When they were on shore I was fully satisfied they were Englishmen, at least most of them; one or two I thought were Dutch, but it did not prove so; there were in all eleven men, whereof three of them I found were unarmed and, as I thought, bound; and when the first four or five of them were jumped on shore, they took those three out of the boat as prisoners: one of the three I could perceive using the most passionate gestures of entreaty, affliction, and despair, even to a kind of extravagance; the other two, I could perceive, lifted up their hands sometimes, and appeared concerned indeed, but not to such a degree as the first.
Sbarcati che furono, compresi ottimamente che erano Inglesi, almeno la maggior parte, perchè distinsi fra coloro uno o due Olandesi, ma ciò monta poco. Contai che erano undici in tutto, tre de’ quali disarmati e, a quanto sembrommi in quel momento, legati: vidi pure che quando quattro o cinque della banda furono saltati a terra, tirarono fuori della barca i tre che ho indicati in condizione di prigionieri.