for now bringing together these scattered English notices. And it is thought that what may be lacking in other respects may be somewhat compensated for by the historical and antiquarian features, so that, in spite of its rather ominous title, the book may be found not entirely repellent. BRADBOURNE HALL, ASHBOURNE. _April, 1891._ _TABLE OF CONTENTS._ CHAPTER I. PAGE Gibbeting and exposure with the ancient Jews; their strong desire for burial, and abhorrence at being cast out,--exemplified from the Scriptures,--David, Jotham, Azariah; Jehoiakim. Gibbeting with the Egyptians; the Chief Baker. The watches of Rizpah; the seven crosses. Desire of the Greeks for interment; examples from the Iliad; the Æneid. Gibbeting with the Etruscans, Pliny; the Cross. Gibbeting with the Romans; their dread of exposure, Ovid; the Cross, the Gibbet. The Great Sacrifice. Gibbeting of Saints 1-12 CHAPTER II. Gibbeting with the Anglo-Saxons; Hanging in Chains. High Treason,--punishment for,--examples in fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Drawing and Quartering. Wallace; the Despencers; Hotspur. Executions for “the --45.” Gibbeting in Jersey. Gallows and Gibbet,--difference between, in England; in France 13-25 CHAPTER III. Punishments and gibbeting in Germany; in England, in seventeenth century; in Scotland,--Treason and Chains. The Gibbet in France; _Fourches Patibulaires_ of Montfaucon,--La Grande Justice,--description of; mode of operation; allusions to in early poetry; Gibbet of Montigny; Gibbeting of animals 26-41 CHAPTER IV. The Gallows and Gibbet in Spain. Gibbeting of animals in Holland 42-48 CHAPTER V. The “Pilgrim’s Progress.” Entry of Charles V. into Douai. Punishment of women in England; in France. Examples of Hangings in Chains, 1671-1717 49-59 CHAPTER VI. Piracy, 1725. Sir Walter Scott. “Standing Mute.” Squeezing the Thumbs. _Peine forte et dure_, example of, 1674. The Rack. Burning alive. High Treason,--defined. Petition for Hanging in Chains. Examples of Gibbeting, 1742, 1751. The Smugglers; death from horror of irons. Witchcraft 60-69 CHAPTER VII. Gibbeting in Chains first legally recognized, 1752; but not part of the sentence. Roman law concerning Gibbeting. Its rapid increase in England. Terror at prospect of Gibbet and Chains. Preparation and treatment of the body. Effect of Gibbeting on spectators and traffic. Hogarth. Thames Pirates gibbeted,--attraction for holiday-makers. Behaviour at Northampton 70-77 CHAPTER VIII.