Chapter I: Of the Cross, of Stakes, and other Means whereby the bodies of Christians remaining steadfast in their Confession of Christ were suspended

Contents of This Chapter

[Introduction]
MODE EMPLOYED BY THE HEATHEN FOR CRUCIFYING THE CHRISTIANS.
OF STAKES.
OF PILLARS AND TREES, EMPLOYED FOR THE SAME, OR THE LIKE, PURPOSE.
OF DIVERS MODES OF SUSPENDING FROM THE CROSS, ETC.
OF THE THIRD MODE OF SUSPENDING, THAT IS, OF MARTYRS HUNG UP BY ONE ARM.
OF WEIGHTS, WHEREWITH THE ATHLETES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WERE TORTURED.
OF THE FOURTH MODE OF SUSPENDING, THAT IS TO SAY HANGING BY BOTH ARMS.
OF THE FIFTH MODE OF SUSPENDING, TO WIT HANGING UP BY THE THUMBS.
OF THE SIXTH MODE, TO WIT HANGING UP WITH WEIGHTS FASTENED ROUND THE NECK AND TO THE FEET.
OF THE SEVENTH, NAMELY WHEN THE SUFFERERS’ BODIES ARE SUSPENDED BY ROPES, THEIR SHOULDERS AT THE SAME TIME BEING LOADED WITH HEAVY LUMPS OF SALT AND THE LIKE.
OF THE EIGHTH MODE, TO WIT SUSPENDING THE VICTIMS FROM UPRIGHT STAKES, AFTER SMEARING THEM WITH HONEY, SO THAT THEY SHOULD BE TORTURED BY THE BITES OF FLIES AND BEES.
OF THE NINTH AND TENTH MODES OF HANGING, TO WIT SUSPENDING FROM A HOOK AND PUTTING TO DEATH WITH A NOOSE.
OF THE ELEVENTH MODE, TO WIT BINDING THE VICTIMS TO PILLARS WITH FEET NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND.
OF THE LAST MODE, TO WIT OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN HUNG UP BY THE HAIR.