And when the barbarians saw the 'venomous' creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
And whanne þe heþene men of þe ile siyen þe beest hangynge in his hoond, þei seiden togidir, For this man is a manquellere; and whanne he scapide fro þe see, Goddis veniaunce suffrith hym not to lyue in erþe.