The weary-hearted sailors mount the isle, And, free from thought of peril, there abide. Elated, on the sands they build a fire, A mounting blaze. There, light of heart, they sit-- No more discouraged--eager for sweet rest. Then when the crafty fiend perceives that men, Encamped upon him, making their abode, Enjoy the gentle weather, suddenly Under the salty waves he plunges down, Straight to the bottom deep he drags his prey; He, guest of ocean, in his watery haunts Drowns ships and men, and fast imprisons them Within the halls of death. Such is the way Of demons, devils' wiles: to hide their power, And stealthily inveigle heedless men, Inciting them against all worthy deeds, And luring them to seek for help and comfort * * * * * on that island; the vessels stand by the beach, enringed by the flood. The weary-hearted sailors then encamp, dreaming not of peril. On the island they start a fire, kindle a mounting flame. The dispirited heroes, eager for repose, are flushed with joy. Now when the cunning plotter feels that the seamen are firmly established upon him, and have settled down to enjoy the weather, the guest of ocean sinks without warning into the salt wave with his prey (?), and makes for the bottom, thus whelming ships and men in that abode of death. Such is the way of demons, the wont of devils: they spend their lives in outwitting men by their secret power, inciting them to the corruption of good deeds, misguiding * * * * * frōfre tō fēondum, oþþæt hy fæste ðǣr æt þām wǣrlogan wīc gecēosað. Þonne þæt gecnāweð of cwicsūsle flāh fēond gemāh, þætte fīra gehwylc 40 hæleþa cynnes on his hringe biþ fæste gefēged, hē him feorgbona, þurh slīþen searo, siþþan weorþeð, wloncum and hēanum þe his willan hēr firenum fremmað; mid þām hē fǣringa, 45 heoloþhelme biþeaht, helle sēceð, gōda gēasne, grundlēasne wylm under mistglōme, swā se micla hwæl se þe bisenceð sǣlīþende eorlas and ȳðmearas. Hē hafað ōþre gecynd, 50 wæterþisa wlonc, wrǣtlīcran gīen. Þonne hine on holme hunger bysgað, and þone āglǣcan ǣtes lysteþ, ðonne se mereweard mūð ontȳneð, * * * * *