Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 424
ecret, or suspected plot. There also were con-trivances for torturing in punishment of various moral offenses.Among other things, you must know that, several hundred years ago, what some persons now wrongly consider a slight offense,was then very severely punished. For instance, slanderers and… … or ear flaps, to add to its weight and ugliness, while sometimes it wasprovided with spikes inside that pierced the flesh with every move-ment of the head. Imagine how dreadful it must have been to wear this, and howhumiliating to walk through the streets with such a sign of disgrace—an object of…
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