I was encouraged with this, and as I had my patron’s ancient on board, I made a waft of it to them, for a signal of distress, and fired a gun, both which they saw; for they told me they saw the smoke, though they did not hear the gun.
Incoraggiato da ciò, ed avendo a bordo la bandiera di chi fu mio padrone, diedi loro il segnale di disastro, e sparai un moschetto; entrambe le quali cose essi notarono, perchè mi dissero in appresso di aver veduto il fuoco, ancorchè non avessero udito lo strepito dell’archibugio.