 | William Cobbett - Catholic emancipation - 1824 - 394 pages
...to eradicate the " damnable errors " of popery; but, her great argument was, the RACK., " This was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from'...under it, on his back, " on the floor. His wrists and ancles were attached by " cords to two rollers at the ends of the frame : these were, " mored by levers... | |
 | John Lingard - Great Britain - 1825 - 572 pages
...Page 1-75. The following were the kinds of torture chiefly employed in the Tower. 1°. The rack was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from...under it, on his back, on the floor : his wrists and ancles were attached by cords to two rollers at the ends of the frame : these were moved by levers... | |
 | John Lingard - Great Britain - 1827 - 714 pages
...f NOTE [U]. The following were the kinds of torture chiefly employed in the Tower. 1. The rack was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from...prisoner was laid under it, on his back, on the floor: hi* •wrists and ankles were attached by cords to two rollers at the ends of the frame: these were... | |
 | 1828 - 332 pages
...Torture.—1. The Ruck, so frequently used in the Tower during the sway of Elizabeth and James, was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from...under it, on his back, on the floor: his wrists and ancles were attached by cords to two rollers at the ends of the frame; these were moved by levers in... | |
 | Jean François M. Le Pappe de Trévern (bp. of Strassburg.) - 1828 - 490 pages
...ferocity to punish them. Think of the cries of pain, the lengthened groans of innocent and 1. The rack was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from...under it, on his back, on the floor : his wrists and ancles were attached by cords to two rollers at the ends of the frame : these were moved by levers... | |
 | C. St. George - 1830 - 600 pages
...vol. viii. Note U., p. 521. " The kinds of torture employed in the Tower were: — ** 1. The rack, a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from...under it, on his back, on the floor : his wrists and ancles were attached by cords by two rollers at the ends of the frame ; these were moved by levers... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...in the Tower is taken from a note to the eighth volume of Dr. Lingard's History. 1st. The rack was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from the ground. The prisoner was laid under it ou his back on the floor ; his wrists and ancles were attached by cords to two collars at the ends... | |
 | William Cobbett - England - 1832 - 396 pages
...eradicate the " damnable errors" of Popery : hut. her great argument was. the KACK. " This was a targe open frame of oak. raised three feet from the ground. The prisoner was laid under it, on his Iiack, on the floor. His wrists and ancles were attached bv cords to two lollers at the ends of the... | |
 | David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 534 pages
...employed in the Tower is taken from a note to the eighth volume of Dr Lingard's History. 1st. The rack was a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from...the floor; his wrists and ankles were attached by corda to two collars at the ends of the frame, these were moved by levers in opposite directions, till... | |
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... at the ends of the frame ; these were moved by levers in opposite directions, till the body rose to a level with the frame ; questions were then put... 
