I expected every wave would have swallowed us up, and that every time the ship fell down, as I thought it did, in the trough or hollow of the sea, we should never rise more; in this agony of mind, I made many vows and resolutions that if it would please God to spare my life in this one voyage, if ever I got once my foot upon dry land again, I would go directly home to my father, and never set it into a ship again while I lived; that I would take his advice, and never run myself into such miseries as these any more.
Megígértem, hogy ha az Isten most az egyszer megszabadít és szárazföldre léphetek, azonnal hazasietek apámhoz, és nem szállok többé hajóra, amíg élek. Követem apám minden tanácsát, és sohasem teszem ki magam többé ilyen veszedelmeknek.