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.
En medio de esta angustia, el capitán de nuestro barco echó mano del bote y, con la ayuda de los demás hombres, logró deslizarlo por la borda. Cuando los once que íbamos nos hubimos metido todos dentro, lo soltó y nos encomendó a la misericordia de Dios y de aquel tempestuoso mar.