The words uttered by Gonzalo to his friends after they were safe from the storm can be interpreted into modern English as follows: “We can be jolly and glad now, my friends. I beg you not to be sad, be merry. You, as all the rest of us, have reason to rejoice – we are saved from the storm, we are alive and not even wounded by it. And this fact is worth more than all the misfortunes that could occur in our further lives. We are all sad right now a little bit but this is a common thing – all people have sad moments in their lives. Wives of sailors, merchants, and even people who are very rich sometimes mourn something. But the reason for our gladness and genuine happiness can not be compared to the reasons for their sorrow. By a miracle, we are saved from that storm, and this feeling of happiness is familiar to only a few of millions of people living on this Earth.”