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The Ship Recovered

           Thismoreperfectlyamusedthem,andtheyallbelievedthatthecommanderwasjustbywithhisfiftymen. 

           Uponthecaptain’scomingtome,Itoldhimmyprojectforseizingtheship,whichhelikedofwonderfullywell,andresolvedtoputitinexecutionthenextmorning. Butinordertoexecuteitwithmoreart,andsecureofsuccess,Itoldhimwemustdividetheprisoners, andthattheyshouldgoandtakeAtkinsandtwomoreoftheworstofthem,andsendthempinionedtothecavewheretheotherslay. ThiswascommittedtoFridayandthetwomenwhocameonshorewiththecaptain. 

           Theyconveyedthemtothecave,astoaprison. Anditwas,indeed,adismalplace,especiallytomenintheircondition. TheothersIorderedtomybower,asIcalledit,ofwhichIhavegivenafulldescription; andasitwasfencedin,andtheypinioned,theplacewassecureenough,consideringtheywereupontheirbehavior. 

           TotheseinthemorningIsentthecaptain,whowastoenterintoaparleywiththem; inaword,totrythem,andtellmewhetherhethoughttheymightbetrustedornottogoonboardandsurprisetheship. Hetalkedtothemoftheinjurydonehim,oftheconditiontheywerebroughtto; andthatthoughthegovernorhadgiventhemquarterfortheirlivesastothepresentaction,yetthatiftheyweresenttoEnglandtheywouldalsohehangedinchains,tobesure; butthatiftheywouldjoinsojustanattemptastorecovertheship,hewouldhavethegovernor’sengagementfortheirpardon. 

           Anyonemayguesshowreadilysuchaproposalwouldbeacceptedbymenintheircondition. 

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