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Aye , by God , and so you shall _ replied the impudent rascal . Upon which , starting up , Will Atkins cries , _ Come Jack , let 's have t ` other brush with them ; who dare to build in our dominions ? _ -- Thus leaving us something heated with just passion , away they trooped , every man having a gun , pistol , and sword , muttering some threatening words , that we could then but imperfectly understand . That night they designed to murder their two companions , and slept till midnight in the bower , thinking to fall upon them in their sleep : not were the honest men less thoughtful concerning them ; for at this juncture they were coming to find them out , but in a much fairer way . As soon as the villains came to the huts , and found nobody there , they concluded that I and my Spaniard had given them notice , and therefore swore to be revenged on us . Then they demolished the poor men 's habitations ; not by fire , as they attempted before , but pulled down their houses , limb from limb , not leaving stick nor stone on the ground where they stood , broke their household stuff in pieces , tore up their trees , spoiled their inclosures , and , in short , quite ruined them of every thing they had . Had these people met together , no doubt but there would have been a bloody battle ; but Providence ordered it for the better ; for just as the three were got together the two were at our castle ; and when they left us , the three came back again , but in great rage , scoffingly telling us what they had done ; when one taking hold of a Spaniard 's hat , twirls it round , saying , _ And you Seignor Jack Spaniard , shall have the same sauce , if you do n't mind your manners _ .