He agreed with me as to that, but told me he was perfectly at a loss what measures to take, for that there were still six-and-twenty hands on board, who, having entered into a cursed conspiracy, by which they had all forfeited their lives to the law, would be hardened in it now by desperation, and would carry it on, knowing that if they were subdued they would be brought to the gallows as soon as they came to England, or to any of the English colonies, and that, therefore, there would be no attacking them with so small a number as we were.
Estuvo de acuerdo conmigo pero me, confesó que no tenía idea de cómo hacerlo, pues aún quedaban veintiséis hombres a bordo, que habían participado en una conspiración maldita, y que, a estas alturas, no estarían dispuestos a renunciar a ella. Seguirían, pues, adelante, sabiendo que, si eran derrotados, serían llevados a la horca tan pronto llegaran a Inglaterra o a cualquiera de sus colonias.