I afterwards learned that it was to discover if we had any diamonds concealed. This practice had been established since time immemorial among those civilized nations that scour the seas. I was informed that the religious Knights of Malta never fail to make this search whenever any Moors of either sex fall into their hands. It is a part of the law of nations, from which they never deviate.
mas luego supe que era por ver si en aquel sitio habíamos escondido algunos diamantes, y que es estilo establecido de tiempo inmemorial en las naciones civilizadas que andan barriendo los mares, y que los señores religiosos caballeros de Malta nunca le omiten quando apresan á Turcos ó Turcas, porque es ley del derecho de gentes, que nunca ha sido quebrantada.