-Capol 3· Som~ were hatzged, fome h£t~d?d,fo~e - wer~ ., · --:- burned, fom~ dro~ned, [om~. devoured ofwilde pealts, fome puli'd in piecu bymen n~ore fa– vagethcn beaGs;·yet they qid all bear it, ~n,d rei ~yced th<;y. [qfrered for ,Confdenc~, anq for .G..od. 4ttalu.J anq Ale~.1~der were twice Eccl. Pi/f. bayted withwild~ beafrs,to be torn in piece~ i. s.cap. i. by them ~ (as Eu{ebiuJ reports) Attalus efca~ phig tlie ~eaih, w.as referved to other tor.,. mcnts, to be burnt to qeath in ap ir@tJ chair; . . heat-ed red-fire-hot, yet. did hee bear all. ~ocrar.hifl. ·Ma~cdo.niuJ~' :Tb&otiuluJ , .apd 1atiat;us lai4 /·3·HP. Ij~ ·upon a.vr<;dyton, and broiled to death ; ·yet did ~hey bear it~ Marc:u 4rethujiuJ ··wa~ frri.pped naked, then had his bodie all over . daubed with Broth, l)utter,andHopey, thq1 bung up ina C~age ~P thehot fcorchh1g Sun, to beeatenupwith flies, and fiung to death .VJith.ll'aff!, yet did he fi.1ffer all rather ther;t ·give on~ half~peny to re-cdifie that Idol :Temple in his diocefs,whichhe had former:– -ly pluckeddown. To be eat~l). up w_ithjlie~;., _and ftung with waffis he did__account farre 'fheodoret· more ~ehrable, that he might preferve his ~i~.3.cap 6· Confci~nce'in fU!'itie anq Peace, then to bee · - e~ten up Qf b_orrour, and flung rt?ith Hornet!, ~f ·to .prderve his life, he had deliveredqp his Copfcieuce. Ther~ were m~ny ChrHHans rogether ftopt up in Lakp, or CaveJ artifrd~ .;z;lly made dofe, which Lakes l or Ditches were tilled with a companieofDormi(e, kept hungrie to gnaw and feed upon the poor , ~h~·iitians, they ~11 ~~e · w. ~ilc.. bo.~n~ ~1an~ · - and ' . '
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