ly prepare
for him!

After that our Captain had brought out all his fleet together, at
the _Scrivanos'_ entreaties, he was content to do them all favour, in
setting them and all their companies on shore; and so bare thence with
the islands of St. Bernards, about three leagues of the town: where we
found great store of fish for our refreshing.

Here, our Captain considering that he was now discovered upon the
chieftest places of all the coast, and yet not meaning to leave it till
he had found the Cimaroons, and "made" his voyage, as he had conceived;
which would require some length of time, and sure manning of his
pinnaces: he determined with himself, to burn one of the ships, and make
the other a Storehouse; that his pinnaces (which could not otherwise)
might be thoroughly manned, and so he might be able to abide any time.

But knowing the affection of his company, how loath they were to leave
either of their ships, being both so good sailers and so well furnished;
he purposed in himself by some policy, to make them most willing to
effect that he intended. And therefore sent for one THOMAS MOONE, who
was Carpenter in the _Swan_, and asking him into his cabin, chargeth
him to conceal for a time, a piece of service, which he must in any case
consent to do aboard his own ship: that was, in the middle of the
second watch, to go down secretly into the well of the ship, and with a
spike-gimlet, to bore three holes, as near the keel as he could, and lay
something against it, that the force of the water entering, might make
no great noise, nor be discovered by a boiling up.

THOMAS MOONE at the hearing hereof, being utterly dismayed, desired to
know "What cause there might be, to move him to sink so good a bark of
his own, new and strong; and that, by _his_ means, who had been in
two so rich and gainful voyages in her with himself heretofore: If his
brother, the Master, and the rest of the company [numbering 26] should
know of such his fact, he thought verily they would kill him."

But when our Captain had imparted to him his cause, and had persuaded
him with promise that it should not be known, till all of them should be
glad of it: he understood it, and did it accordingly.

The next morning [15th August] our Captain took his pinnace very early,
purposing to go a fishing, for that there is very great store on the
coast; and falling aboard the _Swan_, calleth for his brother to go with
him, who rising suddenly, answereth