If the Tiber rises as high as the city walls, if the Nile does not send its waters up over the fields, if the heavens give no rain, if there is an earthquake, if there is famine or pestilence, straightway the cry is, "Away with the Christians to the lion!" ~~~ "Apology," c.
Uma iTiber ifika ezingangeni, uma iNayile ingagcwali ifike emasimini, uma lomisile noma uma kuzamazama umhlaba, uma kunendlala, uma kunomqedazwe, kuvele kuthiwe: 'Phonsani amaKristu emabhubesini!'"