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hear_v and_o see_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o other_o confess_v his_o fault_n but_o through_o great_a repentance_n pour_v out_o such_o tear_n that_o he_o lose_v both_o his_o eye_n and_o thus_o be_v their_o false_a perjury_n punish_v and_o narcissus_n after_o long_a absence_n return_v home_o again_o be_v by_o this_o mean_n both_o clear_v of_o the_o fact_n and_o receive_v into_o his_o bishopric_n again_o act_n and_o mon._n 80._o executioner_n a_o executioner_n antiochus_n tormentor_n and_o executioner_n of_o extreme_a torment_n under_o alexander_n severus_n the_o emperor_n and_o persecutor_n of_o the_o christian_n upon_o a_o young_a youth_n call_v agapitus_n of_o the_o age_n of_o fifteen_o year_n who_o suffer_v martyrdom_n for_o not_o sacrifice_v to_o idol_n after_o he_o have_v be_v assail_v with_o sundry_a torment_n viz._n first_o with_o whip_n scourge_v 195._o this_o alexander_n severus_n be_v the_o beginner_n of_o the_o five_o persecution_n anno._n 195._o then_o hang_v by_o the_o 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