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The _Whale's_ the monarch of the main, / (As is the lion of the plain): / He keeps the lesser fish in awe, / And, tyrant-like, his will's his law.
When the prophet _Jonah_ attempted to fly over sea from the presence of / the Lord there arose a great storm, and he being cast into the deep, / was swallowed by this great fish, in whose belly he repented sincerely, / and prayed unto God; wherefore the Lord commanded the fish, and he swam / to shore, and cast him upon dry land.