Summary

Chapter 11

The king of Luggnaggia offers Gulliver a position in his court but Gulliver wants to just go home to his family. The king understands and sets him up with a ride and a lot of gold. The boat lets him get to Japan where the King of Luggnaggia’s letter of recommendation gains him an audience with the Emperor of Japan. Since Gulliver studied in a college in Holland, his Dutch is very good and he tricks the Emperor into believing he is Dutch. They speak in Dutch and Gulliver asks the Emperor to honor his Dutch customs which will not allow him to not stomp on the cross for the Luggnaggian King. The Emperor grants this but tells him to tell no one or he will have Gulliver killed. Gulliver gets on a boat and heads...