Thepoverty-strickenCervantesfamilyhadbeenallthistimetryingoncemoretoraisetheransommoney, andatlastasumofthreehundredducatswasgottogetherandentrustedtotheRedemptoristFatherJuanGil, , however, demandedmorethandoublethesumoffered, andashistermofofficehadexpiredandhewasabouttosailforConstantinople, takingallhisslaveswithhim, , whentheDeyatlengthagreedtoreducehisdemandbyonehalf, andFatherGilbyborrowingwasabletomakeuptheamount, andonSeptember19, 1580, afteracaptivityoffiveyearsallbutaweek, , whoclaimedtobeanofficeroftheInquisition, -fivequestions, coveringthewholeperiodofhiscaptivity, , love, andgratitudeweseestrugglingtofindexpressionintheformallanguageofthenotary, astheytestifyoneafteranothertothegooddeedsofCervantes, howhecomfortedandhelpedtheweak-hearted, howhekeptuptheirdroopingcourage, howhesharedhispoorpursewiththisdeponent, andhow "inhimthisdeponentfoundfatherandmother."
