Some Uses of Fires

A. Martyr cast into a burning fiery furnace.
B. Martyrs set in a tun, or cask, and burned therein.
C. Martyr burned in a room, or chamber, that hath been
   set on fire.
D. Bound hand and foot and set on a blazing pile.
E. Bound to four pegs fixed in the ground, with a
   fire burning underneath.
F. Bound with ropes drenched in oil and consumed by a 
   fire lighted under him.
G. Thrown into a pit full of live coals.
H. Iron shovel for stirring and rousing the fire.

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