and when the shipwas caught[in it] and couldnot facethe wind,we gave way[to it] and let ourselves be drivenalong.
But beforevery longthere rusheddownfrom the land a violentwind,calledEuraquilo;
Running under the shelterof a small islandcalledClauda,we were scarcelyableto getthe [ship's] boatunder control.
But whenthe fourteenthnightcame,as we were being driven aboutin the AdriaticSea, aboutmidnightthe sailors[began] to surmisethat they were approachingsomeland.
Lookat the shipsalso,though they are so greatand are drivenby strongwinds,are still directedby a very smallrudderwhereverthe inclinationof the pilotdesires.