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Buckshank bold, and Elfinstone, And more than I can mention here. They caused to be built so stout a ship, And unto Iceland they will steer.
They launched the ship upon the sea, Which bellowed like a wrathful bear; Down to the bottom the vessel sank, A laidly Trold has dragged it there.