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so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor[a] and let the ship be driven along.
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We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
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On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.