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foreign

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me

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last night your highness did not sleep

is this a time for sleep

oh how i wish i could sleep

saddle my horse i want to go to the cave

shall i prepare your clothes and sword

yes

yes sir with some food for the journey

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you are going to the same place again

for worship am i not to know

where you go to pray what difference

does it make

it is nearby

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before the arrival of the emperor i must

ask god for the answer

if diocletian asks about you what should

i say

well tell him i left town to check on

affairs

outside of the city

your highness

here you are thank you

my son look after your mother while i'm

away all right

all right goodbye

goodbye

the bargains i'd be with you

take care of yourself your highness

was it necessary for his highness to go

at such a sensitive time

i do not know

the finest quality finest quality over

here

the best prices in the marketplace

this one is sweet go away you aren't

going to buy

fresh fruits

i want a bigger one don't you have

anything you're going to buy it or not

no

what are you selling i need a bigger one

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hey

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i am certain that this jew is a spy for

julius

he is following maximilian

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oh god in the name of your prophet

christ and his mother mary

forgive my sins pardon the multitude of

sins i have committed

so i am not counted as one of the

wrongdoers

oh god i am consumed with doubt

what should i do shall i continue to

keep silent

or is there another way oh god

reveal to me which path i should take

so far you have assisted me and my

friends

do not withhold your blessings from this

point forth

oh god the tyrants have everything under

their control

when will you take their power back from

them

you have promised the pious they shall

be victorious

show us when that promise will be

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fulfilled

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um

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easy easy

careful now that's it i am not a patient

take it over there beside the wall

great resolve is required to complete a

great task

julius spy has returned

see if you can find out what he's up to

hey you stop stop your highness

yes you but i have

work to attend to so you want to ignore

my orders

huh me

no sir i i didn't understand at first

i saw you follow maximilian no sir

i had to leave the city to attend some

there is no point in denying it we're

looking for evidence

of maximilian's betrayal

certainly you were doing the same

you know your highness

the truth is julius has employed me to

spy on him

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instead of receiving money from just one

person

you can choose to receive it from two

what's wrong with that wrong wrong

there is nothing wrong with that i'll

tell you sir

i followed him to mount angelos

yes the mountains near philadelphia

he went into a cave

so he was speaking of christ i heard him

with my own

ears he was praying

and and can i

say it shh speak quietly

what was he saying he was speaking of a

single god

stay calm there are christians

everywhere

if he gets word of this not only is your

life

in danger but maximilian will find the

opportunity to flee

so what do you think quiet

what should be done lower your voice

there is a good chance he always knows

yes he can be

dangerous

so will maximilian try to escape

with what we know about him

it is clear that he has nowhere to go

do you do you know something too

you and your master julius know nothing

compared to me but i do not have the

courage to confront maximilian

you know he's deocletian's son-in-law

as well as his advisor he has

the support of rome

the only person who can confront him

is julius who is on the same level

as he do you understand

so so why don't you tell julius

all this you should show these people no

mercy you mean you won't call upon me to

bear witness in the future

no wise men don't create

trouble for themselves so

tell me what you know

i will relay the information to julius

on one condition do not tell him who you

heard it from

you have my word your highness i promise

very good this is not a good place to

talk

get on your horse and follow me yes sir

soldier bring me my horse

why aren't you getting on your horse

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get down

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wait here till i tell you

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what is the sword for your highness

the sword is the weapon used to be head

spies and traitors

you're not referring to me are you is

there

anyone here other than you and me but

i am a servant of rome and the

government of

deocletian you

are an enemy to christian worshippers

and are serving

only yourself i saw how you accepted

that bribe from

julius

pick it up and defend yourself

but but i was only carrying out the

orders given to me by julius

so then tell julius to come and save you

now

no no forgive me your highness

i made a mistake i

i am a monotheist like you

have mercy upon me your excellency

that is what pains me the most that a

jewish monotheist would choose to serve

the roman idol worshippers

instead of serving his fellow christian

monotheists

stand up and defend yourself get up

get up no no please

forgive me i have served

you romans my entire life

you are far more forgiving than that

than to treat your servant this way

i i have made a mistake get up

and defend yourself otherwise i will

have to send you to hell

unarmed hurry up before i change my mind

get up

no no no no no no no no no no

i can't raise my sword against his

majesty

no please look past my wrongdoings

please forgive this unfortunate man

your highness i i i need you to forgive

me and let me go

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please

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god knows how many monotheists have

fallen into the hands

of roman idol worshipers with your help

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come on don't fall behind

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um

come on first

on get along go

come on get going come on go get going

come on

come along

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hey hey where are you going come back

