1
When this one died also, after being cruelly tortured, the fifth leaped up, saying,
2
"I will not refuse, tyrant, to be tortured for the sake of virtue.
3
I have come of my own accord, so that by murdering me you will incur punishment from the heavenly justice for even more crimes.
4
Hater of virtue, hater of mankind, for what act of ours are you destroying us in this way?
5
Is it because we revere the Creator of all things and live according to his virtuous law?
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