In a Word，they all laid down their Arms，and begg'd their Lives；and I sent the Man that had parley'd with them，and two more，who bound them all；and then my great Army of 50 Men，which particularly with those three，were all but eight，came up and seiz'd upon them all，and upon their Boat，only that I kept my self and one more out of Sight，for Reasons of State.
Our next Work was to repair the Boat，and think of seizing the Ship；and as for the Captain，now he had Leisure to parley with them：He expostulated with them upon the Villany of their Practices with him，and at length upon the farther Wickedness of their Design，and how certainly it must bring them to Misery and Distress in the End，and perhaps to the Gallows.
They all appear'd very penitent，and begg'd hard for their Lives；as for that，he told them，they were none of his Prisoners，but the Commander 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 the Island was inhabited，and that the Governour was an English Man；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 requir'd，except Atkins，who he was commanded by the Governour to advise to prepare for Death；for that he would be hang'd in the Morning.
Though this was all a Fiction of his own，yet it had its desired Effect；Atkins fell upon his Knees to beg the Captain to interceed with the Governour for his Life；and all the rest beg'd of him for God's Sake，that they might not be sent to England.
It now occurr'd to me，that the time of our Deliverance was come，and that it would be a most easy thing to bring these Fellows in，to be hearty in getting Possession of the Ship；so I retir'd in the Dark from them，that they might not see what Kind of a Governour they had，and call'd the Captain to me；when I call'd，as at a good Distance，one of the Men was order'd to speak again，and say to the Captain，Captain，the Commander calls for you；and presently the Captain reply'd，Tell his Excellency，I am just a coming：This more perfectly amused' them；and they all believed that the Commander was just by with his fifty Men.