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But I was hurried on, and obeyed blindly the dictates of my fancy rather than my reason;[qh]
更何况我自己也清楚，我这个人总是会遭到种种不幸。[qh]
and, accordingly, the ship being fitted out, and the cargo furnished, and all things done,[qh]
可是，我却被命运驱使，盲目听从自己的妄想，而把理智丢之九霄云外。[qh]
as by agreement, by my partners in the voyage, I went on board in an evil hour,[qh]
于是，我把船只装备好，把货也装好；[qh]
the 1st September 1659, being the same day eight years that I went from my father and mother at Hull,[qh]
同伴们也按照合同把我托付的事情安排妥当。我于一六五九年九月一日上了船。[qh]
in order to act the rebel to their authority, and the fool to my own interests.[qh]
这是一个不吉利的日子。八年前，我违抗父母严命，[qh]
Our ship was about one hundred and twenty tons burden,[qh]
不顾自己的利益，从赫尔上船离家，也正是九月一日。[qh]
carried six guns and fourteen men,[qh]
我们的船载重一百二十吨，[qh]
besides the master, his boy, and myself.[qh]
装备有六门炮，除了船长、他的小佣人和我自己外，[qh]
We had on board no large cargo of goods,[qh]
另外还有十四个人。[qh]
except of such toys as were fit for our trade with the negroes,[qh]
船上没有什么大件的货物，[qh]
such as beads, bits of glass, shells, and other trifles, especially little looking-glasses, knives, scissors, hatchets, and the like.[qh]
只是一些适合与黑人交易的小玩意儿，[qh]
The same day I went on board we set sail, standing away to the northward upon our own coast,[qh]
像假珠子啦，玻璃器具啦、贝壳啦，以及其他一些新奇的零星杂货，像望远镜啦、刀子啦、剪刀啦、斧子啦等等。[qh]
with design to stretch over for the African coast when we came about ten or twelve degrees of northern latitude,[qh]
我上船的那天，船就开了。我们沿着海岸向北航行，[qh]
which, it seems, was the manner of course in those days.[qh]
计划驶至北纬十至十二度之间后，横渡大洋，直放非洲。[qh]
We had very good weather, only excessively hot, all the way upon our own coast,[qh]
这是一条当时通常从南美去非洲的航线。[qh]
till we came to the height of Cape St. Augustino;[qh]
我们沿着巴西海岸向北行驶。[qh]
from whence, keeping further off at sea,[qh]
一路上天气很好，就是太热。最后我们到达圣奥古斯丁角，[qh]
we lost sight of land, and steered as if we were bound for the isle Fernando de Noronha,[qh]
那是在巴西东部突入海里的一块高地。[qh]
holding our course N.E. by N., and leaving those isles on the east.[qh]
过了圣奥古斯丁角，我们就离开海岸，向大海中驶去，航向东北偏北，似乎要驶向费尔南多德诺罗尼亚岛，[qh]
In this course we passed the line in about twelve days’ time, and were,[qh]
再越过那些岛屿向西开去。[qh]
by our last observation, in seven degrees twenty-two minutes’ northern latitude,[qh]
我们沿着这条航线航行，大约十二天之后穿过了赤道。[qh]
when a violent tornado, or hurricane, took us quite out of our knowledge.[qh]
根据我们最后一次观测，我们已经到了北纬七度二十二分的地方。[qh]
It began from the south-east, came about to the north-west, and then settled in the north-east;[qh]
不料这时我们突然遭到一股强烈飓风的袭击。[qh]
from whence it blew in such a terrible manner,[qh]
这股飓风开始从东南刮来，接着转向西北，最后刮起了强劲的东北风。[qh]
that for twelve days together we could do nothing but drive,[qh]
猛烈的大风连刮十二天，[qh]
and, scudding away before it,[qh]
使我们一筹莫展，只得让船乘风逐浪飘流，[qh]
let it carry us whither fate and the fury of the winds directed;[qh]
听任命运和狂风的摆布。[qh]
