I was purchased by a merchant who carried me to Tunis. This man sold me to another merchant, who sold me again to another at Tripoli; from Tripoli I was sold to Alexandria, from Alexandria to Smyrna, and from Smyrna to Constantinople. After many changes, I at length became the property of an Aga of the Janissaries, who, soon after I came into his possession, was ordered away to the defense of Azoff, then besieged by the Russians.
Engem egy kereskedő vett meg és elvitt Tuniszba; ott eladott egy másik kereskedőnek, ki ujra eladott Tripoliban, onnan Alexandriába, innen Smyrnába, végül Konstantinápolyba kerültem, ahol egy janicsár aga tulajdonába jutottam, kit nemsokára azzal biztak meg, hogy Azofot védje az ostromló oroszok ellen.