Two of them，of whom the Captain was less assur'd than ordinary，I sent with Friday，and one of the three （deliver'd Men） to my Cave，where they were remote enough，and out of Danger of being heard or discover'd，or of finding their way out of the Woods，if they could have deliver'd themselves：Here they left them bound，but gave them Provisions，They promis'd them if they continu'd there quietly，to give them their Liberty in a Day or two；but that if they attempted their Escape，they should be put to Death without Mercy：They promis'd faithfully to bear their Confinement with Patience，and were very thankful that they had such good Usage，as to have Provisions，and a Light left them；for Friday gave them Candles （such as we made our selves） for their Comfort；and they did not know but that he stood Sentinel over them at the Entrance.
The other Prisoners had better Usage；two of them were kept pinion'd indeed，because the Captain was not free to trust them；but the other two were taken into my Service upon their Captain's Recommendation，and upon their solemnly engaging to live and die with us；so with them and the three honest Men，we were seven Men，well arm'd；and I made no doubt we shou'd be able to deal well enough with the Ten that were a coming，considering that the Captain had said，there were three or four honest Men among them also.
As soon as they got to the Place where their other Boat lay，they run their Boat in to the Beach，and came all on Shore，haling the Boat up after them，which I was glad to see；for I was afraid they would rather have left the Boat at an Anchor，some Distance from the Shore，with some Hands in her，to guard her；and so we should not be able to seize the Boat.
Being on Shore，the first Thing they did，they ran all to their other Boat，and it was easy to see that they were under a great Surprize，to find her stripp'd as above，of all that was in her，and a great hole in her Bottom.
After they had mus'd a while upon this，they set up two or three great Shouts，hollowing with all their might，to try if they could make their Companions hear；but all was to no purpose：Then they came all close in a Ring，and fir'd a Volley of their small Arms，which indeed we heard，and the Ecchos made the Woods ring；but it was all One，those in the Cave we were sure could not hear，and those in our keeping，though they heard it well enough，yet durst give no Answer to them.