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Whale

The sailors have mistaken a whale for an island, because the whale has floated at the surface so long that its back has become covered with sand. The sailors have built a cooking fire, which will cause this rather small whale to dive, drowning the sailors.

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British Library - Digitized Manuscripts

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British Library, Royal MS 2 B VII (The Queen Mary Psalter), folio 111r

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