I had asked for my freedom so often (я так часто просил /даровать мне/ свободу) that at last His Majesty brought the matter up with his Council (что, наконец, его величество поставил /этот/ вопрос на обсуждение своего совета; to bring up — поднимать, ставить на обсуждение; matter — вещество; материя; тема, вопрос, дело
). Only Skyresh Bolgolam was against it (против был только Скайреш Болголам). He didn't like me (он меня невзлюбил; to like — любить, нравиться), but finally he, too, agreed (но в конце концов он тоже согласился). However, because he was Admiral of the Realm (однако, поскольку он был = будучи адмиралом королевства/государства), he asked that conditions for my freedom should be made (он просил, чтобы свобода была дана мне лишь на определенных условиях: «моей свободе были сделаны = поставлены /определенные/ условия»).
council ['kaVns(q)l], realm [relm], condition [kqn'dIS(q)n]
I had asked for my freedom so often that at last His Majesty brought the matter up with his Council. Only Skyresh Bolgolam was against it. He didn't like me, but finally he, too, agreed. However, because he was Admiral of the Realm, he asked that conditions for my freedom should be made.
I was ordered to swear agreement to these conditions (мне было велено дать клятву соблюдать эти условия; agreement — согласие
) by holding my right foot in my left hand (держа /для этого/ правую ногу в левой руке), then placing the middle finger of my right hand (/и/ потом положа средний палец правой руки) on the crown of my head (на макушку головы = темя; crown — венец; корона; верхушка; макушка, темя) and my thumb on the tip of my right ear (а большой палец на верхушку правого уха; tip — /верхний/ конец; верхушка, кончик). Because the reader might be curious to know the customs of these people (поскольку читателю может быть любопытно узнать обычаи этого народа) and the conditions upon which I was made free (и условия, на которых я был освобожден: «сделан свободным»), I have translated the document (я перевел /этот/ документ):
thumb [TAm], finger ['fINgq], crown [kraVn]
I was ordered to swear agreement to these conditions by holding my right foot in my left hand, then placing the middle finger of my right hand on the crown of my head and my thumb on the tip of my right ear. Because the reader might be curious to know the customs of these people and the conditions upon which I was made free, I have translated the document: