Victories of the Martyrs_LIGUORI - the Catholic Kingdom!

and In this torture they were sometimes scourged, otherswere thrown with their backs on a table filled withlarge nails, then struck with sticks or rods.4. THE TORTURE OF THE IRONS.These were iron hooks on which the Christians weresuspended, and iron claws that served to tear them totlie bone and to their very entrails. Other instrumentswere destined to pull out all their teeth, one after theother. Their flesh was lacerated with iron combs, orthey were flayed. They were tied to tlie ground and .were. cut with blows of the. hatchet, or their memberswere gradually cut to pieces, from the toes till theirthighs, and from the fingers to the breasts, so thatnothing was left but the trunk. They were stretchedwith tlieir backs against a wheel that made them moveon sharp irons fixed in the ground ; or they were tiedupon a table, then disembowelled, and their intestinestaken out.5. OTHER TORTURES.The martyrs were also tortured on the rack, and withother torments. Sometimes they were exposed to thesun, their bodies being rubbed with honey so that theymight be stung by the flies and wasps. They weremade to die in different ways. They were stoned, be-Iieaded, strangled, drowned. There were some wl~owere tied to two trees that had been bent by main force,whicli when released would tear them to pieces. Otherstied in a bag were thrown into the sea, or thrown to thedogs or wild beasts. Some were made to die under thepress; others perished from hunger.'1 In Part 11. we shall see several other tortures invented by the refinedcruelty of the Japanese.-En.Private Use Only