Andronicus answered: “I trust in the mercy and truth of God’s promise, and therefore I suffer all this patiently.”
Maximus asked: “Have, then, the princes transgressed, thou wretched man?”
Andronicus replied: “Yes, according as I understand it, they have; for it is a transgression to sacrifice to idols.”
While he was being tormented, the Proconsul said: “Turn him over, and torment him on his sides.”
Andronicus said: “I am before you. Torment me as you please.”
The President said to the executioners: “Take potsherds, and scrape open the old wounds.”
When they had done this, Andronicus said: “You have strengthened my body by these torments.”
Maximus said: “Ere long I shall exterminate thee; ere long I shall kill thee.”
Andronicus answered: “I do not fear thy threats; my sentiments are better than all thy wicked thoughts.”
Then the Proconsul commanded that irons should be put on his neck and feet, and he be kept with the others until the second examination.