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" Sachentege was made thus: it was fastened to a beam, having a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. "
The Popular Educator - Page 166
1867
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Irish archaeological and Celtic society - Ireland - 1850 - 610 pages
...broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things, called Sachenteges, in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron i . Many thousands they exhausted...
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Macariae Excidium, Or, The Destruction of Cyprus: Being a Secret History of ...

Charles O'Kelly, John Cornelius O'Callaghan, Irish Archaeological Society - Genealogy - 1850 - 614 pages
...broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things, called Sachenteges, in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron'. Many thousands they exhausted...
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Macariae Excidium, Or, The Destruction of Cyprus: Being a Secret History of ...

Charles O'Kelly, John Cornelius O'Callaghan, Irish Archaeological Society - Genealogy - 1850 - 610 pages
...fastened to a beam, having a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron 1 . Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot, and 1 may not tell of all the wounds and all...
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Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs ...

Charles Sandys - England Land - 1851 - 386 pages
...broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things called ' sachenteges' in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted...
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Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs ...

Charles Sandys - England Land - 1851 - 408 pages
...castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to cany. The ' sachentege' was made thus : it waa fastened to a beam, having a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted...
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Hereward the wake, 'last of the English'.

Charles Kingsley - 1866 - 422 pages
...things called Sachenteges in many of the castles, which two or three men had enough to do to carry. This Sachentege was made thus : — It was fastened to...go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they wore out with hunger....
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The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick, Volume 1

George Tate - Alnwick (England) - 1866 - 522 pages
...broke all their limbs. There were hateful and crim things called Sachenteges in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....thus :—it was fastened to a beam having a sharp ircn to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit nor lie nor sleep, but he must...
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The world of wonders: a record of things wonderful in nature, science and ...

World - 1868 - 530 pages
...hateful and grim things INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE. HENRY VIII. called sachenteges in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. [A modification of this instrument is shown in the subjoined woodcut.] I cannot, and I may not tell...
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Ireland for the Irish: A Practical, Peacable and Just Solution of the Irish ...

Henry O'Neill - Land tenure - 1868 - 146 pages
...broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things called Sachenteges in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted...
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Ireland for the Irish: A Practical, Peacable and Just Solution of the Irish ...

Henry O'Neill - Land tenure - 1868 - 144 pages
...broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things called Sachenteges in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry....Sachentege was made thus : it was fastened to a beam, haviug a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor...
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