The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the MoonDefoe, Daniel
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The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon
Defoe, Daniel
Fantasy fiction; Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction; Moon -- Fiction; Political fiction; Satire
At last he told me he would write his particular Sentiments of this
whole Affair in a Letter to me, which he would so order as it should
effectually open mine Eyes; which indeed it did, and so I believe it
will the Eyes of all that read it; to which purpose I have obtain'd
of the Author to assist me in the Translation of it, he having some
Knowledge also in our Sublunar Languages.
The Sustance of a Letter, wrote to the Author of these Sheets, while
he was in the Regions of the Moon.
'Friend from the Moon,
'According to my promise, I hereby give you a Scheme of Solunarian
Honesty, join'd with Mogenite Policy, and my Opinion of the Action of
my Country-men and their Confederates, in declaring their new made
Ebronian King.
'The Mogenites and Solunarians are look'd upon here to be the
Original Contrivers of this ridiculous piece of Pageantry, and tho'
some of their Neighbours are suppos'd to have a Hand in it, yet we
all lay it at the door of their Politicks, and for the Honesty of it
let them answer it if they can.
''Tis observ'd here, that as soon as the King of Gallunaria had
declar'd that he accepted the Will and Disposition of the Crown of
Ebronia, in favour of his Grandson, and that according to the said
Disposition, he had own'd him for King; and in order to make it
effectual, had put him into immediate Possession of the Kingdom. The
Mogenites and their Confederates made wonderful Clamours at the
Injustice of his Proceedings, and particularly on account of his
breaking the Treaty then lately entred into with the King of the
Solunarians and the Mogenites, for the settling the Matter of Right
and Possession, in case of the Demise of the Ebronian King.
'However, the King of Gallunaria had no sooner plac'd his Grandson on
the Throne, but the Mogenites and other Nations, and to all our
Wonder, the King of Solunaria himself acknowledg'd him, own'd him,
sent their Ministers, and Compliments of Congratulation, and the
like, giving him the Title of King of Ebronia.
'Tho' this proceeding had something of Surprize in it, and all Men
expected to see something more than ordinary Politick in the effect
of it, yet it did not give half the astonishment to the Lunar World,
as this unaccountable Monster of Politicks begins to do.
'We have here two unlucky Fellows, call'd Pasquin and Marforio, these
had a long Dialogue about this very Matter, and Pasquin as he always
lov'd Mischief, told a very unlucky Story to his Comrade, of a high
Mogenite Skipper, as follows.
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