And so unmeasureable is the ambition of princes, that he seemed to think of nothing less than reducing the whole empire of Blefuscu into a province, and governing it, by a viceroy; of destroying the Big-endian exiles, and compelling that people to break the smaller end of their eggs, by which he would remain the sole monarch of the whole world.
Eta hain neurrigabea izaten denez erregeen gutizia, bazirudien hark ez zuela besterik buruan Blefuscuko Inperio osoa probintzia bihurtu eta Erregeorde bidez gobernatzea baizik, baita erbesteratutako Muturzabalzaleak suntsitzea ere, arrautzak muturrik estuenetik kraskatzera behartuz jende hura, hala bera izango zelarik mundu osoko errege bakarra.