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One smiled in the midst of his great suffering. "Was it cold water," they asked, "that was brought unto thee?" "No," answered the sufferer, "it was one like a youth that stood by me and anointed my wounds; and that made me smile, for the pain forthwith departed." ONE SMILED IN THE MIDST OF HIS GREAT SUFFERING WAS IT COLD WATER THEY ASKED THAT WAS BROUGHT ON TO THEE NO ANSWERED THE SUFFERER IT WAS ONE LIKE A YOUTH THAT STOOD BY ME AND ANNOUNT MY WOUNDS AND THAT MADE ME SMILE FOR THE PAIN FORTHWITH DEPARTED
hristian confessors! The more they were slain the more rapidly spread the faith; in place of one sprang up a hundred. On a certain occasion, when a great multitude had been put to death, one at court said to the king, "The number of them increaseth instead of, as thou thinkest, diminishing." "How can that be?" exclaimed the king. "But yesterday," replied the courtier, "thou didst put such and such a one to death, and lo, there were converted double that number; and the people say that a man appeared to the confessors from heaven strengthening them in their last moments." Whereupon the king himself was converted. In those days men thought not their lives dear unto them. Some were transfixed while yet alive; others had their limbs cut off one after another; some were cast to the wild beasts and others burned in the fire. Such continued long to be the fate of the Christian confessors. No parallel is found thereto in any other religion; and all was endured with constancy and even with joy. KINDS OF DEATH INFLICTED ON THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSORS THE MORE THEY WERE SLAIN THE MORE RAPIDLY SPREAD THE FAITH IN PLACE OF ONE SPRANG UP A HUNDRED ON A CERTAIN OCCASION WHEN A GREAT MULTITUDE HAD BEEN PUT TO DEATH ONE AT COURT SAID TO THE KING THE NUMBER OF THEM INCREASED INSTEAD OF AS THOU THINKEST DIMINISHING HOW CAN THAT BE EXPLAINED THE KING BUT YESTERDAY REPLIED THE COURTIER THOU DIDST PUT SUCH AND SUCH A ONE TO DEATH AND LO THEY WOULD CONVERT A DOUBLE THAT NUMBER AND THE PEOPLE SAY THAT A MAN APPEARED TO THE CONFESSORS FROM HEAVEN STRENGTHENING THEM IN THEIR LAST MOVEMENTS WHEREUPON THE KING HIMSELF WAS CONVERTED IN THOSE DAYS MEN THOUGHT NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR UNTO THEM SOME WERE TRANSFIXED WHILE YET ALIVE OTHERS HAD THEIR LIMBS CUT OFF ONE AFTER ANOTHER SOME WERE CAST TO THE WILD BEASTS AND OTHERS BURNED IN THE FIRE SUCH CONTINUED LONG TO BE THE FATE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSORS NO PARALLEL IS FORMED THEY TOO IN ANY OTHER REGION AND ALL WAS ENDUED WITH CONSTANCY AND EVEN WITH JOY
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