In this distress the mate of our vessel laid hold of the boat, and with the help of the rest of the men got her slung over the ship’s side; and getting all into her, let go, and committed ourselves, being eleven in number, to God’s mercy and the wild sea; for though the storm was abated considerably, yet the sea ran dreadfully high upon the shore, and might be well called _den wild zee_, as the Dutch call the sea in a storm.
A másodkapitány és a hajóslegények nagy bajjal vízre bocsátották a csónakot, és mindenki kétségbeesve tolongott beléje. Mind a tizenegyen elhagytuk a hajót.