Being almost stupefied with amazement at his position, he submitted without a struggle.
"I say, friends," he at last exclaimed, "would any amount of oaths took before a maginstrate convince ye that I'm not a pirate, but a true-blue seaman ?" "If you were to swear from this time till doomsday it would make no difference.

You admit that you were one of the Foam's crew.

We now know that the Foam and the Avenger are the same schooner.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A pirate would swear anything save his life.
Come,--time's up." Bumpus bent his head for a minute.