The captain made a very just proposal to me upon this consultation of theirs, viz. that perhaps they would all fire a volley again, to endeavour to make their fellows hear, and that we should all sally upon them just at the juncture when their pieces were all discharged, and they would certainly yield, and we should have them without bloodshed.
Gli sembrava cosa assai probabile che costoro avrebbero tornato a sparare i loro moschetti per veder pure di farsi udire dai compagni. Egli consigliava dunque di esser pronti, se accadea questa scarica generale, a fare una sortita d’assalto sovr'essi.