I added that, otherwise, I was persuaded, if they were all here, we might, with so many hands, build a barque large enough to carry us all away, either to the Brazils southward, or to the islands or Spanish coast northward; but that if, in requital, they should, when I had put weapons into their hands, carry me by force among their own people, I might be ill-used for my kindness to them, and make my case worse than it was before.
Añadí que, aparte de eso, estaba convencido de que, siendo todos los que éramos, podríamos construir una embarcación con nuestras propias manos, lo suficientemente grande para llegar a Brasil, a las islas, o a la costa española que estaba al norte. Mas, si en recompensa, puesto que les daría armas, me llevaban por la fuerza a su patria, estarían abusando de mi generosidad y yo me vería peor que antes.