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Sentence
Formerly,
the
punishment
for
high
treason
was
of
a
most
barbarous
character….
Women
were
burnt.
A
male
traitor
was
dragged
or
drawn
to
the
place
of
execution
and
hanged;
but
while
still
alive,
he
was
cut
down
and
disembowelled.
His
head
was
then
severed
from
his
body
which
was
quartered.
The
head
and
quarters,
which
were
at
the
Kings
disposal,
were
usually
exposed
in
some
conspicuous
place—the
Temple
Bar
being
a
favourite
spot—after
being
boiled
in
salt
to
prevent
putrification
and
in
cumin
seed
to
prevent
birds
feasting
on
them.
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Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them.
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