1. When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the caldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward:
2. whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his brethren,
3. seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavoured to counsel him, saying,
4. You see the end of the madness of your brethren: for they have died in torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.