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Since they were not able in any way to break his spirit, they abandoned the instruments and scalped him with their fingernails in a Scythian fashion.
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They immediately brought him to the wheel, and while his vertebrae were being dislocated by this, he saw his own flesh torn all around and drops of blood flowing from his entrails.
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When he was about to die, he said,
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"We, most abominable tyrant, are suffering because of our godly training and virtue,
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but you, because of your impiety and bloodthirstiness, will undergo unceasing torments."