To: cmsgop
In late September 1481 a would-be terrorist was caught in Florence on suspicion of intending a political murder [of Lorenzo Medici]. He was immediately put on the rack, and died only in the middle of the following month, after "they skinned the soles of his feet, and then burned them by holding them in the fire till the fat dripped off them; after which they set him upright and made him walk across the great hall; and these things caused his death..."
Sometimes I miss the good old days.
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07/27/2005 8:59:26 PM PDT by
GSlob
To: GSlob
I remember reading about that. Thanks.
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