ws of his bare hands felled many of them and quelled all the rest."

It became necessary to careen the _Rose_ and clean the planking all
fouled with tropical growth, and she was beached on "a desolate Spanish
island." The men were given shore liberty, all but eight or ten, and
the rogues were no sooner out of the ship than "they all entered into
an agreement which they signed in a ring (a round-robin), that about
seven o'clock that evening they would seize the captain and those eight
or ten which they knew to be true to him, and leave them to perish on
the island, and so be gone away into the South Seas to seek their
fortune.... These knaves, considering that they should want a
carpenter with them in their villainous expedition, sent a messenger to
fetch unto them the carpenter who was then at work upon the vessel; and
unto him they showed their articles; telling him what he must look for
if he did not subscribe among them.

"The carpenter, being an honest fellow, did with much importunity
prevail for one half hour's time to consider the matter; and returning
to work upon the vessel, with a spy by them set upon him, he feigned
himself taken with a fit of the collick, for the relief whereof he
suddenly ran into the captain in the great cabin for a dram. Where,
when he came, his business was only in brief to tell the captain of the
horrible distress which he has fallen into; but the captain bid him as
briefly return to the rogues in the woods and sign their articles, and
leave him to provide for the rest.

"The carpenter was no sooner gone than Captain Phips, calling together
the few friends that were left him aboard, whereof the gunner was one,
demanded of them whether they would stand by him in this extremity,
whereto they replied they would stand by him if he could save them, and
he answered, 'By the help of God, he did not fear it.' All their
provisions had been carried ashore to a tent made for that purpose,
about which they had placed several great guns, to defend it in case of
any assault from Spaniards. Wherefore Captain Phips immediately
ordered those guns to be silently drawn and turned; and so pulling up
the bridge, he charged his great guns aboard and brought them to bear
on every side of the tent.

"By this time the army of rebels came out of the woods; but as they
drew near to the tent of provisions they saw such a change of
circumstances that they cried out, _We are betrayed_! And they were
soon c