十部顶级爆笑喜剧电影

《 十部顶级爆笑喜剧电影》

　　In this condition we lay, and could not tell how to weigh ouranchor, or set up our sail, because we must needs stand up in theboat, and they were as sure to hit us as we were to hit a bird in atree with small shot. We made signals of distress to the ship, andthough she rode a league off, yet my nephew, the captain, hearingour firing, and by glasses perceiving the posture we lay in, andthat we fired towards the shore, pretty well understood us; andweighing anchor with all speed, he stood as near the shore as hedurst with the ship, and then sent another boat with ten hands inher, to assist us. We called to them not to come too near, tellingthem what condition we were in; however, they stood in near to us,and one of the men taking the end of a tow-line in his hand, andkeeping our boat between him and the enemy, so that they could notperfectly see him, swam on board us, and made fast the line to theboat: upon which we slipped out a little cable, and leaving ouranchor behind, they towed us out of reach of the

　　The two Englishmen seeing this, thinking themselves not securewhere they stood, because it was likely some of the wild peoplemight come that way, and they might come too many together, thoughtit proper to make another retreat about half a mile farther;believing, as it afterwards happened, that the further theystrolled, the fewer would be together. Their next halt was at theentrance into a very thick-grown part of the woods, and where anold trunk of a tree stood, which was hollow and very large; and inthis tree they both took their standing, resolving to see therewhat might offer. They had not stood there long before two of thesavages appeared running directly that way, as if they had alreadyhad notice where they stood, and were coming up to attack them; anda little way farther they espied three more coming after them, andfive more beyond them, all coming the same way; besides which, theysaw seven or eight more at a distance, running another way; for ina word, they ran every way, like sportsmen beating for

　　They told me that when they were so knocked down, the rest of theircompany rescued them, and stood over them fighting till they werecome to themselves, all but him whom they thought had been dead;and then they made their way with their halberds and pieces,standing close together in a line, through a body of above athousand savages, beating down all that came in their way, got thevictory over their enemies, but to their great sorrow, because itwas with the loss of their friend, whom the other party findingalive, carried off with some others, as I gave an account before.They described, most affectionately, how they were surprised withjoy at the return of their friend and companion in misery, who theythought had been devoured by wild beasts of the worst kind - wildmen; and yet, how more and more they were surprised with theaccount he gave them of his errand, and that there was a Christianin any place near, much more one that was able, and had humanityenough, to contribute to their deliverance.