We are sailors we have the sea in our blood. We know how to ride choppy waters and weather the storms.
That was the effect of the mass hysteria at that time. I just got caught up in it. You would have done as well if you were a sensitive soul like me.
Tbf, Godders was having to deal with an hysterical woman trying to deal with the possible loss of a certain Frenchman.
Good job the new Dutch skipper kept a cool head then, eh? An appointment that's now looking like the most successful Dutch foray into English waters since 1667