But we shall have to run on some island.”
after hoisting it up, they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they should run on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
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.
And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let out four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come.
After we had escaped, we then learned that the island was called Malta.
