Their religion
Elizabeth Lewis / The Druids
- Created on 2018-02-06 21:41:32
- Aligned by Elizabeth Lewis
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natio omnis Gallorum est magnopere dedita religionibus , atque ob eam causam ei , qui sunt affecti gravioribus morbis quique in proeliis periculisque versantur , aut pro victimis homines immolant aut se immolaturos esse vovent administrisque ad ea sacrificia Druidibus utuntur , quod , nisi pro vita hominis reddatur hominis vita , non posse deorum immortalium numen placari arbitrantur : publiceque eiusdem generis habent instituta sacrificia . alii simulacra ngenti magnitudine habent , quorum membra viminibus contexta vivis hominibus complent ; simulacris incensis homines flamma circumventi pereunt . supplicia eorum qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliqua noxia sint comprehensi gratiora deis immortalibus esse arbitrantur ; sed , cum copia eius generis defecit , etiam ad innocentium supplicia descendunt .
The
whole
nation
of
the
Gauls
is
greatly
devoted
to
religious
beliefs
,
and
for
that
reason
those
,
who
have
been
affected
by
rather
serious
illnesses
and
who
are
engaged
in
battles
and
dangers
,
either
sacrifice
men
as
victims
or
vow
that
they
will
sacrifice
them
and
for
those
sacrifices
they
use
Druids
as
assistants
because
,
unless
the
life
of
a
man
is
given
in
place
of
the
life
of
a
man
,
they
do
not
think
that
the
will
of
the
immortal
gods
is
able
to
be
appeased
:
and
they
have
sacrifices
of
the
same
sort
established
in
the
name
of
the
state
.
Others
have
figures
of
great
size
,
whose
bodies
woven
with
branches
they
fill
with
living
men
;
when
the
figures
have
been
burned
,
the
men
,
encircled
by
flame
,
die
.
The
executions
of
those
who
have
been
caught
in
theft
or
in
robbery
or
some
other
offence
are
thought
to
be
more
pleasing
to
the
immortal
gods
;
but
,
when
the
supply
of
that
sort
runs
out
,
they
even
descend
to
the
executions
of
innocent
men
.