rise thou] This they desire, that they might die nobly, by the hand of one like themselves, and not by a boy, in an ignominious manner: and also for more quick dispatch, which could not be done by the weak hand of a boy, who would have hackled them with many blows, and so put them to more torment; whereas a man of strength striking them, would quickly rid them out of their pain. ornaments] Or, ornaments like the moon.