He offered me also sixty pieces of eight more for my boy Xury, which I was loth to take; not that I was unwilling to let the captain have him, but I was very loth to sell the poor boy’s liberty, who had assisted me so faithfully in procuring my own.
Il me proposa en outre soixante pièces de huit pour mon garçon Xury. J'hésitai à les accepter; non que je répugnasse à le laisser au capitaine, mais à vendre la liberté de ce pauvre enfant, qui m'avait aidé si fidèlement à recouvrer la mienne.