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76 namen hi þa men þe hi wenden þat ani god hefden. bathe took they thought property had be nihtes and be dæies. carlmen and wimmen. and diden men put heom in prisun efter gold and sylver. and pined heom them for tortured untellendlice pining. for ne uuæren næure nan martyrs unspeakable torture no swa pined alse hi wæron. Me henged up bi the fet and as they smoked heom mid ful smoke. me henged bi the thumbes. foul other bi the hefed. and hengen bryniges on her fet. Me or head hung burning things dide cnotted strenges abuton here hæved. and uurythen head twisted to þat it gæde to þe hærnes. Hi diden heom in quar-&shy; went brains prison terne. þar nadres and snakes and pades wæron inne. and where adders toads drapen heom swa. Sume hi diden in crucet hus. þat is killed Some house in an ceste þat was scort and nareu and undep. and dide chest short shallow scærpe stanes þerinne. and þrengde þe man þærinne. þat sharp stones crushed him bræcon alle þe limes. In mani of þe castles wæron broke limbs lof and grim þat wæron rachenteges. þat twa other thre neck-bonds or men hadden onoh to bæron onne. Þat was sua maced. enough one þat is fæstned to an beom. and diden an scærp iren abuton þa mannes þrote and his hals. þat he ne myhte nowider-&shy; neck in any wardes ne sitten ne lien ne slepen. oc bæron al þat iren. direction lie but