"I. Now it was in the city of Milan that they appeared.
"II. The high-priest said to them, 'Bow down and adore the gods.'
"III. And the people were silent, looking at their faces, which appeared as the faces of angels.
"IV. But Gervais, taking the hand of Protais, cried, looking to heaven, and filled with the Holy Ghost:
"V. Oh, my brother! I see the Son of man smiling upon us; let me die first.
"VI. For if I see thy blood, I fear I shall shed tears unworthy of the
Lord our God.
"VII. Then Protais answered him in these words:
"VIII. My brother, it is just that I should perish after thee, for I am older, and have more strength to see thee suffer.
"IX. But the senators and people ground their teeth at them.
"X. And the soldiers having struck them, their heads fell together on the same stone.