At this surprising change of my circumstances, from a merchant to a miserable slave, I was perfectly overwhelmed; and now I looked back upon my father’s prophetic discourse to me, that I should be miserable and have none to relieve me, which I thought was now so effectually brought to pass that I could not be worse; for now the hand of Heaven had overtaken me, and I was undone without redemption; but, alas! this was but a taste of the misery I was to go through, as will appear in the sequel of this story.
Bij deze droevige lotwisseling, van een koopman in een armen slaaf, was ik als verplet; en thans herinnerde ik mij mijns vaders voorzegging dat ik ongelukkig worden, en niemand mij troosten zou. Ik dacht, dat dit oogenblik thans gekomen en de straffende hand des Hemels op mij lag.