I let them know that by my direction the ship had been seized; that she lay now in the road; and they might see by-and-by that their new captain had received the reward of his villainy, and that they would see him hanging at the yard-arm; that, as to them, I wanted to know what they had to say why I should not execute them as pirates taken in the fact, as by my commission they could not doubt but I had authority so to do.
Végre a kapitányuk is megkaphatná árulásukért a kárpótlást és láthatná, amint felakasztják őket. Mivel nekem, mint kormányzónak hatalmamban áll felakasztatni őket, most hallani szeretném, tudnak-e bármi olyan okot mondani, amiért ezt ne tegyem meg.