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When they had worn themselves out beating him with scourges, without accomplishing anything, they placed him upon the wheel.
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When the noble youth was stretched out around this, his limbs were dislocated,
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and though broken in every member he denounced the tyrant, saying,
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"Most abominable tyrant, enemy of heavenly justice, savage of mind, you are mangling me in this manner, not because I am a murderer, or as one who acts impiously, but because I protect the divine law."
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And when the guards said, "Agree to eat so that you may be released from the tortures,"
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