But we will crash on an island.”
After the men took the lifeboat in, they tied ropes around the ship to hold it together. The men were afraid that the ship would hit the sandbanks of Syrtis, so they lowered the sail and let the wind carry the ship.
On the fourteenth night we were still being carried around in the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors thought we were close to land,
The sailors were afraid that we would hit the rocks, so they threw four anchors into the water and prayed for daylight to come.
When we were safe on land, we learned that the island was called Malta.
