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.
Me mostré un poco enfadado con el capitán y le dije que eran prisioneros míos y no suyos; que habiéndoles perdonado, no podía faltar a mi palabra; que si no estaba de acuerdo con esto, los pondría en libertad, tal cual los había encontrado; y que si esto no le parecía bien, podía arrestarlos si lograba capturarlos. Ante esto, todos se mostraron muy agradecidos.