All this while the storm increased, and the sea went very high, though nothing like what I have seen many times since; no, nor what I saw a few days after; but it was enough to affect me then, who was but a young sailor, and had never known anything of the matter.
Intanto infuriava la procella, e il mare, ove io non mi era trovato giammai, divenne altissimo, benchè non quanto io l’ho veduto molto tempo dopo, e nemmen quanto lo vidi pochi giorni appresso; ma era abbastanza per atterrire allora un giovine navigatore come me; chè non sapeva nulla di tali cose.