Palmerin of England, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Travelling thitherward came to a haven of the sea, where embarking himself in a mer chant of England, time and occasion so served that they took their departure. Having endured so long on the seas, that they knew themselves to be within ken of England, on a sudden a contrary wind came upon them, which in short time made them lose sight of land. By this the night came on with such utter darkness, and the wind freshened to such force, that the pilot lost all knowledge of where he was, and the ma riners had no other sense left them than to think of death, having no hope to escape; the uproar and fear in the ship being so great that no one had strength for any thing more than to lament his own unhappiness. Florendos hearing from his cabin these 1a mentations, and knowing destruction to be so nigh, went out upon deck, and more by threats than by persuasion, made the mari ners fall to work, which they had before abandoned, thinking it of no avail. Then they preserved the ship till day-break, the light whereof brought them some little con.

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