 | 1879 - 876 Seiten
...fastened to an engine called the branks, which is like a crown, it being of iron, which was muzzled over the head and face, with a great gap or tongue...is the punishment which the magistrates do inflict Brantome Brass upon chiding and scolding women, and that he hath often seen the like done to others."... | |
 | 1889 - 498 Seiten
...fastened to an Engine called the Branks, which is like a Crown, it being of Iron, which was mussled over the head and face, with a great gap or tongue of Iron forced into her mouth, which forced the KK blood out.' ' Ttiesc,' says Gardner, ' are such practice* as are not granted by their Charter Law,... | |
 | George Newnes - 1894 - 804 Seiten
...brank upon her head, the tongue-piece so forced into her mouth as to cause it to bleed. He adds, "This is the punishment which the magistrates do inflict upon chiding and scoulding women." John Willis also affirms that he has seen drunkards punished by being driven through the streets of... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1896 - 234 Seiten
...which is like a crown, it being of iron, which was musled over the head and face, with a great gag or tongue of iron forced into her mouth, which forced...which the magistrates do inflict upon chiding and scolding women; and he hath often seen the like done to others." Over fifty branks of various shapes... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1896 - 188 Seiten
...which is like a crown, it being of iron, which was musled over the head and face, with a great gag or tongue of iron forced into her mouth, which forced...which the magistrates do inflict upon chiding and scolding women ; and he hath often seen the like done to others." Over fifty branks of various shapes... | |
 | 1897 - 842 Seiten
...rope in his hand, the other end fastened to an engine called the bronks, which is like a crown * * * with a great gap or tongue of iron forced into her mouth * * *; and that is the punishment which the magistrates do inflict upon chiding and scolding women.'... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1903 - 952 Seiten
...who held a rope fastened to the branks, "which is like a crown, it being of iron," and had "a preat tongue of iron forced into her mouth, which forced the blood out," and that this was the usual punishment for scolds in Newcastle, while drunkards were driven up and down the... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1904 - 212 Seiten
...fastened to an engine called the branks, which is like a crown, it being of iron, which was musled over the head and face with a great gap or tongue...magistrates do inflict upon chiding and scoulding women. . . . He, this deponent, further affirms that he hath seen men drove up and down the streets with a... | |
 | Algernon Graves - 1905 - 458 Seiten
...fastened to an ingin, called the Branks, which is like a crown, it being of iron, which was muzzled over the head and face with a great gap or tongue of iron forced into her mouth, and this is the punishment which the magistrates do inflict upon chiding and scolding women. 1056 The... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1862 - 412 Seiten
...fastened to an engine called the Branks, which is like a Crown, it being of Iron, which was musled over the head and face, with a great gap or tongue...hath often seen the like done to others. "(B.) He, tliis Deponent, further affirms that he hath seen men drove up and down the streets with a great Tub... | |
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Bidlestone drove through the streets by an officer of the same corporation holding a rope in his hand, the other end fastened to an engine called the Branks, which is like a Crown, it being of Iron, which was... 
