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While he was saying these things, the guards bound him and dragged him to the catapult;
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they tied him to it on his knees, and fitting iron clamps on them, they twisted his back around the wedge on the wheel, so that he was completely curled back like a scorpion, and all his members were disjointed.
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In this condition, gasping for breath and in anguish of body,
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he said, "Tyrant, they are splendid favors that you grant us against your will, because through these noble sufferings you give us an opportunity to show our endurance for the law."
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When he too had died, the sixth, a mere boy, was led in. When the tyrant inquired whether he was willing to eat and be released, he said,
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"I am younger in age than my brothers, but I am their equal in mind.
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Since to this end we were born and bred, we ought likewise to die for the same principles.
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So if you intend to torture me for not eating defiling foods, go on torturing!"
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When he had said this, they led him to the wheel.