Thus she learned in what rank the young gentleman had been born , and next day she poured forth her woes to her father , and begged him to help her to get rid of a husband who was nothing more nor less than a tailor . The King comforted her , and said : `` Leave your bedroom door open to-night , my servants shall stand outside , and when your husband is fast asleep they shall enter , bind him fast , and carry him on to a ship , which shall sail away out into the wide ocean . '' The Queen was well satisfied with the idea , but the armor-bearer , who had overheard everything , being much attached to his young master , went straight to him and revealed the whole plot . `` I 'll soon put a stop to the business , '' said the tailor . That night he and his wife went to bed at the usual time ; and when she thought he had fallen asleep she got up , opened the door , and then lay down again . The little tailor , who had only pretended to be asleep , began to call out in a clear voice : `` My lad , make that waistcoat and patch those trousers , or I 'll box your ears . I have killed seven at a blow , slain two giants , led a unicorn captive , and caught a wild boar , then why should I be afraid of those men standing outside my door ? '' The men , when they heard the tailor saying these words , were so terrified that they fled as if pursued by a wild army , and did n't dare go near him again . So the little tailor was and remained a king all the days of his life . A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT CHAPTER I My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire , and I was the third of four sons . He sent me to Cambridge at fourteen years old , and after studying there three years I was bound apprentice to Mr. Bates , a famous surgeon in London . There , as my father now and then sent me small sums of money , I spent them in learning navigation , and other arts useful to those who travel , as I always believed it would be some time or other my fortune to do . Three years after my leaving him my good master , Mr. Bates , recommended me as ship 's surgeon to the `` Swallow , '' on which I voyaged three years . When I came back I settled in London , and , having taken part of a small house , I married Miss Mary Burton , daughter of Mr. Edmund Burton , hosier . But my good master Bates died two years after ; and as I had few friends my business began to fail , and I determined to go again to sea . After several voyages , I accepted an offer from Captain W. Pritchard , master of the `` Antelope , '' who was making a voyage to the South Sea . We set sail from Bristol , May 4 , 1699 ; and our voyage at first was very prosperous . But in our passage to the East Indies we were driven by a violent storm to the north-west of Van Diemen 's Land . Twelve of our crew died from hard labor and bad food , and the rest were in a very weak condition . On the 5th of November , the weather being very hazy , the seamen spied a rock within 120 yards of the ship ; but the wind was so strong that we were driven straight upon it , and immediately split .
Six of the crew , of whom I was one , letting down the boat , got clear XXXXX the ship , and we rowed about three leagues , till we could work no longer .
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