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The Strappado, plate ten from The Miseries of War

1633
Etching on paper
8.2 × 19.1 cm (3.2 × 7.5 in)

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Inscribed: It is not without cause that great captains have well-advisedly invented these punishments for idlers, blasphemers, traitors to duty, quarrelers and liars, whose actions, blinded by vice, make those of others lax and lawless.

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