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Act 27:17. Ἣν, which) the boat.-βοηθείαις, they used helps) which the boat afforded.-ὑποζωννύντες, undergirding) Gyraldus, in his book concerning voyages, says (ch. xv), that the “mitra” (girdle) is the rope with which a ship is girded in the middle. Add Raphelius.-τὴν Σύρτιν, the Syrtis) quicksands towards Africa.-τὸ σκεῦος; the tackling) [that wherewith the ship was furnished]) the sails, etc., Act 27:19, in order that they might be driven on the Syrtis with less violence.