I did hear that, as this raid of some privates interfered with the Dutch general's diet, one of the offenders got the strappado.
"Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker"
S. Weir Mitchell
They would drag you at the cart's tail, give you the strappado, roast you, drench you with ignited alcohol, and through it all preserve an impassive countenance and tranquil nerves not to be shaken by any cry or plaint.
"Là-bas"
J. K. Huysmans
Or be pulled apart on the strappado.
"The Moghul"
Thomas Hoover