8
One of the cruel guards rushed at him and began to kick him in the side to make him get up again after he fell.
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But he bore the pains and scorned the punishment and endured the tortures.
10
And like a noble athlete the old man, while being beaten, was victorious over his torturers;
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in fact, with his face bathed in sweat, and gasping heavily for breath, he amazed even his torturers by his courageous spirit.
12
At that point, partly out of pity for his old age,
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