9. For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret, And with one consent they took upon themselves the covenant of the divine law, That they would partake alike in the same good things and the same perils; The fathers already leading the sacred songs of praise.
10. But there sounded back in discord the cry of the enemies, And a piteous voice of lamentation for children was borne abroad.
11. And servant along with master punished with a like just doom, And commoner suffering the same as king,