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Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.
Reference: 11044iPart of: Cruciatus sanctorum martyrum
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A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579704i
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A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579686i- Books
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The execution of iustice in England for maintenaunce of publique and Christian peace, against certeine stirrers of sedition, and adherents to the traytors and enemies of the realme, without any persecution of them for questions of religion, as is falsely reported and published by the fautors and fosterers of their treasons.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598Date: [1583 [i.e. 1584]]
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A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573825i