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Bygone Punishments

by William Andrews

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  1. 1Note — Epigraph
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Hanging
  5. 5Hanging in Chains
  6. 6Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering
  7. 7Pressing to Death
  8. 8Drowning
  9. 9Burning to Death
  10. 10Boiling to Death
  11. 11Beheading
  12. 12The Halifax Gibbet
  13. 13The Scottish Maiden
  14. 14Mutilation
  15. 15Branding
  16. 16The Pillory
  17. 17Punishing Authors and Burning Books
  18. 18Finger Pillory
  19. 19The Jougs
  20. 20The Stocks
  21. 21The Drunkard’s Cloak
  22. 22Whipping and Whipping-Posts
  23. 23Public Penance
  24. 24The Repentance Stool
  25. 25The Ducking-Stool
  26. 26The Brank, or Scold’s Bridle
  27. 27Riding the Stang

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