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> >MARCUS and MARCELLINUS, martyrs (A.D. 286) their >feet nailed to a wooden post. The brothers bore their pains with great >cheerfulness, and sang, "Behold how good and joyful it is, brethren, to >dwell together in unity." After having been thus exposed for a day, >they were run through with lances. > >Oriens. > You know, I could be wrong about this, but it just might have been a full day's worth of all that cheerful singing that got our boys that final bit of marytrdom. A cautionary tale, indeed. jm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%