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" ... me therewith to the roofe of a high loft (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above) they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward, in my tormented weight, till all the gushing water dissolved : this done, I was let downe... "
History of the Inquisition, from its establishment to the present time [by C ... - Page 151
by Charles H. Davie - 1850
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Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1825 - 392 pages
...high loft (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above) they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward, in my tormented weight,...the gushing water dissolved : this done, I was let downe from the loft, quite senselesse, lying a long time cold dead among their hands : whereof the...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 11

Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...high loft (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above) they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward, in my tormented weight,...the gushing water dissolved: this done, I was let downe from the loft, quite senselesse, lying a long time cold dead among their hands : whereof the...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

1825 - 392 pages
...high loft (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above) they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward, in my tormented weight,...the gushing water dissolved : this done, I was let downe from the loft, quite senselesse, lying a long time cold dead among their hands : whereof the...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

1825 - 390 pages
...high loft (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above) they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward, in my tormented weight,...the gushing water dissolved : this done, I was let downe from the loft, quite senselesse, lying a long time cold dead among their hands : whereof the...
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Memoirs of Spain During the Reigns of Philip IV. and Charles II ..., Volume 2

John Colin Dunlop - 1834 - 440 pages
...high loft (for the cords ran on two rings of iron fastened above), they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward in my tormented weight,...mouth, regaining thereby a slender spark of breath." He was also subjected to the torment of drops of water being allowed to fall gradually from the top...
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Memoirs of Spain During the Reigns of Philip IV. and Charles II ..., Volume 2

John Colin Dunlop - 1834 - 462 pages
...high loft (for the cords ran on two rings. of iron fastened above), they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward in my tormented weight,...mouth, regaining thereby a slender spark of breath." He was also subjected to the torment of drops of water being allowed to fall gradually from the top...
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The Historical Cabinet: Containing Authentic Accounts of Many Remarkable and ...

1834 - 562 pages
...high loft, (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above,) they cut the garter, and there I hung with my head downward, in my tormented weight,...the gushing water dissolved : this done, I was let downe from the loft, quite senselesse, lying a long time cold dead among their hands : whereof the...
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Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations

William Lithgow - 2005 - 297 pages
...high loft (for the cords runne on two rings of iron fastned above) they cut the garter, and there I hung, with my head downward, in my tormented weight,...the gushing water dissolved: This done, I was let downe from the loft, quite senslesse, lying a long time cold dead among their hands: whereof the Governour...
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