Never did any young adventurer's misfortunes begin sooner or continue longer than mine, for when we were far out at sea, some Turks in a small ship came on our track in full chase.

从来没有哪个年轻冒险家会比我更早或者更持久地遭遇不幸，当时我们远在海上，一群土耳其人乘着一艘小船全速追来。