by RFlagg on October 23rd, 2006

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What does it mean to "Draw and quarter" some one?

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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on October 23rd, 2006
The total is "hanging, drawing and quartering". People were hanged until they ere nearly, but not completely, dead. Then they were cut down and disembowelled (drawn). The body was then cut up into four quarters (roughly, arms and lags plus attached pieces). The quarters were sent to provincial cities to show the punishment for treason or whatever it was that the unfortunate victim had done. His head generally remained (on a spike) wherever the punishment was inflicted.
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- No, No, you have to smash it on, don't worry it...
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  by RFlagg on October 24th, 2006
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by EL1 2 on October 23rd, 2006
It means to slice them open and pull and stretch their intestines. Also, it can mean tying each leg and arm of a person to a different horse and having all the horses run in different directions.
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- I aksed because I'm trying to right a skit about three executioners trying to figure out the mechanics of quartering some one, it'll be hilarious when I'm done.
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  by RFlagg on October 23rd, 2006
- The one with horses is more amusing. Basically a rope is attached to each limb and then the horses are driven in four different directions.
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  by EL1 2 on October 23rd, 2006
- That's what I was thinking, you could have them working out how to get the horses to run at the same time, with the victim wryly complaining in the center.
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  by RFlagg on October 23rd, 2006
- RFlagg, one would think you would learn
  more about correctly using words before attempting to write a script.
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  by Pogster on December 27th, 2006
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