When he had done this, we came back to our castle; and there I fell to work for my man Friday; and first of all, I gave him a pair of linen drawers, which I had out of the poor gunner’s chest I mentioned, which I found in the wreck, and which, with a little alteration, fitted him very well; and then I made him a jerkin of goat’s skin, as well as my skill would allow (for I was now grown a tolerably good tailor); and I gave him a cap which I made of hare’s skin, very convenient, and fashionable enough; and thus he was clothed, for the present, tolerably well, and was mighty well pleased to see himself almost as well clothed as his master.
Dopo ciò tornai alla mia fortezza, ove mi posi a lavorare per lui; e prima di tutto gli diedi un paio di brache tolte fuori dalla cassa del povero cannoniere, che è stata altrove notata fra le suppellettili del vascello naufragato: poco ci volle perchè gli andassero bene. Appresso gli feci (per quanta mi permise la mia abilità, che allora era divenuto un tollerabile sartore) una casacca di pelle di capra, oltre ad un berrettone di pelle di lepre che gli era assai adatto alla testa e sufficientemente elegante.