The usage I had there was not so dreadful as at first I apprehended; nor was I carried up the country to the emperor’s court, as the rest of our men were, but was kept by the captain of the rover as his proper prize, and made his slave, being young and nimble, and fit for his business.
Il trattamento che trovai quivi non fu tanto spaventoso, quanto io aveva temuto; nè fui condotto, come il rimanente de’ nostri, alla corte dell’imperatore, ma tenuto qual sua propria preda dal capitano del legno corsaro; chè trovandomi e giovine e snello, e assai adatto ai suoi bisogni, mi volle suo schiavo.