Sentence:  So I came forth of the sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the <WSD>moonshine</WSD>, where a passer-by found me and, carrying me to the his house, besought me of love-liesse; but I smote him on the head, so that he all but died; whereupon he carried me forth and sold me to the merchant from whom thou hadst me, ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The light of the moon; moonlight.