The fellow on shore was between sleeping and waking, and going to start up; the captain, who was foremost, ran in upon him, and knocked him down; and then called out to him in the boat to yield, or he was a dead man.
Il secondo cialtrone tra il sonno e la veglia voleva saltare in piede, ma il capitano che mi precedea non gliene diede il tempo, gli fu addosso, e lo finì. Poi gridò all’altro della scialuppa che si arrendesse, o era morto.