He answered, with a great deal of candour and ingenuousness, that their condition was so miserable, and that they were so sensible of it, that he believed they would abhor the thought of using any man unkindly that should contribute to their deliverance; and that, if I pleased, he would go to them with the old man, and discourse with them about it, and return again and bring me their answer; that he would make conditions with them upon their solemn oath, that they should be absolutely under my direction as their commander and captain; and they should swear upon the holy sacraments and gospel to be true to me, and go to such Christian country as I should agree to, and no other; and to be directed wholly and absolutely by my orders till they were landed safely in such country as I intended, and that he would bring a contract from them, under their hands, for that purpose.
A spanyol nyílt és őszinte válaszából kiderült, hogy a helyzetük nagyon elkeserítő, és ezért szerinte még a gondolattól is elborzadnának, hogy ártsanak olyasvalakinek, aki előmozdította a szabadulásukat. Azt ajánlotta, hogy egyelőre csak őt és Péntek apját küldjem vissza, hadd tárgyaljon a társaival, azután visszatér a válaszukkal.