1) The terrible experience on the sea was over at last. Exhausted, dripping, yet glad to be alive, sailors, soldiers, prisoners, passengers dragged themselves onto the beach. And having gotten through safe, then we knew that the island was called Melite. And the barbarians went on showing us unusual kindness, for, kindling a fire, they took us all to themselves because of the present rain and because of the cold. Not until this time did they know where they had been
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