Instruments of torture  Book III, Chapter 7, Section 7
 
Chapter 7, Item 83a
Military tortures
Besides this there are several other Punishments used by Military Officers for the Chastising of Offending Soldiers as Tying Neck and Heels, running of the Gauntlet, the half Strappado, the whole Strappado, and Hanging or Shooting.
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