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But no; they are merely vigorous and faithful representations of what anybody might have witnessed, when a traitor like Ravaillac or a Lombard _untore_ was being put to death in agony.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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"Plague-spreader", literally oiler: in the 17th and 18th century, it was commonly believed that some people oiled door knobs and other places with a white substance that caused the plague.
September 2, 2009