hey come back here

where are you going uh come

on

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hey wait stop stay here

where are you making me chase you too

the hurt is alone

come on come here

hey hold on stop stay there

where are you going

chase you for so long go oh i got you

now

got away again if i was as light as you

i'd run faster hey wait

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this is his horse

he has come here again

i must hear his

melodies let's see what he's saying to

god

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save us from disloyalty and disobedience

oh god you are too great to do with me

as my deeds dictate

your treatment of me reflects your

generosity

and ground you and my deeds reflect my

inferior wisdom

oh god your mercy defies the imagination

neither are you harmed by the sins of

your servants

nor do you benefit from their obedience

o my creator do not treat me in

accordance with my deeds

i pray that my wrongdoings will not

deprive

me of your blessings for if they do

i will perish

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go

go run go

that poor shepherd again

he is still afraid of me

keep come come let's go

finish it quickly yes sir

so

what happened he knew many things

which he shouldn't have known

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lord your servants are being tortured by

the cruelest

of tyrants the bellowing of the

oppressors has deafened

the whole world for how long will this

injustice continue

deviation polytheism and the trinity

have infiltrated the followers of your

religion

for how long will this deviation

continue

it is because of the people's ignorance

that the emperor believes himself to be

a god

oh lord when will the whole world start

to worship you

and when will polytheism and sacrilege

come to an end

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my christian brother

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who are you

the one of the believers one of your

fellow believers

how do you know what i believe in

from your prayers he prayed

so well i i have heard you several times

like a saint

i brought this milk for you

take it it's fresh

thank you

you a missionary

but no your attire resembles that of

noblemen and members of the royal court

you are from a city but from which city

i do not know

how did you find this place your

excellency what difference does it make

we are brothers anyway yes yes yes

what is your name antonius

antonius the shepherd

how strange a roman shepherd

my ancestors were all farmers

the large number of sheep on italy's

farms

resulted in huge losses for petty

farmers

my forefathers had no option

but to migrate here

the heavy taxes here were so

overwhelming that we could not make ends

meet

with this small piece of land

thank god nevertheless i am

earning my bread by by shepherding for

other people

by the way what is your name

maximilian maximilian

maximilian i

think i've heard this name before

yes in the city do you go to the city

often

no only sometimes hmm

how is it you became a christian i

always was

my mother and father were also

christians since the trojan era

but they converted to christianity

before the implementation of the

infamous trojan laws

that persecute and torture christians

a million didn't i say i've heard this

name before

if i remember correctly that is one of

the advisors to diocletian and

an important advisor at that

well what does this have to do with me

oh nothing nothing nothing nothing what

what a foolish thought an advisor to the

eocletian

noblemen from the royal court an enemy

to christians

here i see

for a second i was happy to think that

christianity had spread as far as the

euclideans caught

and to the city's noblemen you mean that

this news would make people happy

happiness is not a big enough word it

would fill the people's hearts with

fervor

and strengthen the christian faith

it's impossible that you are that

maximilian

but wait your clothes resemble those of

noblemen

well regardless i am happy to have met

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you

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uh

stop

do you recognize him who is this man

how do you know azawile has been killed

his body was found near a swamp in the

forest outside

of town his last assignment

was to watch over maximilian and since

then there's been no news from him so it

must have been maximilian's doing

no matthias no

i doubt it if it was his doing he would

not

leave town for four days he would know

that would make him look suspicious

we have to look for somebody else

as i will could have been a vital

instrument in revealing maximilian's

true identity

i'm sure

he found evidence you must watch

maximilian

i will definitely look into it

i think lady helen is involved as well

no

i do not want

lady helen to be dragged into this

never attending adonia's meetings will

help strengthen

our religion i try to attend the

meetings

but i'm not always able ah

loyal you nearly landed in trouble

today but fortunately nothing happened

in the end thank you for your kindness

your highness

if you hadn't been there to protect

galouse what would have happened to him

it is obvious prison and torture

what is sure is that he wouldn't be here

now he might even

have been crucified we must seek a

solution

they are sending christians to their

death in groups

yes i know maximilian should not

have left the city with all this going

on

when will your master return galoot

no one knows when he will return when he

goes to the cave

yes that is what he tells us

but which cave and where no one knows

it seems he doesn't want anyone to know

where it is

or to disturb him there tomorrow adonya

will be preaching

in the underground chambers of the

cemetery outside of town

will you still go without maximilian

i will try what about you sir

i am not going it is important that one

of us always remains within the palace

we should not sit and be silent

until maximilian returns

i will go visit adonya tomorrow i will

discuss it

with him perhaps together we can think

of a solution

i will come with you when you go no

that is not a good idea it's dangerous

it's not wise for you to be with me

it will make it impossible for me to

take action so i will go with lady helen

i have not yet decided for sure

i must wait and see what happens

tomorrow

forgive me i don't know what has

bothered you so greatly about lady helen

is it enough that you merely act with

kindness toward her kindness and

friendship or wash away your grudges

oh how i wish instead of saying all this

you would observe helen's behavior more

closely

that is not the case no you are mistaken

you still do not know how greatly

maximilian's presence in philadelphia

can help

stabilize our government in rome

in addition you are not even certain

that she's a christian

all she has done is to try to use you to

convince me to abstain from killing

christians

that is not reason enough to call her

a monotheist

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no tell me where he is

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do you want to spare yourself something

