Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sabre de abordagem" in Portuguese language version.
They immediately drew their weapons and, after beating us up severely with their cutlasses, drove us below.
But as soon as they came up the shrouds, they clapped all hands to their cutlasses. Then I saw we were taken...
[N]ine or ten men of a most ferocious aspect armed with muskets, knives, and cutlasses . . .ordered Captain Cowper, Mr. Lumsden, the ship's carpenter, and myself to go on board the pirate, hastening our departure by repeated blows with the flat part of their cutlasses over our backs.
[T]he man who gave the order commenced beating me severely with the broad side of his cutlass.