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"And shippes by the brinke comen and gon, / And in swich forme endure a day or two. " / _The Frankeleyn's Tale_.
LANDFALL and Departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman's life and of a ship's career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship's earthly fate.