Now I began to take courage, and to peep abroad again, for I had not stirred out of my castle for three days and nights, so that I began to starve for provisions; for I had little or nothing within doors but some barley-cakes and water; then I knew that my goats wanted to be milked too, which usually was my evening diversion: and the poor creatures were in great pain and inconvenience for want of it; and, indeed, it almost spoiled some of them, and almost dried up their milk.
Ciò fece ch’io cominciassi a prendere un po’ di coraggio e a trarmi fuori alcun poco, perchè io non m’era mosso dalla mia fortezza per tre continui giorni e notti, al segno di rimanere quasi affamato per mancanza di provvigioni. Io aveva poco o nulla in casa, salvo alcune focacce d’orzo e un po’ d’acqua.