In this manner I set out from Lisbon; and our company being very well mounted and armed, we made a little troop, whereof they did me the honour to call me captain, as well because I was the oldest man, as because I had two servants, and, indeed, was the origin of the whole journey.
De este modo, salí de Lisboa y, como estábamos todos bien montados y armados, formábamos una pequeña tropa, de la cual tuve el honor de ser designado capitán, no solo por ser el mayor, sino porque tenía dos criados y era el promotor del viaje.