You could hardly have persuaded the Genoese by fair words to release a prize that they had once taken.
"Eh, captain ?" "No, that is not the Genoese way, nor ours either," the captain said.
"We did better than that, signor.

We recaptured her, and carried her off from under their noses." "You are joking," Polani said, "for they signalled the Lido as returning laden, and a laden ship could never get away from state galleys, however long her start.

A fat pig might as soon try to escape from a hunting dog." "That is so, Messer Polani, and we did not trust to our speed.

We tricked them famously, sir.

At least, when I say we did, Messer Francisco here did, for the credit is due solely to him.