Let us try to find victuals; I am faint." Castell rose, stretched his cramped limbs, and going to him, placed his uninjured arm round Peter's middle, and thus supported him towards the stern of the ship, where he guessed that the main cabin would be.

They found and entered it, a small place, but richly furnished, with a carved crucifix screwed to its sternmost wall.

A piece of pickled meat and some of the hard wheaten cakes such as sailors use, lay upon the floor where they had been cast from the table, while in a swinging rack above stood flagons of wine and of water.

Castell found a horn mug, and filling it with wine gave it to Peter, who drank greedily, then handed it back to him, who also drank.

Afterwards they cut off portions of the meat with their knives, and swallowed them, though Peter did this with great difficulty because of the hurt to his head and neck.