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Punishments
Greater Bifrontal Masquerade
From p. 20
4. In this condition the offender shall be strung
by means of an apparatus A net work of ropes
purposely shall be adapted to his body in which whereby
he may be suspended in the air in an
upright posture: and by this means he shall be
suspended to a pole issuing from the pillar of
disgrace: which pole shall from time to time be
made to move upon its axis to the end that he
may be viewed by the spectators on all sides and
in all directions.
Ignominious
Lesser Bifrontal
punishment of
Masquerade
the Impostor's
Mask
The ignominious punishment of the Impostor's Mask lesser Bifrontal Masquerade shall be
thus performed.
1. Instead of the Without shaving of his head, a mask representing
the fore parts of a human figure shall
be adapted to his hinder parts
2. In this condition he shall be made to stand
in an erect posture near the pillar on the pedestal of Disgrace.
doing from time to time whilst the presiding Officer shall order him in the
view of exhibiting him to the spectators
viewing himself from time to time or the presiding
officer shall command, in order that the
spectators may have the fuller view of him
3. If he should be In case of his being refractory the presiding officer
shall cause him to be slung in the manner
of the greater masquerade. ignominious and afflictive punishment.
These are are the ignominious characteristic punishments for the offence of
Personation, and for Cowardly Imposture
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