| Back | In short, he ended by saying that what could and ought to be done was to give the money intended for the ransom of one of us Christians to him, so that he might with it buy a vessel there in Algiers under the pretence of becoming a merchant and trader at Tetuan and along the coast; and when master of the vessel, it would be easy for him to hit on some way of getting us all out of the bano and putting us on board; especially if the Moorish lady gave, as she said, money enough to ransom all, because once free it would be the easiest thing in the world for us to embark even in open day; but the greatest difficulty was that the Moors do not allow any renegade to buy or own any craft, unless it be a large vessel for going on roving expeditions, because they are afraid that anyone who buys a small vessel, especially if he be a Spaniard, only wants it for the purpose of escaping to Christian territory. This however he could get over by arranging with a Tagarin Moor to go shares with him in the purchase of the vessel, and in the profit on the cargo; and under cover of this he could become master of the vessel, in which case he looked upon all the rest as accomplished. |
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| Front | »En efecto, él vino a decir que lo que se podía y debía hacer era que el dinero que se había de dar para rescatar al cristiano, que se le diese a él para comprar allí en Argel una barca, con achaque de hacerse mercader y tratante en Tetuán y en aquella costa; y que, siendo él señor de la barca, fácilmente se daría traza para sacarlos del baño y embarcarlos a todos. Cuanto más, que si la mora, como ella decía, daba dineros para rescatarlos a todos, que, estando libres, era facilísima cosa aun embarcarse en la mitad del día; y que la dificultad que se ofrecía mayor era que los moros no consienten que renegado alguno compre ni tenga barca, si no es bajel grande para ir en corso, porque se temen que el que compra barca, principalmente si es español, no la quiere sino para irse a tierra de cristianos; pero que él facilitaría este inconveniente con hacer que un moro tagarino fuese a la parte con él en la compañía de la barca y en la ganancia de las mercancías, y con esta sombra él vendría a ser señor de la barca, con que daba por acabado todo lo demás. |
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