One of these, a stout well-set yeoman, arrayed in Lincoln green, having twelve arrows stuck in his belt, with a baldric and badge of silver, and a bow of six feet length in his hand, turned short round, and while his countenance, which his constant exposure to weather had rendered brown as a hazel nut, grew darker with anger, he advised the Jew to remember that all the wealth he had acquired by sucking the blood of his miserable victims had but swelled him like a bloated spider, which might be overlooked while he kept in a comer, but would be crushed if it ventured into the light.
Odakiáltotta a zsidónak, hogy ne feledkezzék meg arról, ki ő, és hol a helye; vagyonát bizonyára szerencsétlen áldozatai kiszipolyozásával szerezte; most olyan, mint egy kövér pók, de gondoljon arra, hogy a pókot is csak addig tűrik meg, míg meglapul egy sötét sarokban; de ha olyan szemtelen, hogy kimászik a napfényre, eltapossák. Mindezt normann-angol nyelven, kiabáló hangon és fenyegető arccal adta elő.