Afterthisheseemstohavebeenkeptinstillcloserconfinementthanbefore, , bytheaidofaSpanishrenegadeandtwoValencianmerchantsresidentinAlgiers, anarmedvesselinwhichheandaboutsixtyoftheleadingcaptivesweretomaketheirescape; butjustastheywereabouttoputitintoexecutiononeDoctorJuanBlancodePaz, anecclesiasticandacompatriot, , byhisself-devotion, byhisuntiringenergyandhisexertionstolightenthelotofhiscompanionsinmisery, hadendearedhimselftoall, andbecometheleadingspiritinthecaptivecolony, and, incredibleasitmayseem, jealousyofhisinfluenceandtheesteeminwhichhewasheld, , andfearingthatCervantesundertorturemightmakedisclosuresthatwouldimperiltheirownlives, triedtopersuadehimtoslipawayonboardavesselthatwasonthepointofsailingforSpain; buthetoldthemtheyhadnothingtofear, fornotortureswouldmakehimcompromiseanybody, andhewentatonceandgavehimselfuptotheDey.
Asbefore, ; thehalterwasputroundhisneckandhishandstiedbehindhim, butallthatcouldbegotfromhimwasthathehimself, withthehelpoffourgentlemenwhohadsinceleftAlgiers, hadarrangedthewhole, , theDeysenthimbacktoprisonmoreheavilyironedthanbefore.
