As the rage of the wind was still great, though rather less than at first, we could not so much as hope to have the ship hold many minutes without breaking into pieces, unless the winds, by a kind of miracle, should turn immediately about.
El viento, aunque había disminuido un poco, soplaba con tanta fuerza, que no podíamos confiar en que el barco resistiría unos minutos más sin desbaratarse, a no ser que, por un milagro del cielo, el viento amainara de pronto.