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See Howard on Prisons.
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In the case of the peine forte et dure. See State Trials, Vol. I. anno 1615.
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This seems to be the parody of a celebrated saying of John King of France, who was taken prisoner by the Black Prince at the battle of Poitiers.
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Eugene Aram. See Annual Register for 1759.
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William Andrew Home. Ibid.