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the mighty dead bodies", as he noted "the agony of one of the heroes, he intended to sour his last moments with mockery, he cried, with laughter, to the noblemen 'today we bathe in roses!'", and of the dying captain: "anger revived his spirits, 'eat one of the roses!' the dying hero cried, and hurled with strength and truly aimed, the rock squashed his eyes, his nose, his mouth, blind and speechless lord
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