And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Blood. Strange infatuation! which has nevertheless prevailed in many pagan mysteries and countries. Thus were Bellona, Cybele, the Syrian goddess, honoured and appeased. (Calmet)
God prohibits this fury, Deuteronomy xiv. 1. The devil always endeavours to destroy or to injure man. (Menochius) "Ipsa bipenne suos cædit violenta lacertos, Sanguineque effuso spargit inepta deam. "(Tebullus)
