I loaded all my cannon, as I called them—that is to say, my muskets, which were mounted upon my new fortification—and all my pistols, and resolved to defend myself to the last gasp—not forgetting seriously to commend myself to the Divine protection, and earnestly to pray to God to deliver me out of the hands of the barbarians.
Ik laadde al mijn geschut, dat op mijne schans stond, en al mijne pistolen, en besloot mij ten uiterste te verdedigen, niet vergetende mij in Gods bescherming te bevelen en Hem te smeeken mij uit de handen der barbaren te redden.