The Voyage Encounters a Great Storm

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and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained their purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

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and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

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and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we were borne on,

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and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast--so were borne on.

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And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,

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and on the third day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

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and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

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