As for that, he told them they were not his prisoners, but the commander’s of the island; that they thought they had set him on shore in a barren, uninhabited island; but it had pleased God so to direct them that it was inhabited, and that the governor was an Englishman; that he might hang them all there, if he pleased; but as he had given them all quarter, he supposed he would send them to England, to be dealt with there as justice required, except Atkins, whom he was commanded by the governor to advise to prepare for death, for that he would be hanged in the morning.
Mas el capitán les dijo que no eran sus prisioneros sino del gobernador de la isla; que había pensado que los abandonarían en una isla desierta pero, con la ayuda de Dios, la isla estaba habitada y su gobernador era un hombre inglés; que este podía hacerlos ahorcar si le parecía, pero, como les había dado cuartel, suponía que los enviaría a Inglaterra para que fuesen juzgados como lo exigía la ley, con la excepción de Atkins, a quien el gobernador había dado órdenes de ahorcar a la mañana siguiente.