When he had done this, we came back to our castle; and there I fell to work for my man Friday; and first of all, I gave him a pair of linen drawers, which I had out of the poor gunner’s chest I mentioned, which I found in the wreck, and which, with a little alteration, fitted him very well; and then I made him a jerkin of goat’s skin, as well as my skill would allow (for I was now grown a tolerably good tailor); and I gave him a cap which I made of hare’s skin, very convenient, and fashionable enough; and thus he was clothed, for the present, tolerably well, and was mighty well pleased to see himself almost as well clothed as his master.
Eerst gaf ik hem uit de konstapelskist een linnen broek, die hem vrij wel paste. Daarna maakte ik hem eene buis van geitenvellen, zoo goed ik kon, en ik was nu een dragelijke snijder geworden, en gaf hem eene muts van een hazenvel, die hem zeer deftig stond, zoo dat hij voor 's hands vrij goed gekleed was, en niet weinig in zijn schik, dat hij schier zoo deftig uitgedost was als zijn meester.