Chapter 14
ON THE ISLANDNow I came unto my senses, and did be in pain and a great
forgetfulness and bewilderment. And I strove that I rise; but did
be held by a strange force, that did be surely my weakness, as I to
know afterward.
And I was upon my back; and a little sound did be near me, as
that something did pant. And I turned my head, very slow, because
that I did so lack of strength. And lo! I saw that the Maid did be
anigh to me, and did be yet n***d; and did pant, and pusht hard and
desperate with a great pole, which did be surely that one which I
had cut when that the Humpt Men came upon us. And therewith I
remembered all, and perceived that I did be upon the raft, and the
Maid to push the raft along with the pole.
And, at that, I made a little sound with my mouth; but
