As soon as they came within call of the ship, he made Robinson hail them, and tell them they had brought off the men and the boat, but that it was a long time before they had found them, and the like, holding them in a chat till they came to the ship’s side; when the captain and the mate entering first with their arms, immediately knocked down the second mate and carpenter with the butt-end of their muskets, being very faithfully seconded by their men; they secured all the rest that were upon the main and quarter decks, and began to fasten the hatches, to keep them down that were below; when the other boat and their men, entering at the forechains, secured the forecastle of the ship, and the scuttle which went down into the cook-room, making three men they found there prisoners.
Aldus hield hij hen aan de praat, totdat zij aan boord kwamen, waarop de kapitein en zijn stuurman, die het eerst met hunne wapens op het dek gesprongen waren, dadelijk den tweeden stuurman en den timmerman met de kolf van hunne geweren nedervelden, terwijl hun volk hen dapper bijstond. De overigen, die op het halfdek en den bak waren, maakten zij gevangen, en gingen de luiken digt maken, om hen, die beneden waren, daar te houden, toen het volk van de andere boot over de fokkerusten klom, en het voorschip en de kombuis, waarin drie man waren, vermeesterden.