`` What profit canst thou make of poor old pilgrims that can neither work nor fight ? '' ' `` Gods forbid I should fight against thee , poor Pilgrim with the Singing Sword , '' said he . `` Come with us and be poor no more . Thy teeth are far apart , which is a sure sign thou wilt travel and grow rich . '' ' `` What if we will not come ? '' said Hugh . ' `` Swim to England or France , '' said Witta . `` We are midway between the two . Unless ye choose to drown yourselves no hair of your head will be harmed here aboard . We think ye bring us luck , and I myself know the runes on that Sword are good . '' He turned and bade them hoist sail . ` Hereafter all made way for us as we walked about the ship , and the ship was full of wonders . ' ` What was she like ? ' said Dan . ` Long , low , and narrow , bearing one mast with a red sail , and rowed by fifteen oars a-side , ' the knight answered . ` At her bows was a deck under which men might lie , and at her stern another shut off by a painted door from the rowers ' benches . Here Hugh and I slept , with Witta and the Yellow Man , upon tapestries as soft as wool . I remember ' -- he laughed to himself -- ` when first we entered there a loud voice cried , `` Out swords ! Out swords ! Kill , kill ! ''
Seeing us start XXXXX laughed , and showed us it was but a great-beaked grey bird with a red tail .
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