ARTICLE I.
Whereas, by a statute made in the reign of his Imperial Majesty
Calin Deffar Plune, it is enacted, That whoever shall lay hands
upon the empress, or upon any of the royal children, shall be
liable to the pains and penalties of high treason. Notwithstanding,
the said Quinbus Flestrin, in open breach of the said law, under
color of extinguishing the fire kindled in the apartment of his
Majesty's most dear imperial consort, did maliciously, and
traitorously, pull her by the arms, and lift her high in the air in
both his hands, against the statute in that case provided, &c.,
against the duty, &c.
ARTICLE II.
That the said Quinbus Flestrin, having brought the imperial fleet
of Blefuscu into the royal port, and being afterwards commanded by
his imperial majesty to seize all the other ships of the said
empire of Blefuscu, and reduce that empire to a province, to be
governed by a viceroy from hence, and to destroy and put to death,
not only all the Big-endian exiles, but likewise all the people of
that empire who would not immediately forsake the Big-endian
heresy. He, the said Flestrin, like a false traitor against his
most auspicious, serene, imperial majesty, did petition to be
excused from the said service, upon pretence of unwillingness to
force the consciences or destroy the liberties and lives of an
innocent people.
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