The Portsmouth fleet may nab us.

We may be caught, and, if we are, we must take the dose prepared for us; but I'm for making a strong rush, going without fear, and asking no favour.

I won't surrender here; it's too cowardly.

I want to know, will you come to the open sea with me ?" There were many shouts of assent from the crowd, though here and there came a growl of dissent.
"Not all of you are willing to come with me," Dyck continued vigorously.
"Tell me, what is it you expect to get by staying here?
You're famished when you're not poisoned; you're badly clothed and badly fed; you're kept together by flogging; you're treated worse than a convict in jail or a victim in a plague hospital.

You're not paid as well as your grandfathers were, and you're punished worse.