But we must run aground on some island."
After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.
After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,[3] and thus they were driven along.
And 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 being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
