Mayhap you may think I want to expose you for the lucre of gain.

Whosoever thinks so, thinks a d--ned lie, for my whole cargo is insured; so that, in case I should be taken, my loss would not be great.

The enemy is stronger than we, to be sure.

What then?
have we not a chance for carrying away one of her masts, and so get clear of her?
If we find her too hard for us, 'tis but striking at last.

If any man is hurt in the engagement, I promise on the word of an honest seaman, to make him a recompense according to his loss.