Friday would fain have had me take one of their canoes, and pursue them; and indeed I was very anxious about their escape, lest, carrying the news home to their people, they should come back perhaps with two or three hundred of the canoes and devour us by mere multitude; so I consented to pursue them by sea, and running to one of their canoes, I jumped in and bade Friday follow me: but when I was in the canoe I was surprised to find another poor creature lie there, bound hand and foot, as the Spaniard was, for the slaughter, and almost dead with fear, not knowing what was the matter; for he had not been able to look up over the side of the boat, he was tied so hard neck and heels, and had been tied so long that he had really but little life in him.
Per dir vero m’inquietava l’idea che costoro, se li lasciava tornare a casa, portassero la notizia di quanto era avvenuto ai loro compatriotti, i quali probabilmente sarebbero venuti alla volta di quest’isola con dugento o trecento delle loro barche, e per la forza del numero nè avrebbero senza pietà divorati. Laonde, abbracciato il consiglio di Venerdì, corsi ad uno di que’ canotti e saltatovi dentro, imposi a Venerdì di seguirmi.