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Crim-es and Punishments* 175
unfortunate king; or in having fpoken freely
on the doubtful right of the conqueror. At
length, their manners were foftened; they con¬
tinued to tear out the heart, but not till after
the death of the offender. The apparatus is
dreadful, but the death is mild, if death can.
ever be mild.
CHAP.