And if a man also competes as an athlete, yet is he not crowned, unless he strives lawfully.
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The Apostolic Constitutions
AD 375
For those who conquer and those who are conquered are in the same place of running, but only those who have bravely undergone the race are where the garland is bestowed; and "no one is crowned, unless he strive lawfully."