That the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk; though usually (by connivance, at length ripened by humanity into law) a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the offender from the extreme torment of being dragged on the ground... Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes - Page xxxi by Johannes de Oxenedes - 1859 - 439 pages Full view -
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