And now being about to enter into a melancholy relation of a scene of silent life, such, perhaps, as was never heard of in the world before, I shall take it from its beginning, and continue it in its order.
Y ahora que voy a entrar en el melancólico relato de una vida silenciosa, como jamás se ha escuchado en el mundo, comenzaré desde el principio y continuaré en orden.