They asked me what I was, in Portuguese, and in Spanish, and in French, but I understood none of them; but at last a Scotch sailor, who was on board, called to me: and I answered him, and told him I was an Englishman, that I had made my escape out of slavery from the Moors, at Sallee; they then bade me come on board, and very kindly took me in, and all my goods.
Mi chiesero chi fossi in lingua portoghese, poi spagnuola, poi francese, ma io non intendeva alcuna di quelle lingue; finalmente un marinaio scozzese ch’era a bordo del vascello, mi volse il discorso, e gli risposi raccontandogli ch’io era un Inglese fuggito dalla schiavitù de’ Mori; allora mi fecero entrar subito a bordo, ove accolsero graziosamente me e tutte le cose mie.