1384. The swamp in the middle, and all over, is black, like a dreadful stagnant pool, muddy rather than watery.
1384. In the middle, and everywhere, the lake is black, like a kind of dreadful, stagnant pool-miry rather than watery.
1384. Stagnum in medio sui, et ubivis, est nigrum, sicut stagnatum quoddam dirum, luteum potius quam aqueum.