Since he had no way of returning to his homeland, and since remembering it made him suffer, he dreamed up a homeland he'd never had, […]

Near-synonyms: assurance, guarantee

...wete yow wel that sir launcelot was glad and soo was that lady Elayne that she had geten sir launcelot in her armes... and soo they lay to gyders vntyl vndorne on the morn and alle the wyndowes and holes of that chamber were stopped that no manere of day myghte be sene

Cubera snappers, whether Atlantic or Pacific, are the giants of the snapper family.