But as the sailorswere tryingto escapefrom the shipand had let downthe [ship's] boatinto the sea,on the pretenseof intendingto layout anchorsfrom the bow,
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.
Fearingthat we might run agroundsomewhereon the rocks,they castfouranchorsfrom the sternand wishedfor daybreak.
Paulsaidto the centurionand to the soldiers,"Unlessthese menremainin the ship,you yourselvescannotbe saved."
Thenthe soldierscut awaythe ropesof the [ship's] boatand letit fall away.
