This forced tears to my eyes again; but as there was little relief in that, I resolved, if possible, to get to the ship; so I pulled off my clothes—for the weather was hot to extremity—and took the water. But when I came to the ship my difficulty was still greater to know how to get on board; for, as she lay aground, and high out of the water, there was nothing within my reach to lay hold of.
Intendo le nostre vite, perchè avremmo tutti raggiunta in piena salvezza la spiaggia, nè io mi sarei veduto a tal segno di miseria in questo presente stato di perfetta solitudine e desolazione; il qual pensiere mi costrinse a spargere nuove lagrime; ma poichè non vedeva rimedio a ciò, risolvei tentare di raggiugnere, se pur fosse stato possibile, il naufragato vascello.