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Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… has at last lost both crown and life by the hand of the executioner, like a common criminal, in London, before all …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… entered he met a mute, who made a sign to call the chief executioner. Mustaph, in alarm, made signs to the mute, … what this meant? The mute merely invited him to enter; the executioner followed immediately, and in the time it takes to … of the Pasha was dragged out; the head was half split; the executioner had stripped the body of all its clothes, more …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… at table, with Herodias' daughter, the tumbler, and the executioner who beheaded St. John the Baptist, who was …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… worse than barbarous, when he was only half dead, the executioner cut out his heart and entrials, and threw them …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… by the Protector's authority, the order arriving after the executioner had actually passed the noose over his neck. 2 …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… 11 and three others had their swords broken by the executioner and were declared infamous; another was broken …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… of her own accord, laid her neck upon the block, and the executioner struck off her head with an axe according to the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… psalms, and with the greatest composure calling the executioner, requested that he would dispatch him quickly, … eyes blindfolded, he laid his neck on the block, and the executioner with a woodman's axe 11 severed his head from his …