TherewasofyoreaSoldanofBabylon[1], bynameofBeminedab, , andamongthemadaughter, Alatielbyname, , havingbeensignallyaidedbytheKingofAlgarve[2]ininflictingagreatdefeatuponahostofArabsthathadattackedhim, hadathisinstanceandbywayofspecialfavourgivenAlatieltotheKingtowife; wherefore, withanhonourableescortofgentlemenandladiesmostnoblyandrichlyequipped, heplacedheraboardawell-armed, wellfurnishedship, and, commendinghertoGod, , assoonastheweatherwasfavourable, hoistedsail, andforsomedaysaftertheirdeparturefromAlexandriahadaprosperousvoyage; butwhentheyhadpassedSardinia, andwerebeginningtothinkthattheywerenearingtheirjourney'send, theywerecaughtonedaybetweendiverscrosswinds, eachblowingwithextremefury,, mostmanfullyandskilfullytheystruggledmightandmainwiththetempest, which,everwaxingratherthanwaning, buffetedthemfortwodayswithimmenseunintermittentsurges; andbeingnotfarfromtheislandofMajorca, asthethirdnightbegantoclosein, wraptincloudsandmistandthickdarkness, sothattheysawneithertheskynoraughtelse, norbyanynauticalskillmightconjecturewheretheywere, theyfelttheship',seeingnowaytosavetheship, eachthoughtonlyhowbesttosavehimself, and, aboatbeingthrownout, themastersfirst, andthenthemen, onebyone,thoughthefirst-comerssoughtwithknivesintheirhandstobarthepassageoftherest, all, ratherthanremainintheleakyship, crowdedintoit, , beinginsuchstressofweather, andwithsuchaburdenquiteunmanageable, wentunder, andallaboardherperished; whereastheship, leakythoughshewas, andallbutfullofwater, yet, drivenbythefuryofthetempest, washurledwithprodigiousvelocityupontheshoreoftheislandofMajorca, andstruckitwithsuchforceastoembedherselfinthesand, perhapsastone'sthrowfromterrafirma, wheresheremainedallnightbeatenandwashedbythesea,, ,thelady, halfdead, raisedherhead, , however; ; but, strugglingtoherfeetasbestshemight, shelookedabouther, andsawtheladiesthatwereofherescort, andtheotherwomen, allprostrateonthedeck;so, aftercallingthemonebyone, shebeganatlengthtotouchthem, andfindingfewthatshewedsignoflife, forindeed, betweengrievoussea-sicknessandfear, theyhadlittlelifeleft, , beinginsoreneedofcounsel,allaloneasshewas, andwithoutknowledgeormeansoflearningwhereshewas, sheatlastinducedsuchashadlifeinthemtogetupontheirfeet, withwhom,asnoneknewwherethemenweregone, andtheshipwasnowfullofwaterandvisiblybreakingup, sheabandonedherselftopiteouslamentations.
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