And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man.
And it was youun to hem, þat þei schulden not sle hem, but þat þei schulden be turmentid fyue monethis; and þe turmentyng of hem, as þe turmentyng of a scorpioun, whanne he smytith a man.