As for the rest, the wages of those who were loyal were unceasing peril, torture, and death.
Men were weak, I say, and because of their weakness we were compelled to make the only other reward that was within our power.

It was the reward of death.

Out of necessity we had to punish our traitors.

For every man who betrayed us, from one to a dozen faithful avengers were loosed upon his heels.

We might fail to carry out our decrees against our enemies, such as the Pococks, for instance; but the one thing we could not afford to fail in was the punishment of our own traitors.