From Syria even unto Rome I fight with beasts,-* both by land and sea, both by night and day, being bound to ten leopards, I mean a band of soldiers, who, even when they receive benefits,^ show themselves all the worse. But I am the more instructed by their injuries [to act as a disciple of Christ] ; " yet am I not thereby justified." ^ May I enjoy the wild beasts that are prepared for me ; and I pray they may be found eager to rush upon me, which also I will entice to devour me speedily, and not deal with me as with some, whom, out of fear, they have not touched. But if they be unwilling to assail me, I will compel them to do so. Pardon me