master mariner

Seeing how the master-mariner honours the magnetic needle, every thoughtful passenger will probably consult it in like manner.

The envoy was, in fact, arrested on the very day he landed—for he traveled by boat, disguised as a master mariner.

Now the cog's head was turned Francewards, and the shipman walked the deck, a peaceful master-mariner once more.

Presently the soldier said: "Shall we sail to-morrow, Master Mariner?"

For such gibbering lunacy as this the master mariner had no fit reply.