_Peter's children provided for--Youwarkee's death--How the king
and queen spent their time--Peter grows melancholy--Wants to get to
England--Contrives means--Is taken up at sea._
I HAD now been at Brandleguarp ten years, and my children were all
provided for by the king but Dickey, as fast as they were qualified for
employment, and such as were fit for it were married off to the best
alliances in the country; so that I had only to sit down and see
everything I had put my hand to prosper, and not an evil eye in the
three kingdoms cast at me: but about my eleventh or twelfth year, my
wife falling into a lingering disorder, at the end of two years it
carried her off. This was the first real affliction I had suffered for
many years, and so soured my temper, that I became fit for nothing, and
it was painful to me even to think of business.
The king's marriage had produced four children, three sons and a
daughter, which he would frequently tell me were mine.
Old Oniwheske was dead, and the king and queen divided their whole time
equally between Brandleguarp and Apsillo; but he was building a palace
at my new colony, which by this time was grown to a vast city, and was
called Stygena, in compliment to the queen; and this new palace was
designed to receive the court one-third of the year, as it lay almost
at equal distance between both his other palaces. This method, which
his majesty took, at my persuasion, on the death of Oniwheske, though it
went against the grain at first, was now grown so habitual to him, and
he saw his own interest so much in it in the love and esteem it procured
him from the people, that at last he wanted no spur to it.
My melancholy for the death of my wife, which I hoped time would wear
off, rather gained ground upon me; and though I was as much regarded as
ever by the whole court, yet it grew troublesome to me even to be asked
my advice; and it not only surprised those about me, but even myself,
to see the same genius, without any visible natural decay, in so short
a time, from the most sprightly and enterprising, become the most
phlegmatic and inactive.
My longings after my native country, ever since my wife's death,
redoubled upon me, and I had formed several schemes of getting thither;
as first, I had formed a project of going off by the islands, as I had
so many small vessels at command there, and to get into the main ocean
and try my fortune that way; but upon inquiry I found that my vessels
could not get to sea, or elsewhere, but to the zaps' islands, by reason
of the many rocks and sandbanks which would oppose me, unless I went
through the zaps' country, which, in the light they had reason to view
me, I was afraid to do. Then I had thoughts of going from the coast of
Norbon; but that must have been in one of the foreign vessels, and they
coming from a quite different quarter than I must go, in all probability
if I had put to sea any way they were unacquainted with, they having
no compass, we must have perished; for the more I grew by degrees
acquainted with the situation of Doorpt Swangeanti, the stronger were
my conjectures that my nearest continent must be the southern coast of
America; but still it was only conjecture. At length, being tired and
uneasy, I resolved, as I was accustomed to flight, and loved it, I would
take a turn for some days; carry me where it would, I should certainly
light on some land, whence at first I could but come back again. I then
went to see if my chair, board, and ropes, were sound, for I had not
used them for several years past; but I found them all so crazy, I durst
not venture in them, which disappointment put off my journey for some
time. However, as I had still the thought remaining, it put me on
seeking some other method to put it in practice; so I contrived
the poles from which you took me, being a sort of hollow cane the
Swangeantines make their spears of, but exceeding strong and springy,
which, interwoven with small cords, were my seat, and were much lighter
than my chair; and these buoyed me up when your goodness relieved me.
I had taken Mount Alkoe bearers, as I knew I must come to a country
of more light; and I now find, if I had not fallen, I must soon have
reached land, if we could have held out, for we were come too far to
think of returning, without a resting-place: and what will become of my
poor bearers, I dread to think; if they attempted to return, they must
have dropt, for they had complained all the last day and night, and had
shifted very often. If in your history you think fit to carry down the
life of a poor old man any farther, you will as well know what to say of
me as I can tell you; and I hope what I have hitherto said will in some
measure recompense both your expense and labour.
FINIS.
A TABLE OF THE NAMES OF PERSONS AND THINGS MENTIONED IN THE TWO VOLUMES.
_Abb_, a room.
_Apsillo_, capital of Norbon.
_Arco_, a man who committed the first murder.
_Arhoe_, water surrounded with wood.
_Amdrumnstake_, Pendlehamby's colambat.
_Barbarsa_, Georigetti's favourite.
_Barkett_, a husband.
