but 
(the pronunciation of the two vowels must have been nearly the same),
a great whale that drowned the mariners who mistook him for an island. See likewise Cedrenus, (p. 432 - 435).
The persecution is told by Petrus Siculus (p. 579 - 763) with satisfaction and pleasantry. Justus justa persolvit. Simeon was not
but
(the pronunciation of the two vowels must have been nearly the same),
a great whale that drowned the mariners who mistook him for an island. See likewise Cedrenus, (p. 432 - 435).