I concluded, as is indeed probable, that when the ship struck, it being in a storm, the sea broke so high and so continually over her, that the men were not able to bear it, and were strangled with the constant rushing in of the water, as much as if they had been under water.
Deduje que, posiblemente, al desatarse la tormenta, el barco se había encallado y los embates del mar debieron ser tan fuertes y tan constantes, que aquellos pobres hombres, no pudieron resistir y se habían ahogado como si estuviesen bajo el agua.