two o'clock in the morning
As soon as they came within call of the ship , he made Robinson hail them , and tell them they had brought off the men and the boat , but that it was a long time before they had found them , and the like , holding them in a chat till they came to the ship 's side ; when the captain and the mate entering first , with their arms , immediately knocked down the second mate and carpenter with the but end of their muskets , being very faithfully seconded by their men ; they secured all the rest that were upon the mainland quarterdecks , and began to fasten the hatches , to keep them down that were below ; when the other boat and their men entering at the fore-chains , secured the forecastle of the ship , and the scuttle which went down into the cook-room , making three men they found there prisoners . When this was done , and all safe upon deck , the captain ordered the mate , with three men , to break into the round-house , where the new rebel captain lay , who having taken the alarm , had got up , and with two men and a boy had got fire-arms in their hands ; and when the mate , with a crow , split open the door , the new captain and his men fired boldly among them , and wounded the mate with a musket ball , which broke his arm , and wounded two more of the men , but killed nobody . The mate calling for help , rushed , however , into the round-house , wounded as he was , and with his pistol shot the new captain through the head , the bullet entering at his mouth , and came out again behind one of his ears , so that he never spoke a word more : upon which the rest yielded , and the ship was taken effectually , without any more lives lost . As soon as the ship was thus secured , the : captain ordered seven guns to be fired , which was the signal agreed upon with me to give me notice of his success , which you may be sure I was very glad to hear , having sat watching upon the shore for it till near two o'clock in the morning . Having thus heard the signal plainly , I laid me down ; and it having been a day of great fatigue to me , I slept very sound , till I was something surprised with the noise of a gun ; and presently starting up , I heard a man call me by the name of Governor , Governor , and presently I knew the captain 's voice ; when climbing up to the top of the hill , there he stood , and pointing to the ship , he embraced me in his arms . `` My dear friend and deliverer , '' says he , `` there 's your ship , for she is all your 's , and so are we , and all that belong to her . '' I cast my eyes to the ship , and there she rode within little more than half a mile of the shore ; for they had weighed her anchor as soon as they were masters of her , and the weather being fair , had brought her to an anchor just against the mouth of the little creek ; and the tide being up , the captain had brought the pinnace in near the place where I at first landed my rafts , and so landed just at my door , I was at first ready to sink down with the surprise ; for I saw my deliverance , indeed , visibly put into my hands , all things easy , and a large ship just ready to carry me away whither I pleased to go .