I told him he had been so generous to me in everything that I could not offer to make any price of the boat, but left it entirely to him: upon which he told me he would give me a note of hand to pay me eighty pieces of eight for it at Brazil; and when it came there, if any one offered to give more, he would make it up.
Én fenntartottam, hogy mert ilyen nagyvonalúan viselkedett velem, ingyen neki adom. Erre ő Brazíliában fizetendő váltóra, nyolcvan spanyol ezüstön megvásárolta, ha azonban ott többet találnának ígérni, mondta, szívesen fölemelné az árát.