The Game of the Chesse (Caxton, facsimile)

For by his great cruelty, the king put all those who displeased him to death. The philosopher put himself in peril of death, and loved and chose rather to die than to live any longer. The evil and infamous life of a king is like the life of a cruel beast and ought not to be sustained for long, for he destroys anyone who displeases him.

And therefore, Valerius Valerius Maximus, a Roman historian known for his collection of historical anecdotes recounts that there was a wise man named Theodore of Cyrene original: "theodore cereny" whom his king ordered to be hanged on a cross because he rebuked him for his evil and foul life. Even while he was in that torment, he said to the king: "It would be more reasonable for this torment to fall upon your counselors and those who are dressed in your fine clothing and robes, because they do not dare to tell you the truth so that you might act with rightful justice. As for myself, I do not care original: "make no force" whether I die on the land or on the water or otherwise." It is as if he said he did not care original: "retched not" about dying for the sake of justice.

In the same way, Democritus original: "democreon" the philosopher put out his own eyes because he did not want to see any good come to evil and vicious people through injustice original: "wyth out right".

And also Socrates original: "desortes"; likely a scribal error for Socrates, as the following anecdote is a famous story about him and his wife Xanthippe the philosopher, as he went toward his death, was followed by his wife, who said that he was condemned to death wrongfully. Then he answered and said to her, "Hold your peace and be still; it is better and more meritorious to die by a wrong and unlawful judgment than if I had actually deserved to die."