Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо

The rebel captain (мятежный капитан), the worst of the crew (самый худший из

команды), was asleep in his berth (спал на койке). He sprang up and showed fight

(«показал бой» = оказал сопротивление). He shot three times at the captain's party,

wounding the mate but touching no one else (ранив помощника, но не коснувшись

никого больше).

The mate, wounded as he was, raised his musket and fired (поднял мушкет и

выстрелил). The rebel captain fell to the deck with a bullet through his head (упал на

палубу с пулей /прошедшей/ через голову).

The rest, seeing that they were without leaders, fell upon their knees and begged

for their lives (упали на колени и просили сохранить им жизнь).

Thus the captain became again the master of his own ship (хозяином корабля).

boatswain [bausn] yield [ji:ld]

I AM CALLED GOVERNOR

BY my orders, Friday and the captain's mate hurried through the woods to the

little river where I had landed so long ago with my rafts.

When they had reached the place, they shouted as loudly as they could. The men

who were just getting into the boat heard them. They answered, and ran along the shore

toward the little river.

The three who had been left in the boat also rowed around toward the same place.

Near the mouth of the river, however, they came to land again, and one of them ran along

the bank of the stream to meet his fellows.

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At this moment I rushed forward with the captain, and seized the boat before the

two fellows who were in it could save themselves.

It was now almost dark, and we had nothing to do but wait till the seamen came

back to the shore to look for their boat.

Soon Friday and the captain's mate rejoined us, and I stood at the head of my little

army, listening to the seamen as they made their way through the bushes.

We could hear them calling to one another. We could hear them telling how lame

and tired they were. We could hear them saying that they were in an enchanted island

where there were witches and other kinds of uncanny things. All this pleased us very

much.

By and by they came to the shore, quite close to where we were standing.

One of the men whom they had left in the boat was standing with us. He was one

of the honest men whom the captain had pointed out, and he had joined us very gladly.

By my orders he now cried out, "Tom Smith! Tom Smith!" For that was the name

of the leader of the company.

Tom Smith answered at once, "Is that you, Robinson?" for he knew the voice.

"Yes," the other answered, "and for God's sake, Tom Smith, throw down your

arms and yield, or you will all be dead men the next minute."

"To whom must we yield?" cried Tom Smith. "Where are they?"

"Here they are," was the answer. "Here's our captain at the head of a whole army

of fighting men. The boatswain is dead, and Bill Fry is dead, and all the rest of us are

prisoners. If you don't yield, you are lost."

"If they'll give us quarters, we'll yield," said Smith.

Then the captain himself spoke up. "You, Smith," he said, "you know my voice. If

you lay down your arms at once, you shall have your lives — all but Will Atkins."

Upon this, Will Atkins cried out: "For God's sake, Captain, give me quarter! What

have I done? I have been no worse than the rest."

Now this was not true. For it was Will Atkins who had first laid hold of the

captain, and it was he who had tied the captain's hands.

"Nay, Will Atkins," said the captain. "You know what you have done, and I can

promise you nothing. You must lay down your arms and trust to the governor's mercy."

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By "the governor" he meant me, Robinson Crusoe — for they called me governor.

The upshot of the whole matter was that they all laid down their arms and begged

for their lives.

Then I sent three of my men to bind them with strong cords, which they did,

much to my joy.

After that I sent my great army of fifty men — which, after all, were only five

besides the three who already had them in charge — to lead them to prison.

I told the captain that it would be better to put some of our prisoners in one place

and some in another, as then they would be less likely to try to escape.

He and Friday therefore took Atkins with two others who were the worst to my

cave in the woods. It was a dismal place, but very safe. There the rough fellows were left

with their hands and feet tied fast, and the door blocked up with a huge stone.

Late as it was, I sent the rest of them to my bower. As they also were bound, and

as the place was fenced in and was very strong, they were quite safe there.

They were all much frightened. For they believed that the island was inhabited by

Englishmen, and that the governor had really a large army. They felt that the better they

behaved the safer they would be.

The captain went out to talk with them.

"My men," he said, "you all know what a great crime you have committed. You

are now in the power of the governor of this island. He will send you to England. There

you will be tried, and you will be hanged in chains."