MY BOOK Essential USB to Firewire Port

MY BOOK Essential edition uses a USB connector. Is there an adapter/cable that would connect MY BOOK USB to my G4 Firewire port? I understand the speed will be limited to the USB hardware in MY BOOK.

Buy a bare FireWire case.
Pull drive from MyBook.
I would normally say to avoid MyBook and MyBook Pro anyway.

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