Thereafter was shown to them a huge horseman on the sea. At one time a wave would overwhelm him, and at another time he was screaming.
‘What causes that, O man?’ say they.
‘I will tell you,’ quoth he. ‘I stole a horse from a brother of mine, and I rode it on a Sunday, and I am being punished therefor, with a horse of fire between my legs32 continually; and that is the punishment of everyone who rides on a Sunday33.’
They go thence afterwards.