To this Purpose I wrote to my old Friend at Lisbon，who in Return gave me Notice，that he could easily dispose of it there：But that if I thought fit to give him Leave to offer it In my Name to the two Merchants，the Survivors of my Trustees，who liv'd in the Brasils，who must fully under+ stand the Value of it，who liv'd just upon the Spot，and who I knew were very rich；so that he believ'd they would be fond of buying it；he did not doubt，but I should make 4 or 5000 Pieces Of Eight，the more of it.
Accordingly I agreed，gave him Order to offer it to them，and he did so；and in about 8 Months more，the Ship being then return'd，he sent me Account，that they had accepted the Offer，and had remitted 33000 Pieces Of Eight，to a Correspondent of theirs at Lisbon，to pay for it.
In Return，I sign'd the Instrument of Sale in the Form which they sent from Lisbon，and sent it to my old Man，who sent me Bills of Exchange for 32800 Pieces of Eight to me，for the Estate；reserving the Payment of 100 Moidores a Year to him，the old Man，during his Life，and 50 Moidores afterwards to his Son for his Life，which I had promised them，which the Plantation was to make good as a Rent-Charge. And thus I have given the first Part of a Life of Fortune and Adventure，a Life of Providence's Checquer-Work，and of a Variety which the World will seldom be able to show the like of：Beginning foolishly，but closing much more happily than any Part of it ever gave me Leave so much as to hope for.