τῆς θαλάσσης μᾶλλον ἀντείχοντο

From LSJ

οὕτως εἴη ἡμίν ὁ Θεός βοηθός καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν Αὐτοῦ Εὐαγγέλιον ὧδε ἐμφανισθέντα-ὁρκισθέντα → so help us God and Ηis holy Gospel the things here declared and sworn

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

they kept more to the sea