When I showed myself to the two hostages, it was with the captain, who told them I was the person the governor had ordered to look after them; and that it was the governor’s pleasure they should not stir anywhere but by my direction; that if they did, they would be fetched into the castle, and be laid in irons: so that as we never suffered them to see me as governor, I now appeared as another person, and spoke of the governor, the garrison, the castle, and the like, upon all occasions.
Aggiunse essere volontà di sua eccellenza che non andassero in verun luogo senza mia licenza; che se lo avessero fatto, sarebbero stati condotti nel castello e messi in ceppi. Così dunque non mi essendo mai mostrato ad essi come governatore, mi credevano un’altra persona, e ad ogni occasione tirava a mano il governatore, il castello, la sua guarnigione.