From time to time they proclaimed aloud that they were dying for the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ.

When they had come to the place where they were to offer their lives to the Lord as an acceptable sacrifice, they appeared more joyful, as does one who is about to gain the eternal reward.

Two by two they were now tied to the stakes, the women with their babes in their arms.

Some of our _daiicos_--people of our Society like lay brothers, who aid us in preaching [11]--as well as other Christians who went to the place to encourage the martyrs, were present.

But the servants of the Lord showed such remarkable strength that they really encouraged the spectators.