As the ship lay almost two leagues from the shore, we had a full view of them as they came, and a plain sight even of their faces; because the tide having set them a little to the east of the other boat, they rowed up under shore, to come to the same place where the other had landed, and where the boat lay; by this means, I say, we had a full view of them, and the captain knew the persons and characters of all the men in the boat, of whom, he said, there were three very honest fellows, who, he was sure, were led into this conspiracy by the rest, being over-powered and frightened; but that as for the boatswain, who it seems was the chief officer among them, and all the rest, they were as outrageous as any of the ship’s crew, and were no doubt made desperate in their new enterprise; and terribly apprehensive he was that they would be too powerful for us.
Le capitaine connaissait la physionomie et le caractère de touts les hommes qui se trouvaient dans l'embarcation; il m'assura qu'il y avait parmi eux trois honnêtes garçons, qui, dominés et effrayés, avaient été assurément entraînés dans le complot par les autres. Mais quant au maître d'équipage, qui semblait être le principal officier, et quant à tout le reste, ils étaient aussi dangereux que qui que ce fût du bâtiment, et devaient sans aucun doute agir en désespérés dans leur nouvelle entreprise.