Translations
After hoisting it aboard, they ran cables under the hull to brace it. Fearing they would be swept onto the Syrtis sandbanks, they deployed the sea anchor and let the ship be driven.
After hoisting it aboard, they used cables to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis sandbars, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven along.
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

