2022年2月17日木曜日

James Nayler having his tongue bored

 bore throughとは

あける、くり抜く、穴をあける


 Arguments against free speech have been made for centuries. In 17th century England, saying or writing something blasphemous would have got your tongue bored through with a red-hot iron. That is what happened to the Quaker James Nayler in 1656.

James Nayler
From Wikipedia

Narrowly escaping execution, he was sentenced to be put in the pillory and on there to have a red-hot iron bored through his tongue, and also to be branded with the letter B for Blasphemer on his forehead, and other public humiliations.[7] Subsequently he was imprisoned for two years of hard labour.[8]


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