Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore.
and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.
After we had escaped, we then learned that the island was called Malta.