But I was hurried on, and obeyed blindly the dictates of my fancy rather than my reason; and, accordingly, the ship being fitted out, and the cargo furnished, and all things done, as by agreement, by my partners in the voyage, I went on board in an evil hour, the 1st September 1659, being the same day eight years that I went from my father and mother at Hull, in order to act the rebel to their authority, and the fool to my own interests.
1659. szeptember 1-jét írtunk, amikor elhagytam Brazíliát. Ugyanaz a nap volt ez, amelyen nyolc évvel azelőtt - mint kötelességeit megtagadó, oktalan fiú - odahagytam apámat, anyámat, és Hullban hajóra ültem.