P. 13. #Swedish.# ‘Herr Päders Sjöresa,’ Lagus, Nyländska Folkvisor, I,
56, No 14, _a_, _b_.
#Danish.# ‘Jon Rimaardsens Sejlads,’ Kristensen, Jyske Folkeminder, X,
296, No 73, #A-D#.
13 ff., II, 510, also No 20, I, 244. While Prince Lundarasena is on a
voyage, a great hurricane arises. An offering of jewels is made to the
sea, but does not quiet it. Lundarasena says: “It is through my demerits
in former births that this day of doom has suddenly come upon you.” He
flings himself into the water; the wind falls immediately and the sea
becomes calm. (He is not drowned.) Kathá Sarit Ságara, Tawney’s
translation, II, 375.
A ship stopped. Cf. the story told by Henry of Huntingdon, viii, 22, of
one Reiner, a follower of Geoffrey Mandeville (Gaufridus de Magna
Villa).
“Princeps autem peditum suorum, Reinerus nomine, cujus officium fuerat
ecclesias frangere vel incendere, dum mare cum uxore sua transiret, ut
multi perhibuerunt, navis immobilis facta est. Quod monstrum nautis
stupentibus, sorte data rei causam inquirentibus, sors cecidit super
Reinerum. Quod cum ille nimirum totis contradiceret nisibus, secundo et
tertio sors jacta in eum devenit. Positus igitur in scapha est, et uxor
ejus, et pecunia scelestissime adquisita, et statim navis cursu
velocissimo ut prius fecerat pelagus sulcat, scapha vero cum nequissimis
subita voragine circumducta in æternum absorpta est.” This was in the
year 1144. Henrici Archidiaconi Huntendunensis Historia Anglorum, ed.
Arnold, Rolls Series, 1879, p. 278. (G. L. K.)
“Audivi a fratre Galtero de Leus quod, cum quedam mulier, mare
transiens, pulcritudine sua omnes qui erant in navi ita attraxisset ut
omnes qui erant ibi fere cum ea peccassent vel per actum aut consensum,
et non evitaret patrem aut filium, sed indifferenter omnibus, licet
occulte, se exponeret, facta in mari tempestate et navi periclitante,
cepit clamare coram omnibus omnia peccata sua et confiteri ea, credens
quod alii propter ea deberent periclitari. Tunc, aliis confitentibus,
cessavit mare a furore suo. Facta tranquillitate, nullus potuit scire
que esset illa mulier aut cognoscere eam.” Anecdotes historiques,
Légendes et Apologues tirés du Recueil inédit d’Étienne de Bourbon, ed.
Lecoy de la Marche, 1877, p. 160. (G. L. K.)
A merchant is making a voyage to Mount Athos with a cargo of wax and
incense. St Nicolas freezes the ship in, and will not thaw it out until
the master makes a vow to present the cargo to the monastery there.
#Bulgarian#, Miladinof, p. 56, No 50. A ship in which Milica is captive
is stopped by her tears and plaints until she and her brother are
released. #Servian#, Karadžić, I, 556, No 729. (W. W.)
16. ‘Captain Glen.’ Christie’s Traditional Ballad Airs, I, 241, from
recitation. As Christie remarks, some verses of the ballad are
introduced into Scott’s Pirate, ch. 36.