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We must devise some other plan ; I am sure that our fathers would not consent . Mr Harvey was taken without arms , and nothing can be proved against him . '' This conversation took place on the 6th of May , 1644 , and good reason I had for remembering the date . The weather had hitherto been fine , but soon after midday it began to blow hard from the southward , and the seas came rolling into our little harbour . Lancelot , who had gone away , returned in a hurry , accompanied by Dick , and asked him to assist in hauling up his boat , which ran a chance of being dashed to pieces , as Tom Noakes , who had charge of her , was likely to be engaged on the lines . We all three hurried down . When we got there , we found a number of men , who , as the enemy were quiet , had left their posts in order to secure their craft from the tempest .