for, supposing these people had endeavoured to kill me with their spears and arrows, while I was asleep, I should certainly have awaked with the first sense of smart, which might so far have roused my rage and strength, as to have enabled me to break the strings wherewith I was tied; after which, as they were not able to make resistance, so they could expect no mercy.
Zeren eta, eman dezagun, lo nengoen bitartean, lantzaz eta geziz ni hiltzen saiatzen dela jende hura; ziur egon lehen sastada nabaritzean esnatu egingo nintzela, eta nire amorrua eta indarra areagotuz, lotzen ninduten lokarriak apurtzeko gai izango nintzela; orduan, aurre egiteko gauza izan gabe, ezingo zuten errukirik ere espero izan.