After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up
However, we must run aground on some island.”