permitted to sit on three Stools near the lowest Step of his Highness's Throne. He
understood the Language of Balnibarbi, although it were different from that of his Island. He desired me to give him
some Account of my Travels; and to let me see that I should be treated without Ceremony, he dismissed all his
Attendants with a Turn of his Finger, at which to my great Astonishment they vanished in an Instant, like Visions in a
Dream, when we awake on a sudden. I could not recover my self in some Time, till the Governor assured me that I
should receive no Hurt; and observing my two Companions to be under no Concern, who had been often entertained in
the same Manner, I began to take Courage; and related to his Highness a short History of my several Adventures, yet
not without some Hesitation, and frequently looking behind me to the Place where I had seen those domestick Spectres.
I had the Honour to dine with the Governor, where a new set of Ghosts served up the Meat, and waited at Table. I now
observed myself to be less terrified than I had been in the Morning. I stayed till Sun-set, but humbly desired his Highness
to excuse me for not accepting his Invitation of lodging in the Palace. My two Friends and I lay at a private House in the
Town adjoining, which is the Capital of this little Island; and the next Morning we returned to pay our Duty to the
Governor, as he was pleased to command us.

 After this Manner we continued in the Island for ten Days, most Part of every Day with the Governor, and at Night in
our Lodging. I soon grew so familiarized to the Sight of Spirits, that after the third or fourth Time they gave me no
Emotion at all; or if I had any Apprehensions left, my Curiosity prevailed over them. For his Highness the Governor
ordered me to call up whatever Persons I would choose to name, and in whatever Numbers among all the Dead from
the Beginning of the World to the present Time, and command them to answer any Questions I should think fit to ask;
with this Condition, that my Questions must be confined within the Compass of the Times they lived in. And one Thing I
might depend upon, that they would certainly tell me Truth, for Lying was a Talent of no Use in the lower World.

 I made my humble Acknowledgments to his Highness for so great a Favour. We were in a Chamber, from whence
there was a fair Prospect into the Park. And because my first Inclination was to be entertained with Scenes of Pomp and
Magnificence, I desired to see Alexander the Great, at the Head of his Army just after the battle of Arbela; which upon
a Motion of the Governor's Finger immediately appeared in a large Field under the Window, where we stood.
Alexander was called up into the Room: Iit was with great Difficulty that I understood his Greek, and had but little of my
own. He assured me upon his Honour that he was not poisoned, but died of a Fever by excessive Drinking.

 Next I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me he had not a Drop of Vinegar in his Camp.

 I saw Cæsar and Pompey at the Head of their Troops just ready to engage. I saw the former in his last great Triumph. I
desired that the Senate of Rome might appear before me in one large Chamber, and an Assembly of somewhat a latter
Age, in Counterview in another. The first seemed to be an Assembly of Heroes and Demy-Gods; the other a Knot of
Pedlars, Pickpockets, High-way-men, and Bullies.

 The Governor at my Request gave the Sign for Cæsar and Brutus to advance towards us. I was struck with a profound
Veneration at the Sight of Brutus; and could easily discover the most consummate Virtue, the greatest Intrepidity and
Firmness of Mind, the truest Love of his Country, and general Benevolence for Mankind in every Lineament of his
Countenance. I observed with much Pleasure, that these two Persons were in good Intelligence with each other, and
Cæsar freely confessed to me that the greatest Actions of his own Life were not equal by many Degrees to the Glory of
taking it away. I had the Honour to have much Conversation with Brutus; and was told that his Ancestor Junius,
Socrates, Epaminondas, Cato the Younger, Sir Thomas More and himself, were perpetually together: A
Sextumvirate to which all the Ages of the World cannot add a Seventh.

 It would be tedious to trouble the Reader with relating what vast Numbers of illustrious Persons were called up, to
gratify that insatiable Desire I had to see the World in every Period of Antiquity placed before me. I chiefly fed mine
Eyes with beholding the Destroyers of Tyrants and Usurpers, and the Restorers of Liberty to oppressed and injured
Nations. But it is impossible to express the Satisfaction I received in my own Mind, after such a Manner as to make it a
suitable Entertainment to the Reader.