The punishment, or more properly torture, alluded to by ABHBA, was the "peine forte et dure," commonly applied in the early part of the last century to such criminals as refused to plead. Many died under it in order to save their estates, &c. from forfeiture to the crowns. In my forthcoming anecdotes of "The Eighteenth Century," several cases are cited from the newspapers of the time; but, as the MS. is now in the printer's hands, I cannot refer to them. Writing from memory, I think that the last case in which this torture was applied at the Old Bailey in London was in 1735, and reported in the _London Magazine_ of that year. The "Press-yard" at Newgate derives its name from being the scene of these tortures. ALEXANDER ANDREWS. * * * * * JOB XIX. 26. (Vol. ix., p. 303.) Perhaps the best mode in which I can comply with MR. C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY'S request, is to send for insertion in the "N. & Q." my MS. note on the text in question: [Hebrew: W'CHR `WRY NQPW Z'T] [Hebrew: WMBSHRY 'CHZH 'LWH:] The difficulties which the reader experiences, on reading the authorised version of this passage, are by no means trifling. Every one knows that the words printed in _Italics_ are not to be found in the original; the strictly literal rendering, according to the construction put upon the verse by our translators, would therefore run thus: "And after my skin, destroy this, Yet in my flesh shall I see God." To say the least of it, "it is hard to be understood." The three words in Italics, arbitrarily introduced, make the passage by no means more intelligible. The erudite author of the marginal readings (see "N. & Q.," Vol. ix., p. 108.) felt the difficulty, and therefore proposed another translation, which is,-- "After I shall awake, though this _body_ be destroyed, Yet out of my flesh shall I see God." By an effort of violent criticism, [Hebrew: `WRY] might be translated _my awaking_; but it will require an extraordinary critical mind to turn [Hebrew: NQPW Z'T] into _though this body be destroyed_. The difficulties seem to have originated with the misapprehension of the proper meaning of the verb [Hebrew: NQP] here. Instead of translating it according to its primitive signification, viz. _to surround_ {429} a foreign sense has been palmed upon it, viz. _to destroy_. Job, no doubt, meant to say thus: "And after my skin has returned, this shall be; And out of my flesh shall I see God." Thus the literal meaning demonstrates a connecting link between verses 25 and 26. The authorised version and the marginal reading seem to lack that link: "And I know that my Redeemer liveth, And He shall at length abide upon the earth."