[28] The total number arraigned was 382; by lot this was reduced to 127, the total number condemned to death being 86. Lords Balmerino and Kilmarnock were beheaded for “the --45,” August 18, 1746. They behaved with much dignity and fortitude. The former expressed his wish to Lord Kilmarnock, just before the execution, that he wished he could suffer for them both; _noblesse oblige_, even on the scaffold. By their particular request their heads were not severally held up and exposed by the executioner with the usual formula--“This is the head of a traitor.” But the sheriffs directed that everybody on the scaffold should kneel down, so that the people might see the execution itself performed--a ceremony never practised before. (“Account of the Behaviour,” &c., by T. Forde, a gentleman then present, 1746.) [29] De la Croix, “Jersey, Ses Antiquités, Ses Institutions, Son Histoire,” vol. iii. pp. 342, 343. [30] Hakluyt, “Voyages,” vol. iii. p. 336. [31] Weever, “Ancient Funeral Monuments,” p. 22, edit. 1631. [32] M’Laurin (Lord Dreghorn), “Arguments and Decisions,” &c., Edinburgh, 1774. [33] See “Trial of Philip Standsfield,” &c., Edinburgh, 1688. [34] See p. 15. [35] Viollet le Duc, “Dictionnaire raisonné,” tome v. p. 553, s.v. _Fourches patibulaires_. [36] “Comptes et Ordinaires de la prévôté de Paris.” [37] Lacroix, “Mœurs, Usages, et Costumes au Moyen Age,” &c., “Pénalité,” p. 455. [38] “La Repeue faicte auprès de Montfaulcon.” Poetry attributed to Villon. Edit. Jannet, p. 292. 1854. [39] “Anciens Fourches Patibulaires,” p. 38. [40] “Le suicide est une mort furtive et honteuse, c’est un vol fait au genre humain.”--J. J. ROUSSEAU. [41] Lithgow’s “Nineteen Years’ Travels,” London, 1682. [42] Communicated by Mr. F. H. M. Van Lilaar. [43] “Quand l’Empereur Charles y fit son entrée; les gens de cette ville-là lui voulurent faire tout l’honneur qu’ils purent. Et faisant de belle façons d’arcades, chapeaux de triomphes, poiteaux et telles magnificences, ils s’aviserent d’un pendu qui était à la porte de la ville et principale entrée. Ils ôtèrent à ce pendu sa chemise sale, et lui en mirent une blanche pour faire honneur à Monsieur l’Empereur” (Le Moyen de Parvenir: contenant la raison de tout ce qui a été, est et sera. Nulle Part., 1000700504, vol. ii. p. 249). [44] Information from the late Mr. M. H. Bloxam. [45] Witch-Finder General, under a commission from Parliament in the reign of Charles I. He hung threescore suspected witches in one year in Suffolk under most wicked and degrading circumstances. [46] Rev. S. Baring-Gould, “Yorkshire Oddities,” vol. i. p. 56. [47] “Notes and Queries,” 1874, vol. i. p. 35. Fifth Series. [48] It may be recalled that Defoe published, anonymously, in 1725, a most interesting and vivid account of the conduct, proceedings, and capture of the pirate Gow and his buccaneer crew. [49] J. L. Cherry, “Stafford” in Olden Times, p. 80. [50]