The chapels, pulpits, and gilded Madonnas proved of little avail in a hurricane.

The Diana, largest of the four, went down with all hands; the Princess was labouring severely in the trough of the sea, and the Trasana was likewise in imminent danger.

So the master of this galley asked the Welsh slave, who had far more experience and seamanship than he possessed himself, if it were possible to save the vessel.

Gwynn saw an opportunity for which he had been waiting eleven years.

He was ready to improve it.