It was to no purpose for them or us, after we were in the boat, to think of reaching their own ship; so all agreed to let her drive, and only to pull her in towards shore as much as we could; and our master promised them, that if the boat was staved upon shore, he would make it good to their master: so partly rowing and partly driving, our boat went away to the northward, sloping towards the shore almost as far as Winterton Ness.
Ni ellos ni nosotros le vimos ningún sentido a tratar de llegar hasta su nave así que acordamos dejarnos llevar por la corriente, limitándonos a enderezar el bote hacia la costa lo más que pudiéramos. Nuestro capitán les prometió que, si el bote se destrozaba al llegar a la orilla, él se haría cargo de indemnizar a su capitán.