The White Company Chapter 15 - How the Yellow Cog sailed forth from Lepe

In which the Company takes leave of the peaceful shores of England, embarking upon a great yellow cog from the port of Lepe, where a fearful threat of Norman and Genoese pirates looms close by, and preparations for a naval encounter are made with deliberate care and resolute spirit. As they set sail beneath a chill and steely sky, the men-at-arms and archers ready themselves with prayers and weapons, ready to face the swift and cruel galleys that pursue them across the open channel.