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第5章 神秘的背后挑拨之人

　　WIFE. - So then He never makee kill, never angry when you dowicked; then He no good Himself, or no great able.

　　WIFE. - What rule? What way you know Him?

　　As soon as Friday told me he saw people, I caused the Englishancient to be spread, and fired three guns, to give them notice wewere friends; and in about a quarter of an hour after we perceiveda smoke arise from the side of the creek; so I immediately orderedthe boat out, taking Friday with me, and hanging out a white flag,I went directly on shore, taking with me the young friar Imentioned, to whom I had told the story of my living there, and themanner of it, and every particular both of myself and those I leftthere, and who was on that account extremely desirous to go withme. We had, besides, about sixteen men well armed, if we had foundany new guests there which we did not know of; but we had no needof weapons.

　　Then I brought them out all my store of tools, and gave every man adigging-spade, a shovel, and a rake, for we had no barrows orploughs; and to every separate place a pickaxe, a crow, a broadaxe, and a saw; always appointing, that as often as any were brokenor worn out, they should be supplied without grudging out of thegeneral stores that I left behind. Nails, staples, hinges,hammers, chisels, knives, scissors, and all sorts of ironwork, theyhad without reserve, as they required; for no man would take morethan he wanted, and he must be a fool that would waste or spoilthem on any account whatever; and for the use of the smith I lefttwo tons of unwrought iron for a supply.

　　CHAPTER XVI - SAFE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND

metimes surrounded withmultitudes, and in great danger from their arrows, till at lastthey found the way to make themselves large targets of wood, whichthey covered with skins of wild beasts, whose names they knew not,and these covered them from the arrows of the savages: that,notwithstanding these, they were sometimes in great danger; andfive of them were once knocked down together with the clubs of thesavages, which was the time when one of them was taken prisoner -that is to say, the Spaniard whom I relieved. At first theythought he had been killed; but when they afterwards heard he wastaken prisoner, they were under the greatest grief imaginable, andwould willingly have all ventured their lives to have rescued him.

　　WIFE. - Bid you pray? When He bid you? How He bid you? What youhear Him speak?

　　I laid all this before the young clergyman, who was greatlyaffected with it, and said to me, "Did I not say, sir, that whenthis man was converted he would preach to us all? I tell you, sir,if this one man be made a true penitent, there will be no need ofme; he will make Christians of all in the island." - But having alittle composed myself, I renewed my discourse with Will Atkins."But, Will," said I, "how comes the sense of this matter to touchyou just now?"

e down upon the bed, praying most heartily that it would pleaseGod to take me away; and composing my mind in hopes of it, Islumbered a while, and then waking, thought myself dying, beinglight with vapours from an empty stomach. I recommended my soulthen to God, and then earnestly wished that somebody would throw meinto the into the sea.