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.
Toen zij aan wal waren zag ik duidelijk, dat het Engelschen waren, althans de meesten; een of twee hield ik voor Hollanders, maar dit was zoo niet. Er waren in het geheel elf mannen, waarvan drie ongewapend, en naar ik meende, gebonden; en toen er vier of vijf van de eersten op strand gesprongen waren, deden zij de drie gevangenen uit de boot gaan.