He steered the ship with the golden boy upon the prow, in which your father sailed to conquer England.

I beseech you to grant me the same office.

I have a fair vessel in the harbour here, called The White Ship, manned by fifty sailors of renown.

I pray you, Sire, to let your servant have the honour of steering you in The White Ship to England!' 'I am sorry, friend,' replied the King, 'that my vessel is already chosen, and that I cannot (therefore) sail with the son of the man who served my father.

But the Prince and all his company shall go along with you, in the fair White Ship, manned by the fifty sailors of renown.' An hour or two afterwards, the King set sail in the vessel he had chosen, accompanied by other vessels, and, sailing all night with a fair and gentle wind, arrived upon the coast of England in the morning.