HavingdoneallthisIleftthemthenextday, , , twoofthefivemencameswimmingtotheship'sside, andmakingthemostlamentablecomplaintoftheotherthree, beggedtobetakenintotheshipforGod'ssake, fortheyshouldbemurdered, andbeggedthecaptaintotakethemonboard, ; butaftersomedifficulty, andaftertheirsolemnpromisesofamendment, theyweretakenonboard, andwere, sometimeafter, soundlywhippedandpickled; afterwhichtheyprovedveryhonestandquietfellows.
Sometimeafterthis, theboatwasorderedonshore, thetidebeingup, withthethingspromisedtothemen; towhichthecaptain, atmyintercession, causedtheirchestsandclothestobeadded, whichtheytook, , bytellingthemthatifitlayinmypowertosendanyvesseltotakethemin, Iwouldnotforgetthem.
WhenItookleaveofthisisland, Icarriedonboard, forrelics, thegreatgoat-skincapIhadmade, myumbrella, andoneofmyparrots; also, IforgotnottotakethemoneyIformerlymentioned, whichhadlainbymesolonguselessthatitwasgrownrustyortarnished, andcouldhardlypassforsilvertillithadbeenalittlerubbedandhandled, , the19thofDecember, asIfoundbytheship'saccount, intheyear1686, afterIhadbeenuponiteight-and-twentyyears, twomonths, andnineteendays; , afteralongvoyage, IarrivedinEnglandthe11thofJune, intheyear1687, havingbeenthirty-fiveyearsabsent.