Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.”
so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.
On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.
