Note 6 — Section 49. THE WHITE SHIP. III.
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Say ‘“If we sail at (um) midnight, O prince (see S. 27, N. 8), my fifty men (Leute) and the White Ship shall nevertheless (dennoch) before the coming morning overtake the swiftest ship in the service of thy royal father,” replied Fitz-Stephen’.—‘The swiftest — father’ = the swiftest in the service of thy royal father standing ship. (Comp. S. 48, N. 6.)