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fer'd the mod horrible Torments that could be in- 

 vented, and which lafted about the fpace of three 

 hours, he never ceas'd one Minute from finging. 

 The foles of his Feet were roafted before two great 

 Stones red hot, for more than a quarter of an hour ; 

 the tops of his Fingers were fcorch'd in a Stove of 

 lighted Pipes ; during which Torture he did not 

 draw back his Hand. After this the feveral joynts 

 of his Body were cut off, one after another : The 

 Nerves of his Limbs and Arms were diftorted with 

 a little Iron Wand, after fuch a manner, as cannot 

 poflibly be exprefs'd. In fine, after many other 

 Tortures, the hair of his Head was taken off after 

 fuch a manner, that there remain'd nothing but the 

 Skull, upon which thefe young Executioners were 

 going to throw fome burning Sand, when a certain 

 Slave of the Hurons of Lorette, by the order of Ma- 

 dam the Governefs, knock'd him on the head with 

 a Club, which put an end to his Martyrdom. As 

 to my felf, I vow and fwear, that the Prologue of 

 this Tragedy, created in me fo great a Horror, that 

 I had not the curiofity to fee the end of it, nor to 



of his Life. I have feen fo many burnt againfl: my 

 Will, amongft thofe People where I fojourn'd, du- 

 ring the courfe of my Voyages, that I cannot think 

 of it without trouble. 3 Tis a fad Spe&acle, at which 

 everyone is obliged to be prefent, when he happens 

 to Sojourn among thefe Savage Nations, who inflid; 

 this cruel kind of Death upon their Prifoners of 

 War : for as I have told you in one of my Letters, 

 all the Savages praftife this barbarous Cruelty. No- 

 thing is more grating to a civil Man, than that he 

 is obliged to be a Witnefs of the Torments which 

 this kind of Martyrs fuffer ; for if any one fhould 

 pretend to fhun this Sight, or exprefs any Compaffi- 

 on for them, he would be efteem'd by them a Man 

 of no Courage* 



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