Complex sentence: In one case it was described how a ship in Italy almost sank during a storm in 1573, but the sailors prayed and made it ashore where they discovered a sawfish that had "plugged" a whole in their ship with its saw.
Split into simpler sentences: In one case it was described how a ship in Italy almost sank during a storm in 1573. The sailors prayed and made it ashore where they discovered a sawfish that had "plugged" a whole in the ship with its saw.