Now, I began sorely to repent that I had dug my cave so large as to bring a door through again, which door, as I said, came out beyond where my fortification joined to the rock: upon maturely considering this, therefore, I resolved to draw me a second fortification, in the manner of a semicircle, at a distance from my wall, just where I had planted a double row of trees about twelve years before, of which I made mention: these trees having been planted so thick before, they wanted but few piles to be driven between them, that they might be thicker and stronger, and my wall would be soon finished.
Ahora comenzaba a arrepentirme de haber ampliado mi cueva y hacer una puerta hacia el exterior, que se abriera más allá de donde la muralla de mi fortificación se unía a la roca. Después de una reflexión madura y concienzuda, decidí construir una segunda fortificación en forma de semicírculo, a cierta distancia de la muralla en el mismo lugar donde, hacía doce años, había plantado una doble hilera de árboles, de la cual ya he hecho mención.