The Scene lying in a Carrack.
Enter a Pirate and the Captain.
Pir. Welcome a ship-board, captain; you staid long.
Capt. No longer than was necessary for shifting trades; to change me from a robber to a pirate.
Pir. There's a fair change wrought in you since yesterday morning; then you talked of nothing but repentance, and amendment of life.
Capt. 'Faith, I have considered better on't: for, conversing a whole day together with honest men, I found them all so poor and beggarly, that a civil person would be ashamed to be seen with them:—but you come from Don Roderick's cabin; what hopes have you of his life?
Pir. No danger of it, only loss of blood had made him faint away; he called for you.
Capt. Well, are his jewels and his plate brought in?
Pir. They are.—When hoist we sails?
Capt. At the first break of day: When we are got out clear, we'll seize on Roderick and his men: They are not many, but fear may make them desperate.