Upon this I seemed a little angry with the captain, and told him that they were my prisoners, not his; and that seeing I had offered them so much favour, I would be as good as my word; and that if he did not think fit to consent to it I would set them at liberty, as I found them: and if he did not like it he might take them again if he could catch them.
Épp eleget tettem a rend érdekében, hogy tisztelje a szavam érvényét. De ha ezt nem látja be, akkor szabadon engedem a foglyokat a szigeten, azután tetszés szerint összefogdoshatja őket.