de Spectac. , c. 29 ss. ⁠—something much stronger; thanks to the redemption, joys of quite another kind stand at our disposal; instead of athletes we have our martyrs; we wish for blood, well, we have the blood of Christ⁠—but what then awaits us on the day of his return, of his triumph. And then does he proceed, does this enraptured visionary: “ at enim supersunt alia spectacula, ille ultimas et perpetuus judicii dies, ille nationibus insperatus, ille derisus, cum tanta saeculi vetustas et tot ejus nativitates uno igne haurientur. Quae tunc spectaculi latitudo! Quid admirer! quid rideam! Ubi gaudeam! Ubi exultem , spectans tot et tantos reges , qui in coelum recepti nuntiabantur, cum ipso Jove et ipsis suis testibus in imis tenebris congemescentes! Item praesides ” (the provincial governors) “