27 But, tyrant-like, you not only force us to break the law, but also to eat, that you may ridicule us as we thus profanely eat:
28 but you shall not have this cause of laughter against me;
29 nor will I transgress the sacred oaths of my forefathers to keep the law.
30 No, not if you pluck out my eyes, and consume my entrails.
31 I am not so old, and void of manliness, but that my rational powers are youthful in defence of my religion.
32 Now then; prepare your wheels, and kindle a fiercer flame.
33 I will not so compassionate my old age, as on my account to break the law of my country.