满天星家庭影院

《 满天星家庭影院》

　　But this mutiny had brought us to an anchor for that night; thewind also falling calm next morning, we found that our two men whohad been laid in irons had stolen each of them a musket and someother weapons (what powder or shot they had we knew not), and hadtaken the ship's pinnace, which was not yet hauled up, and run awaywith her to their companions in roguery on shore. As soon as wefound this, I ordered the long-boat on shore, with twelve men andthe mate, and away they went to seek the rogues; but they couldneither find them nor any of the rest, for they all fled into thewoods when they saw the boat coming on shore. The mate was onceresolved, in justice to their roguery, to have destroyed theirplantations, burned all their household stuff and furniture, andleft them to shift without it; but having no orders, he let it allalone, left everything as he found it, and bringing the pinnaceway, came on board without them. These two men made their numberfive; but the other three villains were so much more wic

khorses inEngland seemed to me to look much better; though it was hard tojudge rightly, for they were so covered with equipage, mantles,trappings, &c., that we could scarce see anything but their feetand their heads as they went along.

　　I then pressed him to tell me what was the second complaint whichhe had to make, acknowledging that I was very much his debtor forthe first, and thanking him heartily for it. He told me he woulduse the same freedom and plainness in the second, and hoped I wouldtake it as well; and this was, that notwithstanding these Englishsubjects of mine, as he called them, had lived with these womenalmost seven years, had taught them to speak English, and even toread it, and that they were, as he perceived, women of tolerableunderstanding, and capable of instruction, yet they had not, tothis hour, taught them anything of the Christian religion - no, notso much as to know there was a God, or a worship, or in what mannerGod was to be served, or that their own idolatry, and worshippingthey knew not whom, was false and absurd. This he said was anunaccountable neglect, and what God would certainly call them toaccount for, and perhaps at last take the work out of their hands.He spoke this very affectionately and warmly.