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Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the Fast was now alreadie past, Paul admonished them,

And said vnto them, Sirs, I perceiue that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not onely of the lading & ship, but also of our liues.

Neuerthelesse, the Centurion beleeued the master and the owner of the shippe, more then those things which were spoken by Paul.

And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, the more part aduised to depart thence also, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an hauen of Creete, and lieth toward the Southwest, and Northwest.

And when the South wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Creete.

But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous winde, called Euroclydon.

And when the ship was caught, and could not beare vp into the winde, we let her driue.

And running vnder a certaine yland, which is called Clauda, wee had much worke to come by the boate:

Which when they had taken vp, they vsed helps, vnder-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into the quicke-sands, strake saile, and so were driuen.

And being exceedingly tossed with a tempest the next day, they lightened the ship:

And the third day we cast out with our owne handes the tackling of the shippe.

And when neither Sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay on vs; all hope that wee should be saued, was then taken away.

But after long abstinence, Paul stood foorth in the middes of them, and said, Sirs, yee should haue hearkened vnto mee, and not haue loosed from Creete, and to haue gained this harme and losse.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheere: for there shall be no losse of any mans life among you, but of the shippe.

For there stood by me this night the Angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serue,

Saying, Feare not Paul, thou must be brought before Cesar, and loe, God hath giuen thee all them that saile with thee.

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheere: for I beleeue God, that it shall be euen as it was tolde me.

Howbeit, we must be cast vpon a certaine Iland.

But when the fourteenth night was come, as wee were driuen vp and downe in Adria about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they drew neere to some countrey:

And sounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded againe, and found it fifteene fathoms.

Then fearing lest we should haue fallen vpon rockes, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished for the day.

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let downe the boat into the sea, vnder colour as though they would haue cast ancres out of the fore-ship,

Paul said to the Centurion, and to the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saued.

Then the souldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

And while the day was comming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye haue taried, and continued fasting, hauing taken nothing.

Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health: for there shall not an haire fall from the head of any of you.

And when hee had thus spoken, hee tooke bread, and gaue thankes to God in presence of them all, and when he had broken it, he began to eate.

Then were they all of good cheere, and they also tooke some meat.

And we were in all, in the ship, two hundred, threescore and sixteene soules.

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.