 | England - 1847 - 788 pages
...English had ever seen, and excited great wonder and admiration. Some chroniclers call her a "dromon," others a " buss," while one of them exclaims, " A...except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of! — the queen of ships ! " It had three masts, and was reported, though it is incredible, to have had... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1847 - 674 pages
...and admiration of the English, who had never before seen so large a vessel. One of the chroniclers exclaims, " A marvellous ship ! a ship than which,...except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of!" He calls it afterwards the "queen of ships." We are told that this vessel was very stoutly built, with... | |
 | Charles Clement Cotterill - Naval art and science - 1868 - 380 pages
...the shore on their way to Acre, a monster ship was sighted a-head ; in the words of a chronicler, ' A marvellous ship ! a ship than which, except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of ; the queen of ships.' She was very stoutly built, had three tall tapering masts, and her sides were... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1868 - 338 pages
...however, if the contemporary accounts are true, was of unparalleled size and strength : " a marvellous ship, than which, except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of." She had three tall masts, and contained a vast number of soldiers and sailors — fifteen hundred,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 870 pages
...struggle which Richard I, in the " Trench the Mer," on his way to Palestine, had with a huge dromon, — " a marvellous ship ! a ship than which, except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of." This vessel had three masts, was very high out of the water, and is said to have had 1600 men on board.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 918 pages
...in the " Trench the Mer," on his way to Palestine, had with a huge dromon, — " a marvellous ship 1 a ship than which, except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of." This vessel had three masts, was very high out of the water, and is said to have had 1500 men on board.... | |
 | 1898 - 980 pages
...the way, off the coast of Syria, near Beyrout, a very large three-masted ship was sighted ahead — " a marvellous ship, a ship than which, except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of .... the Queen of Ships," .as Richard of Devizes called her. For awhile, the English watched her, admiring... | |
 | Harold Wheeler - 1922 - 422 pages
...fleet had its first sea-fight. So great was the enemy vessel that Richard of Devizes refers to it as " a ship than which, except Noah's ship, none greater was ever read of ! " She was apparently a very large buss with three masts, and among other weapons of destruction had... | |
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The vessel, which was the largest the English had ever seen, excited their wonder and admiration. Some chroniclers •' call her a dromon, and others a buss, while one of them exclaims, " A marvellous ship ! a ship than which, except Noah's ark, none... 