that "He would follow presently, or
if it would please him to stay a very little, he would attend him."

Our Captain perceiving the feat wrought, would not hasten him; but in
rowing away, demanded of them, "Why their bark was so deep?" as making
no great account of it. But, by occasion of this demand, his brother
sent one down to the Steward, to know "Whether there were any water in
the ship? Or what other cause might be?"

The Steward, hastily stepping down at his usual scuttle, was wet up to
his waist, and shifting with more haste to come up again as if the water
had followed him, cried out that "The ship was full of water!" There was
no need to hasten the company, some to the pump, others to search for
the leak, which the Captain of the bark seeing they did, on all hands,
very willingly; he followed his brother, and certified him of "the
strange chance befallen them that night; that whereas they had not
pumped twice in six weeks before, now they had six feet of water in
hold: and therefore he desireth leave from attending him in fishing, to
intend the search and remedy of the leak." And when our Captain with his
company preferred [offered] to go to help them; he answered, "They had
men enough aboard, and prayed him to continue his fishing, that they
might have some part of it for their dinner." Thus returning, he found
his company had taken great pain, but had freed the water very little:
yet such was their love to the bark, as our Captain well knew, that they
ceased not, but to the utmost of their strength, laboured all that
they might till three in the afternoon; by which time, the company
perceiving, that (though they had been relieved by our Captain himself
and many of his company) yet they were not able to free above a foot and
a half of water, and could have no likelihood of finding the leak, had
now a less liking of her than before, and greater content to hear of
some means for remedy.

Whereupon our Captain (consulting them what they thought best to be
done) found that they had more desire to have all as he thought fit,
than judgement to conceive any means of remedy. And therefore he
propounded, that himself would go in the pinnace, till he could provide
him some handsome frigate; and that his brother should be Captain in the
admiral [flag-ship] and the Master should also be there placed with him,
instead of this: which seeing they could not save, he would have fired
that the enemy might never recover her: