We do know that his greatest benefactor gave him $ 6000 to pay the most pressing of his debts in one city, and a year later had to give him $16000 to enable him to live in another city without being thrown into jail for debt.

• 据我们所知，一位非常慷慨的赞助人曾给他6000美元，帮他偿还在一座城市所欠紧急债务，而一年后，又不得不再给他16000美元，使他能在另一座城市生活下去，免遭牢狱之灾。