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On Sunday, the 29th of June, which was the feast of St. Peter and St.
Paul the Apostles, many of the seasick got up, thinking the sea had
calmed down a little. They found it raging more furiously than ever, so
that, notwithstanding that they had fasted on the vigil, many were also
obliged to fast on the festival. Suddenly the wind changed and began to
blow with such force in the direction of our route that, had it not been
for the merchandise of the captain and of several other merchants who
had business in Candia, we should have gone as far in two days as we had
previously gone in fifteen; but it was decided at all costs to enter the
port of Candia. And as the wind was contrary, it was necessary to lower
the sails and stop some distance from the city of Candia, twelve miles
out of our course. We were at the mercy of the sea, because when the
anchor was cast with the largest cable on board called the /gomena/,
which was six hundred feet long, it did not reach to the bottom of the sea.
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Thus, after we arrived at the said place, everyone was very
dissatisfied, not only because of the disturbance due to the preceding
storm, but also because we were disappointed in our great desire to go
to the said city, which we saw, but which we could not enter. Certain of
our company were courageous enough to face the stormy sea, and entered a
small boat to go ashore, but several times, when I saw the waves wash
over the boat, I thought they had foundered. And the fury of the sea
continued, and the galley was struck by the waves with such force that
at times it seemed as if she must break up.
http://chass.colostate-pueblo.edu/history/seminar/casola/cas3.htm
DW
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