Prisoner tortured on the St. Andrews Cross. Executioner breaks his limbs with an iron bar before transferring him to the wheel

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Prisoner being tortured on the St. Andrews Cross; the executioner breaks his limbs with an iron bar before transferring him to the wheel. From The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, published

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