They gave him all the protestations of their sincerity that could be desired; and he was willing to believe them, and spare their lives, which I was not against, only that I obliged him to keep them bound hand and foot while they were on the island.
Costoro gli fecero quante promesse poteva desiderare, ed egli si prestò volentieri a crederle e a far loro grazia della vita, al qual perdono io non ostai: sol misi la clausola che dovessero aver legati piedi e mani finchè rimanessero nell’isola.