[bert]

......Even though the guillatine was the method of execution, at the time, it was the quickest execution method.....

This statement is about two hundred years off the mark. An ax was the Elizabethan head chopper.

The guillotine was the super efficient and painless tool of the French Revolution.

[autumnraine]

You are correct, I apologize. The ax was the method and I was horribly mistaken which is quite embarrassing since I do study history.

I will blame this on 7am Freeping before the complete cup of coffee. ;o)

[GoLightly]

An ax was the Elizabethan head chopper.

Yet, Elizabeth's mum requested and was granted a sword rather than the ax. Some say that it's being granted by Henry was proof that he still cared.

A single swing of the sword was a cleaner way out than an ax, which took more than a single swing at times.