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The Ship Recovered
Sohecallsoutasloudashecouldtooneofthem, "TomSmith!TomSmith!" TomSmithansweredimmediately, "Who’sthat?Robinson?" Foritseemsheknewhisvoice. Theotheranswered, "Ay,ay;forGod’ssake,TomSmith,throwdownyourarmsandyield,oryouarealldeadmenthismoment."
"Whomustweyieldto?Whatarethey?"saysSmithagain. "Heretheyare,"sayshe;"here’sourcaptainandfiftymenwithhim,havebeenhuntingyouthistwohours; theboatswainiskilled,WillFryeiswounded,andIamaprisoner;andifyoudonotyield,youarealllost."
"Willtheygiveusquarter,then,"saysTomSmith,"andwewillyield?" "I’llgoandask,ifyoupromisetoyield,"saysRobinson. Soheaskedthecaptain,andthecaptainthencallshimselfout, "You,Smith,youknowmyvoice,ifyoulaydownyourarmsimmediatelyandsubmit,youshallhaveyourlives,allbutWillAtkins."
UponthisWillAtkinscriedout,"ForGod’ssake,captain,givemequarter; whathaveIdone? TheyhavebeenallasbadasI;" which,bytheway,wasnottrueneither;foritseemsthisWillAtkinswasthefirstmanthatlaidholdofthecaptainwhentheyfirstmutinied,andusedhimbarbarously,intyinghishands,andgivinghiminjuriouslanguage. However,thecaptaintoldhimhemustlaydownhisarmsatdiscretion,andtrusttothegovernor’smercy; bywhichhemeantme,fortheyallcalledmegovernor.
Inaword,theyalllaiddowntheirarms,andbeggedtheirlives; andIsentthemanthathadparleyedwiththemandtwomore,whoboundthemall; andthenmygreatarmyoffiftymen,which,particularlywiththosethree,wereallbuteight,cameupandseizeduponthemall,andupontheirboat; onlythatIkeptmyselfandonemoreoutofsightforreasonsofstate.
