Book Title: Theatre des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer : depuis la mort J. Christ jusqu' à present : représenté en tres belles tailles-douces / par le celebre graveur Jean Luyken

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: Torture of Hans Bret

Description: The bailiff of Antwerp arrests the Englishman Hans Bret for his Anabaptist faith and has him imprisoned in a dungeon. On the day after the court sentences Bret to be burned to death, the executioner comes to the dungeon to drive a screw through Bret’s tongue to prevent him from speaking. To secure the screw, the executioner touches a hot iron to Bret’s tongue, causing it to swell .

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