They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Þei han broke eiren of snakis, and maden webbis of an yreyn; he þat etith of þe eiren of hem, schal die, and þat þat is nurschid, eþer brouyt forth, schal breke out in to a cocatrice.