He was very anxious to go ashore; he had business there; he wanted to see who were in the place, and what was going on before Bonnet should go to the town.
"What!" cried Blackbeard, putting his head down like a charging bull.

"I order you to row back to your vessel and take my message; and if you do it not I will sink you all in a bunch! Into your boat, sir, and waste not another minute.

If you are not able to command your men, I will keep you here and give them a coxswain who can." Without another word, Bittern scuffled over the side, and, his boat being brought up, he dropped into it.
"Now, men," he said, "I have a message from Captain Blackbeard to the Revenge; bend to it as I steer that way." "Give my pious regards to your Sir Nightcap," shouted Blackbeard.

And then, in a still higher tone, he yelled to them that if they disobeyed their coxswain and turned their bow shoreward he would sink them all to the unsounded depths of Hades.

Without a protest the men pulled vigorously towards the Revenge, while Black Paul, considering it a new affront to be called "coxswain" when he was in reality captain, earnestly sent Blackbeard to the same regions to which he had just referred..