"But we mustrun agroundon a certainisland."
After they had hoistedit up, they usedsupporting cablesin undergirdingthe ship;and fearingthat they might run agroundon [the shallows] of Syrtis,they let downthe sea anchorand in this waylet themselves be drivenalong.
But whenthe fourteenthnightcame,as we were being driven aboutin the AdriaticSea, aboutmidnightthe sailors[began] to surmisethat they were approachingsomeland.
Fearingthat we might run agroundsomewhereon the rocks,they castfouranchorsfrom the sternand wishedfor daybreak.
When they had been brought safely through,thenwe foundout that the islandwas calledMalta.
