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.
Mi offerse inoltre sessanta pezze da otto pel mio ragazzo Xury, al che mi rincrescea l’acconsentire, non perchè mi dispiacesse cedergli quel fanciullo, ma mi sapea male di vendere la libertà di una povera creatura che m’aveva aiutato con tanta fedeltà a procurarmi la mia.