He satisfied us that there was no danger of that kind in the way that we were to go; so we readily agreed to follow him, as did also twelve other gentlemen with their servants, some French, some Spanish, who, as I said, had attempted to go, and were obliged to come back again.
Hij verzekerde ons, dat op den weg, dien hij wilde nemen, wij daarvan geen gevaar zouden loopen. Dus besloten wij hem te volgen, even als twaalf andere heeren met hunne knechten, Spanjaarden en Franschen, die gelijk ik zeide, den overtogt beproefd hadden, maar genoodzaakt waren geweest terug te keeren.