Question

They then lay to, and lowering a skiff or boat, as many as a dozen Frenchmen, well armed with match-locks, and their matches burning, got into it and came alongside; and seeing how few we were, and that our vessel was going down, they took us in, telling us that this had come to us through our incivility in not giving them an answer.

Accepted Answer

Amainaron entonces, y, echando el esquife o barca a la mar, entraron en él hasta doce franceses bien armados, con sus arcabuces y cuerdas encendidas, y así llegaron junto al nuestro; y, viendo cuán pocos éramos y cómo el bajel se hundía, nos recogieron, diciendo que, por haber usado de la descortesía de no respondelles, nos había sucedido aquello.

Back	They then lay to, and lowering a skiff or boat, as many as a dozen Frenchmen, well armed with match-locks, and their matches burning, got into it and came alongside; and seeing how few we were, and that our vessel was going down, they took us in, telling us that this had come to us through our incivility in not giving them an answer.
Front	Amainaron entonces, y, echando el esquife o barca a la mar, entraron en él hasta doce franceses bien armados, con sus arcabuces y cuerdas encendidas, y así llegaron junto al nuestro; y, viendo cuán pocos éramos y cómo el bajel se hundía, nos recogieron, diciendo que, por haber usado de la descortesía de no respondelles, nos había sucedido aquello.

Y El La Nos De Lay Lowering Skiff