and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land;
And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat;
When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
Look at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.