What punishment is planned for Gulliver in Lilliput?

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Illustration of Lemuel Gulliver lying on the ground, tied down by tiny Lilliputians, with crowds and small buildings in the background, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. — Gulliver’s Travels Lemuel Gulliver in Lilliput, illustration from an edition of Jonathan Swift's *Gulliver's Travels*.

In Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels, Lemuel Gulliver initially gains favor with the Lilliputians by capturing the naval fleet of their rival empire, Blefuscu. However, he eventually falls out of favor with the court after extinguishing a fire in the royal palace by urinating on it.

Upon learning of a plot to charge him with treason, Gulliver discovers that the planned punishment for his actions is to be blinded and starved. To avoid this fate, he flees to Blefuscu, where he secures a boat and returns to England.12