This was the unhappiest voyage that ever man made;[qh]

这是一次最倒霉的航行。[qh]

for though I did not carry quite 100 pounds of my new-gained wealth,[qh]

虽然我上次赚了点钱，但我只带了不到一百英镑的货物，[qh]

so that I had 200 pounds left, which I had lodged with my friends widow, who was very just to me,[qh]

余下的二百英镑通通寄存在船长寡妇那里。她像船长一样，待我公正无私。[qh]

yet I fell into terrible misfortunes.[qh]

但是，在这次航行中，我却屡遭不幸。[qh]

The first was this: our ship making her course towards the Canary Islands, or rather between those islands and the African shore,[qh]

第一件不幸的事情是：我们的船向加那利群岛驶去，或者，说得更确切些，正航行于这些群岛和非洲西海岸之间。[qh]

was surprised in the grey of the morning by a Turkish rover of Sallee, who gave chase to us with all the sail she could make.[qh]

一天拂晓，突然有一艘从萨累开来的土耳其海盗船，扯满了帆，从我们后面追了上来。[qh]

We crowded also as much canvas as our yards would spread, or our masts carry, to get clear; but finding the pirate gained upon us,[qh]

我们的船也张满了帆试图逃跑。但海盗船比我们快，逐渐逼近了我们。[qh]

and would certainly come up with us in a few hours, we prepared to fight;[qh]

看情形，再过几小时，他们肯定能追上我们。我们立即开始作战斗准备。[qh]

our ship having twelve guns, and the rogue eighteen.[qh]

我们船上有十二门炮，但海盗船上有十八门。[qh]

About three in the afternoon he came up with us, and bringing to, by mistake, just athwart our quarter, instead of athwart our stern, as he intended,[qh]

大约到了下午三点钟光景，他们赶了上来。他们本想攻击我们的船尾，结果却横冲到我们的后舷。[qh]

we brought eight of our guns to bear on that side, and poured in a broadside upon him,[qh]

我们把八门炮搬到了这一边，一起向他们开火。[qh]

which made him sheer off again, after returning our fire, and pouring in also his small shot from near two hundred men which he had on board.[qh]

海盗船边后退，边还击；他们船上二百来人一起用枪向我们射击。[qh]

However, we had not a man touched, all our men keeping close.[qh]

我们的人隐蔽得好，无一受伤。[qh]

He prepared to attack us again, and we to defend ourselves.[qh]

海盗船准备对我们再次发动攻击，我们也全力备战。[qh]

But laying us on board the next time upon our other quarter,[qh]

这一次他们从后舷的另一侧靠上我们的船，[qh]

he entered sixty men upon our decks, who immediately fell to cutting and hacking the sails and rigging.[qh]

并有六十多人跳上了我们的甲板。强盗们一上船就乱砍乱杀，并砍断了我们的桅索等船具。[qh]

We plied them with small shot, half-pikes, powder-chests, and such like, and cleared our deck of them twice.[qh]

我们用枪、短柄矛和炸药包等各种武器奋力抵抗，把他们击退了两次。[qh]

However, to cut short this melancholy part of our story,[qh]

我不想细说这件不幸的事。[qh]

our ship being disabled, and three of our men killed, and eight wounded,[qh]

总之，到最后，我们的船失去了战斗力，而且死了三个人，伤了八人，[qh]

we were obliged to yield, and were carried all prisoners into Sallee, a port belonging to the Moors.[qh]

只得投降。我们全部被俘，被押送到萨累，那是摩尔人的一个港口。[qh]

The usage I had there was not so dreadful as at first I apprehended;[qh]

我在那儿受到的待遇，并没有像我当初担心的那么可怕。[qh]

nor was I carried up the country to the emperors court, as the rest of our men were,[qh]

其他人都被送到皇帝的宫里去，远离了海岸；[qh]

but was kept by the captain of the rover as his proper prize, and made his slave,[qh]

我却被海盗船长作为他自己的战利品留下，成了他的奴隶。[qh]

being young and nimble, and fit for his business.[qh]

这是因为我年轻伶俐，对他有用处。[qh]