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The torture of Hans Bret, an Englishman captured in Antwerp in 1576: Bret is sitting chained to a rock having his tongue removed with hot pliers in preparation to be burnt on the stake at a later stage. Etching.
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The torture of Hans Bret, an Englishman captured in Antwerp in 1576: Bret is sitting chained to a rock having his tongue removed with hot pliers in preparation to be burnt on the stake at a later stage. Etching.

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Lettering: Jean Bret, brulé la bouche fermée avec une vis a Anvers. A. 1576. Hans Bret Engeländer zu Antorf seine Zung geschraubt und nachmahls verbrent, A. 1576

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