Section 49. THE WHITE SHIP. III.
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The prince went[1] aboard the White Ship with one hundred and forty youthful nobles, among whom were eighteen noble ladies of the highest rank. All[2] this gay company, with their servants and the fifty sailors, made three hundred souls aboard the White Ship.
“Give three[3] casks of wine, Fitz-Stephen,” said the prince, “to the fifty sailors of renown. My[4] father the king has sailed out of the harbour. What[5] time is there to make merry here, and yet reach England with the rest?”
“Prince[6],” said Fitz-Stephen, “before morning my fifty and the White Ship shall overtake the swiftest vessel in attendance on your father the king, if we sail at midnight.”
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · to go aboard ship, sich auf ein Schiff begeben; the young noble, der junge Adelige; ‘to be’, here sich befinden; eighteen — rank, achtzehn dNote 2 · This clause requires the following construction: With the servants (Dienerschaft, f.) and the fifty sailors consisted the whole gay company Note 3 · Construe according to App. § 5.Note 4 · Say ‘My royal father’; has sailed out of = has left. Supply the adverb soeben after the auxiliary. This will greatly improve the rendering.Note 5 · Also the two following passages require a different construction; say ‘How long can we still make merry (sich gütlich thun) here (to be placNote 6 · 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 t