My true friend, the widow, earnestly dissuaded me from it, and so far prevailed with me, that for almost seven years she prevented my running abroad, during which time I took my two nephews, the children of one of my brothers, into my care; the eldest, having something of his own, I bred up as a gentleman, and gave him a settlement of some addition to his estate after my decease.
Nog meer verlangde ik mijn eiland weder te zien en te vernemen of de arme Spanjaards daar gekomen, en hoe zij door de daar achtergelaten schurken behandeld waren. De ernstige raadgevingen der weduwe weêrhielden mij zeven jaren lang hiervan, gedurende welken tijd ik twee neven, kinderen van een mijner broeders, naar mij nam.