But we will have to run aground on some island.”
After we had reached safety, we then learned that the island was called Malta.
After hoisting it up they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they would run on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven.
Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.