One half of the passengers, weakened and half-dead with the inconceivable anxiety and sickness which the rolling of a vessel at sea occasions through the whole human frame, were lost to all sense of the danger that surrounded them. The others made loud outcries, or betook themselves to their prayers; the sails were blown into shreds, and the masts were brought by the board. The vessel was a total wreck. Everyone was busily employed, but nobody could be either heard or obeyed.
Sin fuerza y medio muertos la mitad de los pasageros con las imponderables bascas que causa el balance de un navío en los nervios y en todos los humores que en opuestas direcciones se agitan, ni aun para temer el riesgo tenian ánimo: la otra mitad gritaba y rezaba; estaban rasgadas las velas, las xarcias rotas, y abierta la nave: quien podia trabajaba, nadie se entendia, y nadie mandaba.