The Basques were considered criminals after their ships were wrecked and in accordance with the Icelandic law book of 1281 it was decided that the only right thing to do was to kill as many of them as possible.
Baski su smatrani "kriminalcima" nakon što su se njihovi brodovi razbili i sukladno islandskoj knjizi zakona iz 1281 odlučeno je da je jedina prava stvar za napraviti pobiti ih što je više moguće.