Indeed, the captain had assurance enough of our resolutions to go, for that having made such provision to settle there, it did not seem rational that we would choose to remain here at the expense and peril of life, for such it must have been if we had been taken again.
En vérité le capitaine avait assez d'assurances sur nos résolutions de partir, puisque, ayant fait de telles provisions pour nous établir là-bas, il ne semblait point probable que nous eussions choisi de demeurer ici au péril de la vie: car ce n'aurait pas été moins.