Section 48. THE WHITE SHIP. II.
Reading edition
“I am sorry,” replied the king, “that[1] my vessel is already chosen, and that I cannot therefore sail with the son of the man who served[2] my father. But[3] the prince, with all his company, shall go along with you in the fair White Ship manned by fifty sailors of renown.”
An[4] hour or two afterwards, the king (App. § 15) set sail[5] in[6] the vessel he had chosen, accompanied by other vessels, and[7], sailing all night with a fair and gentle wind, arrived upon the coast of England in the morning. While[8] it was yet night, the[9] people in some of the ships heard a faint wild cry come[10] over the sea, and wondered what[11] it was.
Examples.
When the fleet, favoured by the finest weather, was about to set sail, there arose a shout of joy, proceeding from many thousands of voices, and resounding mightily from the shore. Als die von dem schönsten Wetter begünstigte Flotte im Begriff war abzusegeln, erhob sich ein von vielen tausend Stimmen erschallender Jubelruf, von dem das Ufer mächtig wiederhallte.
The child, gently sleeping in his mother’s arms, was suddenly roused by his father’s noisy entrance. Das in den Armen der Mutter sanft schlafende Kind wurde plötzlich durch den lärmenden Eintritt des Vaters aufgeweckt.
The church, which was damaged by the siege, is now being restored. Die durch die Belagerung beschädigte Kirche wird jetzt wiederhergestellt.
The clause ‘in — vessels’ requires the attributive construction, since the two relative clauses, otherwise required, would make the rendering very lengthy and monotonous. To avoid a useless repetition, translate the first noun ‘vessel’ by Schiff and the second by Fahrzeug, and connect the two clauses by the conjunction und.