As soon as I perceived they saw me, I shouted as loud as I could, and bade Friday do so too, and running as fast as I could, which, by the way, was not very fast, being loaded with arms as I was, I made directly towards the poor victim, who was, as I said, lying upon the beach or shore, between the place where they sat and the sea.
Corrí lo más aprisa posible, que por cierto, no era demasiado, a causa del peso de las armas, y me dirigí 'hacia la pobre víctima, que, como he dicho, yacía en la playa, entre el área del festín y el mar. Los dos carniceros que iban a matarlo habían huido ante la sorpresa de nuestro primer disparo, se internaron en el mar, muertos de miedo y saltaron a sus canoas, seguidos por otros tres.