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I was encouraged with this, and as I had my patrons ancient on board, I made a waft of it to them, for a signal of distress, and fired a gun,[qh]
这给了我极大的鼓舞。我船上本来就有我们原主人的旗帜，我就拿出旗帜向他们摇起来作为求救的信号，同时又鸣枪求救。[qh]
both which they saw;[qh]
这两个信号他们都看见了，[qh]
for they told me they saw the smoke, though they did not hear the gun.[qh]
因为，后来他们告诉我，枪声他们虽然没有听到，但看到了冒烟。[qh]
Upon these signals they very kindly brought to, and lay by for me; and in about three hours time I came up with them.[qh]
他们看到了信号，就停船等我们。他们的这个举动真是仁慈极了。大约过了三小时光景，我才靠上了他们的大船。[qh]
They asked me what I was, in Portuguese, and in Spanish, and in French, but I understood none of them;[qh]
他们用葡萄牙语，用西班牙语，用法语，问我是什么人，但他们的话我都不懂。[qh]
but at last a Scotch sailor, who was on board, called to me:[qh]
后来，船上有一个苏格兰水手上来叫我，[qh]
and I answered him, and told him I was an Englishman, that I had made my escape out of slavery from the Moors, at Sallee;[qh]
我便告诉他我是英格兰人，是从萨累的摩尔人手下逃出来的。[qh]
they then bade me come on board, and very kindly took me in, and all my goods.[qh]
于是，他们便十分和善地让我上了船，并把我的一切东西也都拿到大船上。[qh]
It was an inexpressible joy to me, which any one will believe, that I was thus delivered, as I esteemed it,[qh]
谁都相信，我竟然能绝处逢生，[qh]
from such a miserable and almost hopeless condition as I was in;[qh]
其喜悦之情，实在难于言表。[qh]
and I immediately offered all I had to the captain of the ship, as a return for my deliverance;[qh]
我立刻把我的一切东西送给船长，以报答他的救命之恩。[qh]
but he generously told me he would take nothing from me,[qh]
但船长非常慷慨。他对我说，他什么也不要，[qh]
but that all I had should be delivered safe to me when I came to the Brazils.[qh]
等我到了巴西后，他会把我所有的东西都交还给我。[qh]
For, says he, I have saved your life on no other terms than I would be glad to be saved myself:[qh]
他说："今天我救了你的命，希望将来有一天别人也会救我的命，[qh]
and it may, one time or other, be my lot to be taken up in the same condition.[qh]
说不定哪一天我也会遭到同样的命运。[qh]
Besides, said he, when I carry you to the Brazils, so great a way from your own country, if I should take from you what you have,[qh]
再说，我把你带到巴西，远离自己的祖国，如果我要了你的东西，[qh]
you will be starved there, and then I only take away that life I have given.[qh]
你就会在异国他乡挨饿，这不等于我救了你的命，又送了你的命吗？[qh]
No, no, says he: Seignior Inglese (Mr. Englishman), I will carry you thither in charity,[qh]
不，不，英国先生，我把你送到巴西，[qh]
and those things will help to buy your subsistence there, and your passage home again.[qh]
完全是一种慈善行为。你的那些东西可以帮助你在那儿过活，并可做你回家的盘费。"[qh]
