As the English sailed forward, they looked towards Sluys and saw such a huge number of ships that their masts resembled a forest.

— Jean Froissart Chroniques (1369)

Li rois d'Engleterre et li sien, qui s'en venoient tout singlant, regardent et voient devers l'Escluse si grant quantité de vaissiaus que des mas ce sambloient droitement uns bos.

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As the English sailed forward, they looked towards Sluys and saw such a huge number of ships that their masts resembled a forest.

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