By this Means，I say，we had a full View of them，and the Captain knew the Persons and Characters of all the Men in the Boat，of whom he said，that there were three very honest Fellows，who he was sure were led into this Conspiracy by the rest，being over-power'd and frighted.
But that as for the Boatswain，who it seems was the chief Officer among them，and all the rest，they were as outragious as any of the Ship's Crew，and were no doubt made desperate in their new Enterprize，and terribly apprehensive he was，that they would be too powerful for us.
I smil'd at him，and told him，that Men in our Circumstances were past the Operation of Fear：That seeing almost every Condition that could be，was better than that which we were suppos'd to be in，we ought to expect that the Consequence，whether Death or Life，would be sure to be a Deliverance：I ask'd him，What he thought of the Circumstances of my Life？ And，Whether a Deliverance were not worth venturing for？ And where，Sir，said I，is your Belief of my being preserv'd here on purpose to save your Life，which elevated you a little while ago？ For my Part，said I，there seems to be but one Thing amiss in all the Prospect of it；What's that？ Says he；why，said I，'Tis，that as you say，there are three or four honest Fellows among them，which should be spar'd；had they been all of the wicked Part of the Crew，I should have thought God's Providence had singled them out to deliver them into your Hands；for depend upon it，every Man of them that comes a-shore are our own，and shall die，or live，as they behave to us.
As I spoke this with a rais'd Voice and chearful Countenance，I found it greatly encourag'd him；so we set vigorously to our Business：We had upon the first Appearance of the Boat's coming from the Ship，consider'd of separating our Prisoners，and had indeed secur'd them effectually.