8 around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails.
9 And when about to die, he said,
10 We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for the sake of Divine education and virtue.
11 But you, for your impiety and blood shedding, shall endure indissoluble torments.
12 And thus having died worthily of his brethren, they dragged forward the fourth, saying,
13 Do not you share the madness of your brethren: but give regard to the king, and save yourself.
14 But he said to them, You have not a fire so scorching as to make me play the coward.