for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
for in oon our so many richessis ben destitute. And ech gouernour, and alle þat saylen bi schip in to place, and maryneris, and þat worchen in þe see, stoden fer,