From this time, I confess, I had a mind to venture over, and see if I could possibly join with those bearded men, who I made no doubt were Spaniards and Portuguese; not doubting but, if I could, we might find some method to escape from thence, being upon the continent, and a good company together, better than I could from an island forty miles off the shore, alone and without help.
Desde aquel momento, debo confesar, sentí deseos de aventurarme y buscar el modo de reunirme con aquellos hombres barbudos, que debían ser españoles o portugueses. No dudaba que desde el continente y con buena compañía, encontraría un medio para escapar, mucho más viable que desde una isla a cuarenta millas de la costa, solo y sin ayuda.