After I had solaced my mind with the comfortable part of my condition, I began to look round me, to see what kind of place I was in, and what was next to be done; and I soon found my comforts abate, and that, in a word, I had a dreadful deliverance; for I was wet, had no clothes to shift me, nor anything either to eat or drink to comfort me; neither did I see any prospect before me but that of perishing with hunger or being devoured by wild beasts; and that which was particularly afflicting to me was, that I had no weapon, either to hunt and kill any creature for my sustenance, or to defend myself against any other creature that might desire to kill me for theirs.
Confortatomi così in pensando a questo lato favorevole della presente mia condizione, cominciai indi a guardarmi all’intorno, per vedere in qual sorta di paese io mi trovassi, e che cosa mi rimanesse a fare in appresso. Allora sentii tosto deprimersi le mie contentezze, perchè in effetto era bene spaventoso quel modo della mia liberazione.