"My captain kept me concealed behind him, and with his drawn scimitar cut down everyone who opposed him; at length I saw all our Italian women and my mother mangled and torn in pieces by the monsters who contended for them. The captives, my companions, the Moors who took us, the soldiers, the sailors, the blacks, the whites, the mulattoes, and lastly, my captain himself, were all slain, and I remained alone expiring upon a heap of dead bodies.
Mi capitan se habia puesto delante de mí, y blandiendo la cimitarra daba la muerte á quantos á su furor se oponian. Finalmente vi á todas nuestras Italianas y á mi madre estropeadas, acribilladas de heridas, y hechas tajadas por los monstruos que batallaban por su posesion; mis compañeros cautivos, los que los habian cautivado, soldados, marineros, negros, blancos, mestizos, mulatos, y mi capitan en fin, todos fuéron muertos, y yo quedé moribunda encima de un monton de cadáveres.