_Barras_, a leathern apron, or flap behind.
_Bash_, a valet de chambre.
_Battringdrigg_, the name of an arkoe.
_Begsurbeck_, an old king of Sass Doorpt Swangeanti.
_Born Isles_, islands to the right hand.
_Boskee_, a very grand room or saloon.
_Bott_, a gourd.
_Bougee_, lie down.
_Brandleguarp_, chief city of Sass Doorpt Swangeanti.
_Calentar_, a doctor or surgeon.
_Cluff_, a captain.
_Colamb_, a governor.
_Colambat_, a government.
_Colapet_, a bag for provision.
_Collwarr_, God.
_Covett_, a mansion-house or seat.
_Crashdoorpt_, Quangrollart's colambat, or country of the slit.
_Crashee_, slit.
_Crullmott_, a fruit tasting like a fowl.
_David_, Peter's fourth son.
_Doorpt Swangeanti_, the land of flight.
_Doors_, a sort of apples.
_Dossee_, a soft thing.
_Emina_, a rock.
_Felbamko_, Oniwheske's nephew.
_Filgay_, a freeman.
_Filus_, a rib of the graundee.
_Gadsi_, governor of Mount Alkoe.
_Gauingrunt_, a revolted town in the west.
_G awry_, a flying woman.
_Georigetti_, king of Sass Doorpt Swangeanti.
_Glanlepze_, an African who escaped with Peter.
_Glumm_, a flying man.
_Glumm Boss_, a young man.
_Goppo_, a father-in-law.
_Gorpell_, an ensign.
_Gowren_, women.
_Graundee_, the glumms' wings and dress.
_Graundevolet_, Peter's arkoe.
_Gripsack_, a trumpet.
_Gume_, the leather between the filuses of the graundee.
_Hallycarnie_, Youwarkee's sister, also her second daughter.
_Harlokin_, prince of the rebels.
_Hoximo_, a place to bury the dead.
_Hunkum_, marriage.
_Jahamel_, the king's sister.
_Jemmy_, Peter's second son.
_Lallio_, first king of Sass Doorpt Swangeanti.
_Lask_, a slave.
_Laskmett_, slavery.
_Lasmeel_, Peter's scholar.
_Maieck_, Peter's man from Mount Alkoe.
_Mindrack_, the devil.
_Mouch_, a church.
_Moucherait_, an assembly of the states.
_Mount Alkoe_, a kingdom taking name from a burning mountain.
_Nasgig_, a common soldier, made a general at the request of Peter.
_Kicor_, a creature of Barbarsa, the king's favourite.
_Norbon_, the name of the north country.
_Normnbdsgrsutt_, ancient name of Youwarkee's country.
_Onitvheske_, king of Norbon.
_Ors clamm gee_, here am I.
_Padsi_, a fruit tasting like fish.
_Palang_, a town.
_Parky_, sweet.
_Patty_, Peter's eldest daughter, also his first wife.
_Pedro_, Peter's eldest son.
_Pendlehamby_, Youwarkee's father, the colamb of Arndrumn-stake.
_Perigene_, the first-born man.
_Peter_, the author.
_Philella_, the first-born woman.
_Puly_, an image.
_Praave_, modest.
_Quangrollart_, Youwarkee's brother, colamb of Crashdoorpt.
_Quilly_, Peter's bash.
_Ragan_, a priest.
_Razy_, mighty.
_Richard_, Peter's fifth son.
_Roppin_, marmalade.
_Rossig_, Quangrollart's companion.
_Sary_, Peter's youngest daughter.
_Sass Doorpt Sivangeanti_, Peter's new name given to Georigetti's
dominions.
_Slip the graundee_, drawing the graundee tight to the body, by a
running noose on a line.
_Stapps_, minutes.
_Sty gee_, Oniwheske's daughter.
_Swangean_, flight.
_Sweecoan_, a flight with sweecoes.
_Sweecoe_, an insect giving a strong light in the dark.
_Telamine_, a woman whose husband committed the first murder.
_Tommy_, Peter's second son.
_Yaccombourse_, the king's mistress.
_Yacom_, a man-child.
_Youh_, capital of the west.
_Youwarkey_, Peter's wife.
_Zaps_, lords.
THE END.