The Gull was not much larger, butwith half as many men again aboard. Every other eye in the company turnedtowards the east from where that enemy would come, laden with silverand spices. Aboli, take us in to the bank, if you please. With an effort he kept hisfeet, and the two men confronted each other, both hard hit but Haldisarmed and Schreuder with the Neptune sword still clutched in hisright hand.
Llewellyn had lashed himself to the mainmast and from there he directedthe efforts of his officers and men to keep the ship alive. The crew mustbe lining the frigate's far rail facing the beach, staring across inalarm and consternation at the flames, watching the running figures andthe flashes of musket fire in bewilderment. The galleon's decks were smothered with a strugglingmass of fighting men. I find you guilty of gross and flagrantcontempt of this court, and I sentence you to ten strokes of the caneto be administered forthwith.
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