He agreed with me as to that, but told me he was perfectly at a loss what measures to take, for that there were still six-and-twenty hands on board, who, having entered into a cursed conspiracy, by which they had all forfeited their lives to the law, would be hardened in it now by desperation, and would carry it on, knowing that if they were subdued they would be brought to the gallows as soon as they came to England, or to any of the English colonies, and that, therefore, there would be no attacking them with so small a number as we were.
Ezt most nem mutattam meg nekik, mert sürgősebb volt kitalálnunk, hogyan foglaljuk vissza a hajót. A kapitány beismerte, hogy ezt a feladatot illetően teljesen tanácstalan, mert a hajón még mindig huszonhat ember van, akik miután lázadásukkal megszegték a törvényt, alighanem elkeseredetten ellenállnak majd, mert tudják, hogy ha alulmaradnak, bitóra kerülnek, mihelyst Angliába vagy valamely angol gyarmatra érünk.