My wealth is not great.

Still there are certain land and manors in England, a sum of money placed with a merchant in London, whose name you will find written in the testament, my plate and gold coin here, though the former you may not be able to move.

Therefore I charge you to bury it and return for it later on, if you can.

It is of value, since all my life I have collected such trinkets.

I beg you to make provision also for this good lad, David, should he be spared." He paused a while, for he was growing very weak, then added: "Another thing is that I ask you, if it be possible, to row my body out to sea and there sink it in deep water, deep, clean water, far from this place of stench and pestilence, for I would not lie in the common pit at last.