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.
Les dije que el barco había sido tomado por órdenes mías, que por eso estaba en la rada y que dentro de poco verían la recompensa que había recibido su rebelde capitán, que estaba colgado del palo mayor. Les pregunté si tenían algo que alegar para que yo no ordenase su ejecución cómo piratas cogidos en el acto del delito, conforme con la autoridad que me había sido conferida.