Towards evening the mate and boatswain begged the master of our ship to let them cut away the fore-mast, which he was very unwilling to do; but the boatswain protesting to him that if he did not the ship would founder, he consented; and when they had cut away the fore-mast, the main-mast stood so loose, and shook the ship so much, they were obliged to cut that away also, and make a clear deck.
Vers le soir, le second et le bosseman supplièrent le capitaine, qui s'y opposa fortement, de laisser couper le mât de misaine; mais le bosseman lui ayant protesté que, s'il ne le faisait pas, le bâtiment coulerait à fond, il y consentit. Quand le mât d'avant fut abattu, le grand mât, ébranlé, secouait si violemment le navire, qu'ils furent obligés de le couper aussi et de faire pont ras.