“I will destroy him with a blow of this handspike;”
another, “I will shoot an arrow through his body;” and a third, “Let us throw him into the sea.” Some one of them would not have failed to carry his threat into execution had I not gone to the captain, thrown myself at his feet, and taken hold of his skirt in a supplicating posture. This action, together with the tears which he saw gush from my eyes, moved his compassion. He took me under his protection,
“I will destroy him with a blow of this handspike;”
another, “I will shoot an arrow through his body;” and a third, “Let us throw him into the sea.” Some one of them would not have failed to carry his threat into execution had I not gone to the captain, thrown myself at his feet, and taken hold of his skirt in a supplicating posture. This action, together with the tears which he saw gush from my eyes, moved his compassion. He took me under his protection,
