About three in the afternoon
This was the unhappiest voyage that ever man made ; for though I did not carry quite £ 100 of my new-gained wealth , so that I had £ 200 left , which I had lodged with my friend 's widow , who was very just to me , yet I fell into terrible misfortunes . The first was this : our ship making her course towards the Canary Islands , or rather between those islands and the African shore , was surprised in the grey of the morning by a Turkish rover of Sallee , who gave chase to us with all the sail she could make . We crowded also as much canvas as our yards would spread , or our masts carry , to get clear ; but finding the pirate gained upon us , and would certainly come up with us in a few hours , we prepared to fight ; our ship having twelve guns , and the rogue eighteen . About three in the afternoon he came up with us , and bringing to , by mistake , just athwart our quarter , instead of athwart our stern , as he intended , we brought eight of our guns to bear on that side , and poured in a broadside upon him , which made him sheer off again , after returning our fire , and pouring in also his small shot from near two hundred men which he had on board . However , we had not a man touched , all our men keeping close . He prepared to attack us again , and we to defend ourselves . But laying us on board the next time upon our other quarter , he entered sixty men upon our decks , who immediately fell to cutting and hacking the sails and rigging .