"A true description of the racking and cruell [cruel] handling of Cutbert [Cuthbert] Symson [Simson] in the Tower." The illustration depicts three separate scenes. Center: “Cutbert Simson upon ye [the] rack”; upper left:“The description how Cutbert Simson stood in an engine of Iron 3 houres [hours], within the Tower, Commonly called Skevingtons gyves [gives];” upper right: “The grating of an arrow thorow [through] Cutbert Simsons fingers." Revised design of Luborsky and Ingram 11222/50 and 11223/101, which appear in all four of the early English editions (1563, 1570, 1576, and 1583). JPEG file (1.22 MB).
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