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 1661867Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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