CXXV.

The Tormenting of Malefactors. Supplicia Malefactorum.

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_Malefactors_, 1. are brought from the _Prison_, 3. (where they are wont to be tortured) _Malefici_, 1. producuntur, è _Carcere_, 3. (ubi torqueri solent) by _Serjeants_, 2. or _dragg’d with a Horse_, 15. to place of _Execution_. per _Lictores_, 2. vel _Equo raptantur_, 15. ad locum _Supplicii_.

_Thieves_, 4. are hanged by the _Hangman_, 6. on a _Gallows_, 5. _Fures_, 4. suspenduntur a _Carnifice_, 6. in _Patibulo_, 5.

_Whoremasters_ are beheaded, 7. _Mœchi_ decollantur, 7.

_Murtherers_ and _Robbers_ _Homicidæ_ (Sicarii) ac _Latrones_ (Piratæ) are either laid upon a _Wheel_, 8. having their _Legs broken_, or fastened upon a _Stake_, 9. vel imponuntur _Rotæ_ _crucifragio plexi_, 8. vel _Palo_ infiguntur, 9.

_Witches_ are burnt in a _great Fire_, 10. _Striges_ (Lamiæ) cremantur super _Rogum_, 10.

Some before they are executed have their _Tongues cut out_, 11. or have their _Hand_, 12. cut off upon a _Block_, 13. or are burnt with _Pincers_, 14. Quidam antequam supplicio afficiantur _elinguantur_, 11. aut plectuntur _Manu_, 12. super _Cippum_, 13. aut _Forcipibus_, 14. uruntur

They that have their Life given them, are set on the _Pillory_, 16. or _strapado’d_, 17. Vitâ donati, constringuntur _Numellis_, 16. luxantur, 17. are set upon a _wooden Horse_, 18. have their _Ears cut off_, 19. are _whipped with Rods_, 20. imponuntur _Equuleo_, 18. _truncantur Auribus_, 19. _cæduntur Virgis_, 20. are branded, are banished, are condemned to the _Gallies_, or to perpetual Imprisonment. Stigmate notantur, relegantur, damnantur ad _Triremes_, vel ad Carcerem perpetuum.

_Traytors_ are pull’d in pieces with four _Horses_. _Perduelles_ discerpuntur _Quadrigis_.