Then from the Algerine who pick’d him up,

Carried him captive off—

He first adroitly through their fingers slipping

That little harbinger of hope to you,

And then, at last, himself escaping back

To Barcelona, where you know I was—

If glad to welcome, house, and entertain

Any distrest Italian, how much more,

Both for his own sake and for yours, your son,

So making him, I trust, a friend for life.