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With the firft pair of pincers, the execu- 

 tioner tore the flefh from one of his arms* The 

 fudden infliction of pain caufed him to recede, 

 in a flight degree, from the irons ; and he 

 drew in his breath, as if to form it into a figh, * 

 but "he. inftantly recovered himfelf — his coon- 

 tenance upbraided him, and he manifeftly took 

 fhame for having betrayed even the flighteft 

 fenfe of fuffering — then, refumiag more, if 

 poffible, than his former compofure, he patient- 

 ly waited the approach of the next irons, and, 

 on thefe being brought towards him, he fted- 

 faftly caft his eye upon them, inclined a little 

 forward, and with an unfhaken firmnefs of 

 countenance, deliberately met their burning 

 grafp ! From that moment he fhewed himfelf 

 capable of defpifing the fevereft pain. Not a 

 feature was afterwards difturbed, and he pre- 

 ferred a degree of compofure implying abfolute 

 contempt of torture and of death. 



Finally, when the deftruclive pile was 

 let in flames, his body fpun round the iron 

 ftake, with the mouth open, until his head fell 

 back, and life was extingoifhed. I am told, 

 by a gentleman who had the melancholy 

 tafk to attend the execution, that the moft 