do you want to say yourself

tell me where he is you

fool would you like to keep feeling the

pain

you should have spoken up and saved

yourself

you wretched man

did he say anything no your highness not

at all

yes next

do not be afraid octoberus god is with

you do not be afraid you must not

say anything do not say anything

do not say anything in the name of

christ

you mustn't say a word don't say

anything

do not say anything in the name of

christ silence silence move and you fat

animal

you will make a good

fuel the fire tell us

everything of jesus sir

come on now

there is a donya if fail me say anything

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at that time the followers of monotheism

were under immense pressure from the

government of rome

in order to preach their religion they

had to either

gather in deserted and abandoned houses

or steal a way to listen to the

preaching of their missionaries in

underground

chambers of cemeteries at a time of

great

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danger

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god bless jesus christ and the virgin

mary god bless jesus christ and the

virgin mary

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christ said that the truth which you

fear to speak in darkness will one day

be heard in daylight and the faith

which you abide by in the privacy of

your home

will one day be shouted

from the rooftops

teacher will this truly ever happen

rest in the gods pledge without doubt

truth shall prevail

today there are only a few of you here

a small number of people who gather

in this dark dungeon out of necessity

but one day you will spread

out across the world they are

capturing you today and throwing

you to the wild animals so that the

savage emperor

and bloodthirsty deocletian can enjoy

watching you

and other oppressed people suffer to

death

they laugh out loud as they celebrate

your suffering

unawares that god will protect you

there will come a time when

with god's help you shall

rule over them this

is what god has promised

victory is yours with god's assistance

you will topple

when will it arrive for how long can we

withstand the pressure

when they've killed and burned everyone

when they've crucified and ripped you

all the shreds

it is up to the servants of god to

strengthen

their faith and it is up to god

to fulfill his promise if he sees fit

our victory may not happen

in our lifetime

so

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yes be sure that no one notices us

yes of course

teacher will everyone be on the same

level in heaven

if they'll give an equal position that

is far from

justice and if not the juniors will then

visit

seniors

when one of jesus's apostles asked the

same question

christ said imagine a person with

a large family whose members must all

be clothed will the younger children be

jealous

of the elders because their clothes are

larger

or will they be angry if they are clad

in the elder's clothes thinking

they have been ridiculed

you shall see that everyone

will achieve their rightful standing in

heaven

and be happy with it teacher tell us how

to call upon god so that he will answer

us

god told christ oh jesus

tell the tyrants not to call upon me

while they cling to their ill-gotten

gains

and have idols in their homes

i have pledged to answer

all those who call upon me

but my answer to those unclean

idol worshippers is nothing but

damnation hey

hey hey

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hey

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so

teacher how can we be sure that we have

faith you must know yourself

we are aware of our inner selves faith

is like a beautiful tree which is

distinguished

by its fruit look and see what traits

your inner tree

has grown a rotten tree

will never bear healthy fruit

if you find that your inner tree has

given the sweet

fruit of honesty trustworthiness

kindness

purity bravery and most important of all

love for god and the hereafter be

certain that you have faith

someone is approaching

god bless jesus christ the messiah may

the virgin mary watch over you

is adonia here yes show me the way

jesus christ said this world is like

a bridge which connects you

to the hereafter as such you must cross

it but refrain from becoming

attached to it do not allow your eyes to

be deceived by worldly possessions

or your faith to be shaken by its

hardships

eventually this world will come to an

end and your deeds will be the only

possessions

you are left with mate

make sure you are not carrying a load

full of sins on the day of judgment

agonia

will god truly resurrect the dead

in the hereafter how will

decomposed bones be reborn huh

it sounds impossible in the same way

that you were non-existent in this world

and he bestowed

life upon you have you not witnessed

the revival of nature after the winter's

death

he is capable of everything

you must know that faith is not in words

there are plenty of people whose faith

is not revealed through their words and

appearance

while their hearts are filled with it

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hey

hey hey stop stop

what is the meaning of this why are you

doing this

do not move until the commander arrives

the commander

where are you headed to a meeting with

the christians

arrest them

you