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.
Il capitano e il suo aiutante primi a saltarvi entro, accopparono immantinente co’ calci de’ moschetti il secondo aiutante ed il carpentiere; poi ben secondati da tutti quelli del loro seguito, si assicurarono del ponte e del cassero; indi si diedero a chiudere i boccaporti, perchè quelli che erano nel fondo del vascello non potessero salire. Intanto l’altra scialuppa e la sua ciurma entrata dalla parte delle catene delle sarte, s’impadronì del castello di prua e della piccola boccaporta che metteva nella cucina, facendo lor prigionieri tre uomini ivi trovati.