Gullivers

Book 1, Chapters 7-8
As Gulliver prepares to flee to Blefuscu, a Lord from the high courts makes a private visit to him. He informs Gulliver of Flimnap and the other leaders' pending impeachment forhim. The Lord interrupts an anxious Gulliver to thank him for all his gratitude and help over the time he has been in Lilliput, and felt obligated to tell Gulliver in advance of the Courts'proceedings. He offers his service privately to Gulliver and informs him of the four articles in the proclamation of Impeachment against the Man-Mountain, who they have named Quinbus Flestrin. They consist ofmaking water in a public place, as Gulliver did on the palace in order to extinguish the flames of the burning building, refusing to obey the Emperor's every command of enslaving the Big-Endians afterhis capture of the army at sea, acting as a traitor by diverting the Blefuscuan ambassadors from capture by the Lilliputian army, and finally of making plans to visit and aid the empire of Blefuscuagainst the empire of Lilliput.
The Lord stops reciting the articles, stating that these four are the most grave to everyone. He explains of the meeting in which they discussed plans to kill Gulliverin a vicious and painful method, by setting fire to house with 20,000 men, shooting poisonous arrow into his face and hands, and more. However, Reldresal interjected, illustrating Gulliver's goodnature and of their strong and benevolent friendship. He offered the suggestion of simply taking both of Gulliver's eyes, so that he may still live and serve Lilliput, but simply without his eyesight."That blindness is an addition to courage, by concealing dangers from us; that the fear you had for your eyes, was the greatest difficulty in bringing over the enemy's fleet, and it would be sufficientfor you to see by the eyes of the Ministers, since the greatest princes do no more" Book 1, Chapter 7, pg. 107. However, the Lord continues recalling the meeting. Nobody believed Redresal's comments...