On this I spoke to twelve Spaniards, all stout rowers, and such as could most easily leave the city; but it was no easy matter to find so many just then, because there were twenty ships out on a cruise and they had taken all the rowers with them; and these would not have been found were it not that their master remained at home that summer without going to sea in order to finish a galliot that he had upon the stocks.
Viendo esto, hablé a doce españoles, todos valientes hombres del remo, y de aquellos que más libremente podían salir de la ciudad; y no fue poco hallar tantos en aquella coyuntura, porque estaban veinte bajeles en corso, y se habían llevado toda la gente de remo, y éstos no se hallaran, si no fuera que su amo se quedó aquel verano sin ir en corso, a acabar una galeota que tenía en astillero.