From this time, I confess, I had a mind to venture over, and see if I could possibly join with those bearded men, who I made no doubt were Spaniards and Portuguese; not doubting but, if I could, we might find some method to escape from thence, being upon the continent, and a good company together, better than I could from an island forty miles off the shore, alone and without help.
Mi sembrava ben certo che, conseguito simile intento e trovatomi una volta sul continente e in buona compagnia, qualche espediente di liberazione non sarebbe stato per me tanto difficile ad immaginarsi, quanto in un’isola ov’era solo e privo d’aiuti, lontano quaranta miglia dalla terra ferma.