When his father had drunk, I called to him to know if there was any water left. He said, “Yes”; and I bade him give it to the poor Spaniard, who was in as much want of it as his father; and I sent one of the cakes that Friday brought to the Spaniard too, who was indeed very weak, and was reposing himself upon a green place under the shade of a tree; and whose limbs were also very stiff, and very much swelled with the rude bandage he had been tied with.
Quando il vecchio si fu alquanto ristorato, chiamai Venerdì e gli dimandai se fosse rimasta un po’ di acqua; a che avendomi risposto di sì, gli comandai di portarla al povero Spagnuolo, che dovea averne gran bisogno, al pari di suo padre, e recargli anche una delle focacce che mi avea egli stesso portate. Difatti quel malavventurato era in tale stato di debolezza, che erasi gettato sull’erba, all’ombra d’un albero, avendo ancora le membra infiammate e dolenti per la ruvida pastoia da cui erano state legate.