I was purchased by a merchant who carried me to Tunis. This man sold me to another merchant, who sold me again to another at Tripoli; from Tripoli I was sold to Alexandria, from Alexandria to Smyrna, and from Smyrna to Constantinople. After many changes, I at length became the property of an Aga of the Janissaries, who, soon after I came into his possession, was ordered away to the defense of Azoff, then besieged by the Russians.
Compróme un mercader que me llevó á Tunez, donde me vendió á otro mercader, el qual me revendió en Tripoli; de Tripoli me revendiéron en Alexandría; de Alexandría en Esmyrna, y de Esmyrna en Constantinopla: al cabo vine á parar á manos de un agá de genízaros, que en breve tuvo órden de ir á defender á Azof contra los Rusos que la tenian sitiada.